This would be a great template if anyone will have visual art - photos, paintings, drawings - to blog about. Each block is a new post, I think. I won't be using it because my preference will be words... Unless you think I could pull off having a diagram in each photo :)
A nice looking portfolio site. So simple and straightforward!
Carl Carbonell's site was selected by HOW magazine as one of October's top 10 sites for designers.
He could have probably set up his store and blog all one one site with WordPress! (he didn't)
This article by Phyllis Zimbler Miller is one of many good ones I found on this site. She gives good advice on how to integrate your blog with social media.