I'm becoming my own client...

Lately I've been struggling with my creative workflow... tools to integrate everything into something relatively seamless and easy to use.  The consultant side of me recognizes a common phenomenon: I'm trying to tackle too much at once and, in so doing, getting lost in the weeds.  Since I'm oddly perfectionistic about technology, I can literally spend weeks contemplating this stuff.  It must stop! Just as I might advise a client, I need to stop trying to "solve the world" and start implementing smaller changes, even if the first "release" is lacking some bells and whistles.

So here's the plan: basic, mostly manual integration of my photography (Lightroom, Flickr), this blog, Facebook, and Twitter:

• Photography: Process all photography through Lightroom, upload to Flickr with either Uploadr or Jeff Friedl's plugin.
• While you were working: Edit posts here in blogger, use Flickr blogging tools to integrate photos
• Twitter/Facebook: Share photos and/or blog posts using Blogger and Flickr's tweeting tools; let Twitter update Facebook automatically
• Buzz: I'm sort of indifferent to Buzz, but it will come automatically through Blogger, so... awesome.

That's already a lot of different tools (I can imagine wanderingfancies being a bit disgusted) but it suits roughly what I want... and I'll refine later, rather than staying stuck in the weeds.

Here's a first shot at using Flickr slideshows and a static photo - comment if you have ideas on how to make this process easier!

Some Pizza:

A Slideshow: