Reflections after one thousand hits.
Jun 3rd, 2008 by Mark Spahr
Today, my little blog achieved the 1000 hit milestone. Not bad for something that has only been in existence since the middle of February and is only published randomly and from time to time. Here are a couple of thoughts about my experience so far:
- I have not posted nearly as much as I thought I would when I started this thing. A big reason for this is our new daughter, born in March. Couple that with a three-year-old, and I don’t always have the time/energy that I would like to have for writing.
- I wonder about the impact that Twitter has had on my blog. Sometimes I think I have sent a quick burst or thought out on Twitter that, given time, I might have developed into a more fully formed thought as a blog post. This might be a manifestation of how my mind works: I tend to bounce around a lot as things catch my attention. Perhaps I have a mental crow that is attracted to all things shiny, new, or different.
- Since starting my blog, I have made connections with some fantastically talented people out there. Some are from right here in Maine, like Dan and Jeff from the Wicked Decent Learning podcast, Richard Byrne, and Harold Shaw. Others are from across the globe, like Jenny Luca in Australia. I know I say this all the time, but I think that it is so cool to have the power to communicate like this.
Do I have a large number of subscribers who comment all the time? No, not really. It would be nice, but that isn’t why I started my blog. This space has always been about collecting my thoughts, writing down ideas, and sharing it with the world (just in case any one notices). Since I have reached this milestone, I guess some of you have noticed. Thanks for checking in from time to time, and thanks for reading!
Mark - see I do actually look here, :). You may not post as much as you like and yes twitter does seem to draw from blog writing for us all, but when you do post, your posts are typically thoughtful and insightful. Now if I can just get my iPod to download that last WDL episode, so I can listen to it - iTunes was being persnickety yesterday. Keep writing and having fun…now if Lugo could just start hitting
Now for the next 10,000 hits.
Harold
Mark,
Congratulations on reaching 1,000 hits. Keep blogging away. I don’t comment as much as I’d like, but I’m reading and enjoying your posts.
Regarding Twitter, I’ve wondered the same thing. I think that if you consistently post on Twitter people will come to your blog if they like what you’re Twittering about. My other thought is that if Twitter had easily accessible analytics we might not worry about Twitter diverting traffic away from our blogs.
Richard
Mark,
Congrats on the YK. Look out for the Y2K though! Great having you on the show last week, I’m glad to think you consider us “talented” people. I’d have classified us somewhere between the common vole and the northeastern ground slug.
Jeff
Jeff,
Thanks for the kind words. You and Dan are definitely talented and you should raise your scale at least to somewhere between a black fly and a groundhog! ☺
Mark
Yay Mark! Congratulations on the 1000 milestone. It’s been great making connection with you - One day I’ll get there and come knocking on your door. It’ll be Autumn (Fall) because I’ve always wanted to see your state at this time of year. (Too many Stephen King books in my youth -when he was writing really well) Just watch that ticker keep on moving up!
Jenny - your aussie fan.
@Harold, Richard, & Jenny- Thanks for reading and thanks for the kind words. Jenny, you are welcome in Maine any time. We’ll go and get a lobstah roll!
Mark