We identify with Drew McLellan's thoughts on being listed, along with us and several others, as an example of what Joe Clark calls International Compliant Style:
I guess to be cited as an example means that I have executed my design style well. My site is in the IC-Style, not emulating it. That has to be good.
On the flip side, Joe is saying that my design is a mass-produced unoriginal. That said, simple, clean, easy-to-read and 'less is more' are hardly original concepts, so I'm pretty happy in my unoriginality.
One of Joe's observations in particular struck a chord with us:
Just as you'd expect Republicans to be guys who wear dark suits and Saab owners to recycle, it wouldn't surprise you to learn that designers and developers concerned with doing everything just right are unwilling to fuck up their layouts, make their sites hard to read (except for the preponderance of grey type), or even dabble in the demonic underworld of the colour palette.
We know what it's like to obsess to the point of fearing new design elements. It's hard enough following a simple aesthetic.
Oh, and it made our day that Joe Clark -- that Joe Clark! -- noticed our little weblog.