Are you there Medium? It’s me, MuddyGirl

How the platform’s new design lets us strut our stuff

Joining Medium last month has been like opening a book in the middle, walking into a movie late, or even worse, striding into the high school cafeteria as the new girl. So much had already happened over here; I realized it would be hard to ever catch up. It also takes a while to figure out who the cool, popular writer kids are and I’m just finding my way around this new town.

I signed up to take Tom Kuegler Medium Mastery class because who doesn’t need more money right now? And, I have a kid almost his age and these youngsters seem to know everything; I’ll never be too old to be a student.

Then, voila, I open up the platform and — WOW — there’s an edit. Suddenly, the school’s welcome mat is out so everyone can know us better. Huzzah!

As Ritwik Dey said in his post, the new design will allow Medium users to create a “personalized space” that is a “reflection of ourselves.”

https://blog.medium.com/your-stories-have-a-new-home-5dd1a12f3c0e

Well, check it out Ev Williams and all you beautiful Medium staffers (hey, a little gratitude and cozying up to the powers-that-be never hurts). I’ve already redecorated my space and…