When I first saw the name Progressive Ink I honestly thought “Not another ink cartridge site trying to have their site reviewed.” That is due to the fact that I have had 2 Ink cartridge stores submitting a site to be reviewed. Anyway, since I am writing a review, it is safe to say this is not about ink cartridges.
The first thing I noticed was the very nice, crisp, clean design the site had. I don’t think it is a template and if it is, it has been modified with an original banner of some people dancing at the top. The gradient background is a nice little touch to add that extra clean and crispness.
The blog itself was definitely not what I was expecting. The site says “Interactive Notes Re: God, Life, Philosophy, Science, Religion, and Politic” which should have been my first clue this wasn’t going to be a site for me. The site mainly focuses on politics and religion though there are some other posts. To me the blog is just some one else dishing out their opinion on strong matters, which has been done before. Is it a different approach? Yes. Does it still interest me? No.
The archives are a little funky. Actually I take that back, they are non existent. The site is only 3 weeks old. The archives are done in two ways – by category on the right hand column which we know I hate, and by page numbers at the bottom. There is just something about listing the archives by month that makes reading a blog easier and more enjoyable.
I was a little disappointed to not find anything about the author. Matter a fact, I don’t know who the author is. I tried looking at the comment summaries to see if I could guess who the author was, but I couldn’t. When a blog is of such an opinionated nature such as this one, it is very important that we know WHO is giving us this line of thoughts. I don’t like being told this is what I think, or here is a thought I had debate it, without knowing who the author is.
Overall this site is not for me. After the massive political barrage of blogs this year due to being an election year, I am burned out on them. Additionally religion is another major topic that has been done before. While I didn’t see anything that hasn’t been done before the author at least backs up his questions and thoughts which is a rarity in blogs. I am giving this site a 2.5 because while the writing is good, the topic to me is not. Additionally I wish there was more to this site.Progressive Ink!