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March 21, 2016 • randomness •

Spring 2016 Bloggiesta Begins!

My original to-do list was in my Bloggiesta sign-up post, but I’ll recap it here:

Update my books and review links on LibraryThing, where my catalog still looks like 2015
Get acquainted with the other members of my Bookish Mastermind Group and figure out what we want from it
Do at least one other mini-challenge, to be decided during the week, Since I already have a LibraryThing task on my agenda the LT challenge is a strong contender, but I’m eyeballing the Litsy challenge too!

Assess The 3 R’s Blog at 90 days self-hosted. I moved the blog to self-hosted WordPress just before Christmas, and I want to assess whether I want to make any changes its look and feel. My focus will be on the following:
- Design–I don’t foresee changing the theme at this time, but I may tweak fonts and colors
- Related: Finish the Master Customizer CSS course
- Tags and categories still need some work
- Considering adding a page of favorite or “showcase” posts

Audience Participation Question for those of you on self-hosted WordPress: I’d love to know your favorite recommended plugins–please share in the comments! (Can this count for the Blog Critique mini-challenge?)

I may not get much done with any of this during the week–it’ll be a busy one at the office–but this Bloggiesta runs through next Sunday. (And I have next Monday and Tuesday off as my extended Birthday Weekend, so I may be having an extended Bloggiesta as well!)

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