Just a quick update, because I’d like to sleep soon, but we’ve now got all the categories in place as we want them. All the old content is now in the wrong categories, but most of it doesn’t matter anyway. The main section headings are at the top right of each page now - Do, See, Us. The old Photography content has been moved into those pages for now, but still needs a fair bit of work to tidy it all up.
The really big difference for us, though, is that we’re not trying to be a comprehensive guide to anything now. We’re just covering what really interests us. It probably means that PigPog will become a bit more personal home page than it has been recently, but maybe that won’t be such a bad thing. If we’re only writing about stuff we actually care about, we’re likely to write more, and better. It will probably mean more photos, too, since that’s more our area now.
Well, that was certainly a day of big changes for PigPog. I hate doing upgrades to the site, because all it takes is something very small to go wrong, and there’s a lot at risk. It all went reasonably smoothly, considering how much was happening.
- I upgraded Drupal to version 5.x.
- I switched PigPog to use the new default theme, and customised the colour scheme. I always feel a bit bad about not making a real custom scheme, but this way is so easy, and I’d probably never manage to make anything that matches the default theme’s simple but pretty design.
- I’ve moved the content we don’t want to concentrate on any more to a new section, so it’s not using space in the top bar any more.
- I’ve installed a new Flickr module for Drupal, which makes it a little easier to add Flickr photos to posts, and lets us do a few things with blocks too.
- I’ve tried to give GuitarPr0n its own theme back, but only with limited success.
We need to make a new logo still, and there’s a bit of work to do to make the feeds work as they should, but I’m pretty happy with progress.
Summary: Expect PigPog to change around a bit over the next little while - some things will move, and it may start to look a bit different. It’ll probably take a week or so to settle down, but we’re doing a bit of ‘rebranding’. PigPog is becoming PigPog Visual Arts, and tightening its focus to concentrate on less things, but hopefully to cover them better. We’ll be trying to make it a bit more about us, too (Michael and Sam), and putting more of our stuff out there rather than just talking about it.
If you’re interested in why we’re doing this, and what’s likely to change, keep reading…
If you’re at all regular around here, you’ll probably have noticed that PigPog hasn’t been updated very much in recent times. There’s no shortage of things available for us to cover - anything creative is our area. We have reached the conclusion that this is probably our biggest problem.
The Problem
By focusing on such a wide area, we’ve given ourselves some difficulties:
Regular readers will probably have noticed that many of our pen reviews mention and link to Cult Pens. At first, we just happened to buy some pens there, and linked to them because we liked the pens and the shop. Soon, they started giving us a little discount on our purchases in return for the linking, then they started sending us a few freebies to try out (always disclosed in the review). Well, the relationship is about to change a bit more.
Things aren’t fully settled yet - there’s an office move that’s trying to happen alongside it all - but all being well, as of the end of December, we’ll be working at Cult Pens.
Last Update: Added a link for Gretchen (one of the people who helped create the PigPog Method), to her new site - Girls Can’t WHAT? - inspiration for girls who can.
This article describes how I actually implement the
GTD is all based on David Allen’s excellent books. You’ll get far more from reading the books than from any web site.
- From Amazon US: - Getting Things Done, Ready for Anything.
- From Amazon UK - Getting Things Done, Ready for Anything.
Introduction
Latest Update: The date is set - see the bottom of the post 
(It’s no good - I can’t wait until tomorrow to post this - our anniversary is actually on the 13th…)
Personal stuff ahead, and it’s all mushy - you might want to skip this one if you don’t like that sort of thing.
In case you’re not aware of it already, PigPog consists of two people - I’m Michael, and my partner is Sam. Today is our anniversary - she’s been with me for ten years, and it seems like a good time to explain just why I love her so much, and why she’s so important to me.