Where did neat stuFF go?

Nowhere, it's just evolved.

I launched neat stuFF with laura jane in April 2010 on Blogger, sharing snippets of my thoughts, favourite photos, videos and longer "feature" pieces. But by September 2011 I realised I'd become image rich, content poor. I had plenty of "neat stuFF" to share; photos, illustrations etc - I just didn't want to talk about them. So, I converted to Tumblr, the platform I'd long insisted was for the "lazy blogger". The image based publisher allowed me to quickly post pictures, videos and cool snippets I'd come across - it was exactly what I was after.

Six months on and I'm unsettled again. Don't get me wrong, Tumblr's great, it's just not enough. I've lost my blog's voice. I'm no longer the "babbling blogger" my Twitter claims. In an off the cuff conversation with my flatmate, it became pretty clear the neat stuFF required some rebranding.

For one, neat stuFF with blah blah blah was too long for a blog title. My friends, family, boss, boyfriend all struggle to recall what my blog's called. Fail on my part. Call it a rookie mistake. New name required.

I also decided I didn't want to have to move my blog again (and lose all my posts!), I wanted to keep my Tumblr alive, on the side as a place to scrapbook all my cat gifs and such. Hardly a ground-breaking decision, but it will require more work on my part to regularly maintain two blogs.

I'm now posting under the blog name "chalkboard girl", with a new Blogger blog (hello, you're on it) and have renamed my Tumblr to match. There's no .com to brag of yet, but it'll be in the works. And I'll link them up all fancy like too, eventually.

The only thing I'm struggling with now is my Facebook Page. The powers that be at Facebook HQ won't allow you to change your page name if you have over 100 "fans/likes/etc". You win some, you lose some. And I for one don't want to lose the 229 people who have very graciously clicked "LIKE"! So, until Facebook plays catch up with their users needs, I'll be posting my favourite pics, pieces and what not to the page, manually. Joy!

I'm pretty excited, still playing around with this design layout (suggestions welcome), and I even updated my email signature. So, that's me for now. Working on a post about my hesitation towards Lana Del Rey. Haters gon hate.

Until then,

(the blogger formerly known as the girl with neat stuFF)