posted January 4, 2016 #
Officially, this is my first day of posting on the blog for 2016. I've been writing here for almost fifteen years and still enjoy it. I'm going to make a few resolutions for myself that will hopefully enjoyably impact things around here. In no particular order:
- Finish this data migration - I've been leaning on Zapier and custom PHP to power the sidebar of the site. It's working way better than my old cron job RSS reader. Now I just need to migrate all the old blog data into the same table so it's all searchable in one place.
- Redesign the site - I want to continue with the dual column layout but have some ideas on how to make it friendlier for smaller screens. I may have to do this in public stages to force myself to get it done.
- Share More - I don't post very often to Dribbble but I'd like to force myself to share progress of projects. I'd also like to be better about posting to Twitter a bit more regularly. I'm often just afraid to look / sound like an idiot on both platforms - I suppose I should just embrace the potential.
- Renovate YKRecords.com - I need to hone the brand so it properly reads as "YK" and not "YEWKNEE" - this will make Discogs much more sensible and make the name of the label just that much more awkward. I also plan to redesign the site but that parts easy.
- Put out a ton of records - YK Records currently sits at 33 releases. I plan to add a ton to that in 2016 and they're all wonderful creations. Part of this undertaking will mean getting some things licensed, so if you have any tips on helping artists get paid for licensing, I'm all ears.
I know I could make this list much longer but if I'm able to accomplish the main points above in the next 3-4 months, I'll be extremely happy.
