Blossom Analysis

• Finish the database ▼
This entails adding the whole backlog of papers. This won't (ever) mean that all psychedelics papers are in the database, but that most important ones are. After this is done, I can also look how to collaborate with others on sharing this data and making it useful.
Reflection: The database is now (May 2021) almost finished with over 1000 papers in there. This was a lot more papers (and work) than initially expected.
• Continue with updates & blogs ▼
Between four and five times per week Blossom Analysis will be updated with the latest research. The work on providing more context with top 10 blogs has also started and will continue.
With regards to this part, the Insights page has just been made which should give an even better overview of the news in psychedelics.
Reflection: This has been done, we also started a cooperation with Report on Psychedelics (RoP) that has proven to be fruitful.
• Add 3 more 'Psychedelic and ...' pages ▼
These pages will serve as a perfect starting points if someone is interested in this field. They will be similar to the current one on creativity, but will probably have more interactive features and an option to download the page (and support the website by doing this).
Reflection: Alas, with all the database work, this hasn't been done.

Psychedelics Courses

• Promote featured/highlighted option ▼
This way I can devote more time to this (side-)project and add more features like credits and other data about the courses and update it more frequently.

Reflection: This has partly been done
• Publish monthly newsletter ▼
The newsletter that highlights psychedelic courses (and which new ones are on the horizon) will go out at the start of March.
Reflection: This has partly been done (next one will go out in June)

PsychedeliCards

• Make & Print Design ▼
Design basic version and print design for beta testers.
Reflection: Done
• Start promotion of side-project if it's a go ▼
This depends if I can devote enough time to make this a success. The cards feature interesting questions that you can ask yourself (and friends) when having a (recreational/at-home) psychedelic experience. The promotion would entail sharing the process of making them, the ideas behind them, and preparing for an April 14th launch.
Reflection: This has not been done

Blossom Analysis

• Publish 200 more papers ▼
Many are now drafts that need a little introductory paragraph and it should be possible to publish them without much effort. The same goes for many researcher profiles which I will keep adding. I now have some help with doing this work.
February update: added more than 260 papers in January, now at over 500 papers, aiming for 700 at the end of the month. Final update: not yet there, but hopeful that by the end of March the whole backlog is done.
• Add member features ▼
I still have to decide how much of this will be free. This includes features like leaving (private) comments on pages, downloads of reports. Vote on future blogs/directions.
February update: comment system added, now using the private notes myself for extra (unstructured) notes on papers. Will add the voting for the direction of blogs soon. Final update: this has also been added.
• Continue with updates & blogs ▼
Between four and five times per week Blossom Analysis will be updated with the latest research. The work on providing more context with top 10 blogs has also started and wil continue (one post every 2 weeks).
February update: This has continued and large review of 2020 research also done.

Psychedelics Courses

• Promote featured/highlighted option ▼
This way I can devote more time to this (side-)project and add more features like credits and other data about the courses and update it more frequently.
February update: This is the only one to still be done in the latter two weeks of February. Final update: this has been moved to March.
• Update to new database structure ▼
This way the data will be shared/originate from Blossom Analysis. It will make maintenance easier (also for future colleagues without coding experience).
February update: Done.
• Add email newsletter option ▼
To better promote the website, provide a way for future courses to be promoted.
February update: Done, first newsletter planned in first days of March. Get in touch if you want to have your course featured. Final update: newsletter incoming in a few days.

PsychedeliCards

• Make designs ▼
The goal is to have 10 designs ready in an overarching (consistent) art style.
February update: Some cards done, but many more to go.
• Print v0.2 ▼
Print version for beta-testers. I have reserved a full day to work on this exclusively.
February update: Unfortunately not done yet.

All Other Projects

• Psychedelics Directory & Psychedelics Protocol ▼
Take time to figure out how to progress with these project, with whom to work together (for the directory there is someone else also working on a similar thing). And how these could be sustainable projects.
February update: Still no good directory available so I do plan on picking that up.

Blossom Analysis

• Publish 100 more papers ▼
Many are now drafts that need a little introductory paragraph and it should be possible to publish them without much effort. The same goes for many researcher profiles which I will keep adding.
Reflection: I've added many more papers and now (January 2021) this will pick up even more.
• Update/Publish About Page ▼
Here I want to lay out more of my background/thoughts about psychedelics. The database aims to be neutral and informative, but I think it's good to know where I come from (rationalist, atheist, etc). On this page (or services) I also want to publish my (monetary) business plan. This would include the pledge to give 30%? of revenue to effective charities and possibly also everything above value X.
Reflection: The about page is live and the donation percentage is 20%. The 'above value X' is not something I can do now, as I would want to reinvest all/most revenue in the coming years.
• Continue with updates & blogs ▼
Between four and five times per week Blossom Analysis will be updated with the latest research. The work on providing more context with top 10 blogs has also started and wil continue (one post every 2 weeks).
Reflection: Continued, top 10 posts not so much as we're working on a larger one. I do plan on doing more blogs.

Psychedelics Courses

• Promote featured/highlighted option ▼
This way I can devote more time to this (side-)project and add more features like credits and other data about the courses and update it more frequently.
Reflection: This feature was made but haven't updated the website unfortunately, something for January 2021.
• Update to new database structure ▼
This way the data will be shared/originate from Blossom Analysis. It will make maintenance easier (also for future colleagues without coding experience).
Reflection: Not done due to time constraints
• Add email newsletter option ▼
To better promote the website, provide a way for future courses to be promoted. The same will apply to Psychedelics Books.
Reflection: Have this feature ready from Psychedelics Books website.

PsychedeliCards

• Make designs ▼
The goal is to have 10 designs ready in an overarching (consistent) art style.
Reflection: Learned the program but unfortunately didn't do this.

All Other Projects

• Launch Psychedelics Books ▼
This will be an independent project that shares data with Blossom Analysis. For this project it should be possible to hire someone else to do much of the 'grunt' work.
Reflection: Done, haven't outsourced adding new books (yet)
• Psychedelics Directory & Psychedelics Protocol ▼
Take time to figure out how to progress with these project, with whom to work together (for the directory there is someone else also working on a similar thing). And how these could be sustainable projects.
Reflection: Not done yet. Still think that the directory could be very valuable.

Blossom Analysis

• Publish 100 more papers ▼
Many are now drafts that need a littel introductory paragraph and it should be possible to publish them without much effort. The same goes for many researcher profiles which I will keep adding.
Reflection: I don't think that I got to 100, but the database is getting more and more complete. Now working on adding a lot of 'historic' papers.
• Update/Publish About Page ▼
Here I want to lay out more of my background/thoughts about psychedelics. The database aims to be neutral and informative, but I think it's good to know where I come from (rationalist, atheist, etc). On this page (or services) I also want to publish my (monetary) business plan. This would include the pledge to give 30%? of revenue to effective charities and possibly also everything above value X.
Reflection: This didn't happen, but the draft text has been made
• Continue with updates & blogs ▼
Between four and five times per week Blossom Analysis will be updated with the latest research. The work on providing more context with top 10 blogs has also started and wil continue (one post every 2 weeks).
Reflection: Done!

Psychedelics Courses

• Promote featured/highlighted option ▼
This way I can devote more time to this (side-)project and add more features like credits and other data about the courses and update it more frequently.
Reflection: Haven't done so. I will rework this website so that it become easier to maintain.
• Update to new database structure ▼
This way the data will be shared/originate from Blossom Analysis. It will make maintenance easier (also for future colleagues without coding experience).
Reflection: Something for this month

PsychedeliCards

• Plan out timeline for design and promotion ▼
This project will be an awesome gift for people to give during Christmas. If possible I want to see if we can launch a Kickstarter campaign around that time. For that I would need to know the lead times, costs, and have many of the design (and a timeline for that) parts done already.
Reflection: Made progress, but won't launch for quite some time to come, will take time to develop art work, rest looks good.
• Make design ▼
For this I'm using Affinity Designer and it's a great program, but also one that I still have to learn to use. So in this next month I will get used to it and start making designs. At least there is no shortage of what I think could go on the cards.
Reflection: Started in earnest, need time to learn this

All Other Projects

• Launch Psychedelics Books ▼
This will be an independent project that shares data with Blossom Analysis. For this project it should be possible to hire someone else to do much of the 'grunt' work.
Reflection: Not done, goal for December
• Psychedelics Directory & Psychedelics Protocol ▼
Take time to figure out how to progress with these project, with whom to work together (for the directory there is someone else also working on a similar thing). And how these could be sustainable projects.
Reflection: Also something to reflect on in December, not done.

