In the words of Charles Caleb Colton, “Imitation is the sincerest [form] of flattery.” In a way I am flattered, but in other ways, I am angry and hurt. But I generally feel just plain ripped off.
Submit for inspection this page (ED—now removed). It looks to be associated with Michael Schiano, possibly even created as an assignment for a class.
Now Mike and I were/are friends and if he would’ve asked me about it, I probably would’ve helped him out or gave him permission to use my layout. But he didn’t, he just took. Kind of like he just took the name and layout I created for pixelFever!, which I let slide because it was a joint venture at one point.
My layout is not that original or anything, but it still feels distinctly “me” for some reason (probably because I created it.) I just wish people would ask.
Update: Mike has offered a rebuttal on his blog. He makes some good points, but I still wish he would’ve either asked me or attributed the work to me before he used it for a class assignment.
