P.E.D.R.O.
Plan. Edit. Develop. Review. Organise.
From Friday to Sunday I’ll be participating in the 4th Bloggiesta Fiesta hosted by our ever faithful Natasha from Maw Books Blog. Since I joined for the 2nd edition I always look forward to this semi-yearly event.
In preparation I’ve compiled a list of things to do and grouped them into ‘quick & easy‘, ‘bigger jobs‘, ‘possible posts to write‘ and tasks to do ‘in advance‘.
No way that I’m going to manage all of these chores in just one weekend! I’ll just be picking to-dos from different categories as I please. It’s weekend and I’m meant to enjoy myself! :)
Like previous times I want to focus on the work I mean to get done, so I’ll be keeping mini-challenges and other wogging (‘werk ontwijkend gedrag’ = displaying work avoiding behaviour) to a minimum — there’s always time to check out the other sparkling new blogs when the weekend is over! Though I probably won’t be able to ignore #bloggiesta in my twitter timeline ;)
To do in advance
- make task list and blog ✔
- prepare starting line post
- make bloggiesta template
- decide on time frame updates
- (template finish line post)
- back-up blog
- update ‘About’-page with pages I’m featured at
- clean up sidebar (challenge buttons)
- template: ō etc.
- edit Sakura lyrics in 2010 Hanami post
- add image to blogpost Books Read in 2008
- add tag ‘weekendcooking’ to Weekend Cooking posts
- make page ‘Read in 2011‘ for progress on BOTNS +11 reading challenge
- write at least 1 recipe or food related post (urgent: ExtraVeganza!)
- write at least 1 book related post, preferably ‘review’ (JLit wrap-up is urgent too)
- work on at least 1 post about another subject (relatively urgent: Hello Japan! January mission)
- clean up challenge pages: current & finished
- clean up at least some of the last 11 posts in ‘Uncategorized‘ category
- clean up Graasland to-do list in Netvibes (categories: 1st thing/later/maybe; and separate list(s) for post subjects?)
- create Netvibes tab for ExtraVeganza pilot
- clean up/organise rss-feeds in Netvibes tabs: decide on fav blogs to follow
Possible posts to write / drafts to finish
- wrap-up reading challenges 2010
- movies watched in 2010
- sambal bawang or red beet hummus recipe
- review of Christmas Quilt/The Sea/Affinity/Golden Pavilion/Pillow Book etc.
- Purge that Pantry! Challenge / Eating vegetarian in Funchal, Madeira / Fav Indo Restaurants etc.
- etc. etc.
- claim graasland domain? (research)
- decide on set weekly time to blog
- decide on finishing or discarding draft Index Page for film & book reviews
Kookgrrls’ weblog
If I feel accomplished enough about the stuff I’m getting done on my own blog, I might also put in some time for the Dutch Kookgrrls’ weblog which I’m regularly contributing to.
- finish draft Challenge page: rules & link list of previous challenges
- post for January challenge: ‘cooking out of the pantry’
Experience tells me I might be a little disappointed with the work I’ll get done so I’d better not get my hopes up. ;)
Do you want to get some major work done on your blog while partying with the rest of us? There’s still time to join!
Graasland 
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woensdag 19 januari 2011 bij 14:08
Iris
That is a long list! I wish I could participate this year, but sadly I have to write study-related things instead. Like you, I urgently need to take the time to (re)organise some things on my blog.
woensdag 19 januari 2011 bij 15:41
leeswammes
Great list, Gnoe! I took some of your ideas and also, your ideas inspired new ideas for my bloggiesta work.
Isn’t this post perfect for your starting line post? Why do another one? :-)
woensdag 19 januari 2011 bij 16:50
Uniflame
Starting line post? Bloggiesta template? Huh? what? I just wanted to post my list a starting line post? Or isn’t that the way it goes? Bloggiesta newbie here ;)
donderdag 20 januari 2011 bij 15:56
Gnoe
@Iris: poor you! On the bright side: there’s always another bloggiesta in six months!
@leeswammes: of course I could have used it as a starting line post, but I wanted to post it earlier. I don’t see a problem with that? My starting line post will be a very short one :)
@Uniflame: no need to get stressed! You can either post your list as a starting line post (of finish line post) or in advance. It’s all not that rigid! And I find it handy to have a template post ready with PEDRO button and link to the current bloggiesta, for updates and mini-challenges I might participate in, so it’ll take as little time as possible to throw it on the Net. No big deal.
vrijdag 21 januari 2011 bij 07:36
Natasha @ Maw Books
I love how you broke everything up into categories like that. Makes it seem so much more manageable! I’m thrilled that you look forward to Bloggiesta. I always have a great time (once it get’s started that is).