Brendan Mitchell noted we have icons standardized for almost everything on the web - but blogs. So he created one and offers it freely to the world - just download.
If you like it, use it, spread it, tweet it and help make it a standard.
But wait, I hear you say, where would you use it? Not on your blog, because the honored reader is already there.
You will certainly come up with your own creative uses.
Now, where to use it?
I would like to see it on non-blog websites, many of which have navigation tabs, one of them labeled "blog". The visual cue by a standard logo would make it easier to find, just like the ubiquitous feed icon (or RSS) makes it easier to find the newsfeed. Brendan writes (and you can see in the design) the orange feed icon actually (i) inspired his universal blog icon. For all I know, one of the first iterations of his blog-icon was orange like the feed-icon. You can see color variations in his download file.
Additional favor(u)rs
As a creative artist, Brendan did me two additional favours (British English spelling in his honour). He writes my (i) inspired icon did inspire him. Thank you, Brendan. His second favor? He made beautiful vector graphic color versions for my (i) in the circle. He calls them "inspired drip". Isn't this awe-inspiring generosity? Thank you, Brendan Mitchell.
So I donate the (i)nspired icons I created in 2008-10 and its color renditions to the public domain. If you like it, use it, spread it, see it on twitter and help make it a standard.
Thank you for your time and kind consideration.
This phrase inspired by Nonprofit Grants and Funding.
