Interview with Tyler Shick from Blurbia with Coupon Code

On November 19, 2009

Recently we had the pleasure of being able to interview Tyler from Blurbia, a Premium theming company that offers a wide range of wordpress themes and even some that a free! Check out this interview and coupon code below.

Q. For those who don’t follow you and might not know, How long have you been interested in design and development with wordpress?

Hey there, well – Jeff (@jeffwtm) and myself (@tylershick) have been designing and developing sites with WordPress for quite a while now. We developed our first WordPress site on version 2.2.3. Things were a bit different back then, but we saw potential. We’ve continued to do client sites using the platform.

Q. What got you started in the theme development business?

We saw a gap we thought we could fill. There have been a number of successful theme shops, but none that really made the kind of product we would want. We’ve attempted to position ourselves as the Apple to their Microsoft, focusing on higher quality design, more functional code. The old “quality vs quantity” issue.

Q. Do you generally have a target audience for your themes, most companies target just web designers, are you trying to target other such as newbies?

I guess certain themes are tailored more to certain uses than others – such as Melora, which is better suited to blogs than magazines or storefronts. Though in general I’d say our target audience is anyone looking for a theme that will last. We’re not really a great fit for the person who needs a new theme every month.

Q. What are some of your favorite things to do outside web design stuff?

I’m a sports nut. I love just being active and running around. I love people too and enjoy serving and investing time into others. Jeff is a film junky. He lives in LA and has been known to write a thing or two.

Q. We know this might be Top Secret but do you have any other entrepreneurial projects in the works you can share?

We’re always coming up with crazy ideas. It’s just filtering the good from the not as good