Rethinking my blog

So it's a new year and like most people, I've been thinking about what I want to do. Then I looked at my poor neglected blog and thought - hey. This thing needs a little more love and attention then I've been giving it. I work on strategy and content in my day job - so why am I not doing the same thing here?

This is going to change! Yes - that's right. There are going to be posts. And pictures. And stuff. Lots and lots of stuff.  The main problem I have is that my blog is as eclectic as I am. There are random posts about the random things I do and I don't want it to be too confusing. I had three blogs at one point but now I've merged them into this one blog.

There's no fancy name - I tried a few - so I've left it as just me. There can be downsides to that. The name of a blog is like the name of a movie - it tells you what's in the tin. But other than calling it the random blog, I thought my name would suffice.

So what's the plan? I've fixed the navigation on the blog so there is an upper navigation all about me and the work that I do and then a navigation for the main categories I'll talk about on my blog. I don't want to be too regimented but I want to start blogging everyday. So I'm going to take my grandparents advice. Sometimes a paragraph is all you need to tell a story. I'm also going to write more about my work in social media and with communities as well as covering the events I go to and people I meet.  As I'm a big traveller, I'm going to talk more about my travels and places you should go visit -  even be a traveller in my own town!

Lastly I'm going to write more about the food I make. This has been an influence from my sister's boyfriend Chris who blogs on Eating is the Hard Part.  I've been thinking about having more diner parties and so I bought two Vegan cookbooks. I'm going to inflict my cooking on friends once a week (with a few games and drinks thrown in) and talk about it here. I'm also going to veganize my grandma's recipes - so a little vegan prairie food.

That should cover my eclecticness enough I think. The big question is, what do you want to see? What will make you come back every day and read what I write in this space?