Before I start with this post, allow me to wish anyone Stateside a Happy Thanksgiving. Now then…
Yep, you heard right (from the title line), changes are coming.
Hopefully, you’ll (and maybe a few other readers) will enjoy these changes, too. Basically it came down to the realization that my life isn’t exciting enough to be writing on a daily basis and I know that a blog, to be somewhat successful, needs to be updated regularly and have a bit of a format.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to have a feature of some sort every day, but I am planning on doing several to mix in with my regular thoughts and life.
So, starting soon, here’s what is going to change. Certain days will have features. Othere days will have my normal stuff. But, for the most part, I plan on trying to do these on a weekly basis. I will be working on many of these over the next month and a half in anticipation of “re-launching” the blog January 3, 2010. Some of the features you read below have already started and wil continue as I’ve been doing.
Here are the features that I have already come up with. Not all have dates yet as I am trying to decide which will be equal, which will be occasional etc.
A glance at what’s in the works:
Snapshot Saturday: This day will feature a photo and (hopefully) the story behind it. It could be a photo I took, was in, or even something from the family album. If I took it, I’ll explain more of why I took it and what the situation was etc. I do have a photo blog, but this will be for more of a fun feature.
Geocachers: From your eyes: This is a feature where I’ve given other geocachers the opportunity to write up a blog post for this blog. The goal is for these cachers to tell you a bit about themselves, how they got interested in the game, what they do to keep interested, their favorite caches and hides and maybe a story about their experiences. Hopefully, this will be an entertaining feature. This won’t be an “every week” feature, but more when I find a cacher who I want to “give the keys to.”
HooHaa Spotlight: This feature will go for as long as I can find people to interview for this one. This spotlight will be people in geocaching, bloggers, photographers, social networking people (twitter etc.) or anyone else who catches my eye for some reason. The interviews will be done via e-mail and written as an article. I’ll post one of these per week. If you have any suggestions, please let me know!
Movie Review/Book Review: As an avid reader and a semi-avid movie watcher, I am going to try and make this a rotating basis.
TGIPCF!: For those who visit my blog, you’ve already seen this feature. This is where I share postcards I’ve received through the hobby of postcrossing.
Cache Watch: This will be an occasional feature. Basically, it will be caches — from my eyes — that I find special or amazing in one way or another. It could be an incredibly well-done micro, a great hike, a challenging puzzle etc. A cache that makes me give major props. This feature might contain spoilers, however, but I will try and keep it covered up the best I can.
Pathtag Closeup: As my pathtag collection continues to grow, I want to be able to share them a little. So, this will be a quick feature where I’ll post a photo of the tag and maybe share a story. I’ll also try and show off some other tags that I’ve had made or try and give a little more on the tags to show how some can be very meaningful.
Caching Tips: These are hopefully going to be more than the normal tips — a more in-depth look at different aspects of geocaching. This will be an occasional feature as I have time to research, write and talk to people about some of the topics I have planned.
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The features that are weekly will be on a set day. Those that are occasional will be posted when I have something to post. I will eventually set a calendar where I know what days will have which feature etc.
All of the other normal things on my blog will stay — the random posts about caching, life, thoughts, sports, the HooHaa TB race, travel and the world — and will be mixed in. There are days where I might post more than one entry.
I’m hoping those who read my blog now will enjoy the changes and I hope that new readers also enjoy what I am offering. My true hope is that this gets me blogging on a regular basis so I can at least stay busy with it.
I am also attempting to possibly change themes on the blog to make it look differently. We’ll see how that goes though as I am always worried about trying things like that.
This has been a bit of work in the making, so I hope you’ll enjoy the changes when they occur. As always feel free to leave thoughts, comments or other ideas!
More later!
