If you don’t already follow mashable, you should, that is if you are interested in what the market is doing with “web 2” stuff.
One of the latest feeds from Mashable caught my interest. As many of you know, MySpace has become HUGE over the last couple of years, and it can be expected that because the vast majority of its users are not coders or designers, while that same user group places a high value on aesthetic and appearance. Therefore the need for schwanky layouts hits the market.
There has been a lot of talk about layouts, themes, and templates for Textpattern, and its a big deal over at Wordpress as well. People want their blogs to look good. This article over at Mashable describes the need and the supply well, and how designers are cashing in on the the world’s biggest social network .