You see, Jim Dahle awhile back had a new website redesign and called it his “ Fancy Homepage.” Well leave it to the White Coat Investor who indirectly gave me a solution to this dilemma. It was indeed a daunting task and I felt like I was sort of stuck between a rock and a hard place regarding what should be done. It would be incredibly time consuming and quite frustrating to alter every post to fit with a lighter background (plus there was a great pull for me to keep the current scheme as it was pleasing for my (weird) eyes. Having already written so many posts, I thought it would be almost impossible to just flip the color scheme without individually going through every post, changing the various heading colors, etc. There was another audience faction which cited that the white lettering was often hard on their eyes. However, as my popularity grew and this website continued to reach into further corners of the blogosphere, there was a faction of my audience that gave vocal push back against this website design choice, often quoting the dark background and garish color choices. When I happen to read a blog or website that has a white background during my short breaks between cases, it actually is quite visually jarring as I go from a low light environment to a computer screen with a bright background website.Īnother reason for this color scheme was that I felt it set me apart from other websites.Īs my readership and pageviews grew, I felt that my idiosyncrasies were able to translate into the blogosphere well. I chose this particular color palette because it was pleasing to the eye for me in my dark surroundings. When I first decided to dip my toes into the blogosphere and take that first step, the first duty was to design a website.Īs loyal readers have no doubt picked up by now, my website has gone with a dark theme, with a dark background and lighter text.
Spending the majority of my time in this work environment has essentially shifted my visual spectrum into the dark side.
As a radiologist, I spend most of my time at work in a darkened room which aids in the detection of abnormalities on whatever study I happen to be looking at.