Blossom Analysis

• Promote Blossom Pro & add 2 features ▼ 0/2
Adding features to the paid option (€20 p/m) of Blossom allows me to hire more people to work on Blossom and make it better. The features added will only be 'extras' and won't take away from the experience of anyone currently using the website. Ideas for features are 1) bookmarking/saving papers/pages, 2) adding personal notes, 3) separated (paid) research services (e.g. Blossom find me all papers on X for Y, will cost Z), 4) special newsletter for X group (students, coaches, industry), 5) early access to original work
Reflection: This goal was not achieved as I was working too much on the other goals, really still something to do.
• Add more papers, people, companies, books ▼ +100/200, +30/30, +20/30, +5/300
Many papers (almost the full 200) are in draft version that need only a little more editing to be published. I will keep track of new papers and add them within a few days after publishing/found. With 200 more papers, the database should have the 'basics' covered. My best estimate at this moment is 1000 papers that are relevant enough. Different from other database projects, I want to provide a lot of context and explanation around each paper, that is mostly what is taking up most the time here.
Reflection: I made significant progress here, but also found that non-essential work like connecting to others, receiving feedback, and the other projects were too distracting to come closer to saying 'the basis is done'. I do think that for the papers this can be said to be somewhat true.
• Add new book section/website ▼
Next to the books currently listed, there are hundreds of books about psychedelics (culture). It would be awesome if I could add more (that I haven't read yet) and provide some information about them (the 'meta-data'). This will be available here on Blossom, and possibly also on a separate website. The idea would be to add affliate links to Amazon that sponsor MAPS (or similar).
Reflection: This is in the works but not done yet.
• Cooperate with other psychedelic database projects ▼
I've spoken to most people who are working on similar projects, to see how we could help each other and provide the best information. In this month you may see the first mini-project in cooperation with one of these awesome people.
Reflection: I have multiple contacts with whom I can work on this so that is great, a test cases should be able to be done this year.
• Add .pdf download of 'psychedelics and ...' page(s) ▼
A .pdf version may be something that is easier to digest than a text-heavy webpage. I do want to make this process automatic so that when the page updates, the .pdf also updates. This will be something that people have to pay for (i.e. be that 'extra' mentioned above).
Reflection: The basisc are done for this, but more work needs to be done to make this automatic. A choice could also be made to not do it this way and do it non-automatic.
• Update/Publish About Page ▼
Here I want to lay out more of my background/thoughts about psychedelics. The database aims to be neutral and informative, but I think it's good to know where I come from (rationalist, atheist, etc). On this page (or services) I also want to publish my (monetary) business plan. This would include the pledge to give 30% of revenue to effective charities and possibly also everything above value X.
Reflection: Not done yet, really something to actively work on so that the website has more appeal/story behind it.

Psychedelics Courses

• Add featured/highlighted option (paid by person offering course) ▼
This way I can devote more time to this (side-)project and add more features like credits and other data about the courses and update it more frequently.
Reflection: The feature is developed, but I haven't actively talked to companies who offer courses about this yet.

Tripping Cards

• Finish first draft of card texts ▼
This project may be the one that could reach the most people. Where Blossom Analysis is mostly for serious students of psychedelics (researchers, therapists, coaches, etc), these cards may provide information and assistance to many who are embarking on a trip. Contact me for more info about this project.
Reflection: Done, this has been a very interesting project and something I will keep working on.
• Draft design of cards (both sides) ▼
Draft both the text (already workshopped a few times now) and a design for the back of the cards (also have quite some ideas for that). For this project I'm working with a friend who is also a great designer.
Reflection: Half-done, many ideas for the back, but still have to execute on them.
• Find printer (costs) ▼
This is shorthand for the economics of it all. How much will it cost to make, ship, etc. And how long will everything take when we have the designs ready? Will we be able to ship before the winter holidays?
Reflection: Also good progress here, almost everything is now worked out except the final overview of shipping costs, that is something for the coming month.