1 Year of Blogging

January 3, 2004 in This Blog with 15 Comments

[birthday cake with 1 candle]Sorry I’ve been so silent lately, but I had to come out of hiding today. It is my one-year blogiversary!

I think the first blog I wandered into by accident was Jordon Cooper‘s. I remember thinking, “I don’t get it. It looks like random thoughts from one person. What is the appeal?” My gut told me there was something to it that I just wasn’t seeing. So as I wrote in my very first entry, “I’m really here because I want to learn what blogging is about, and like anything else, how can you learn without doing?”

What I learned was astonishing: that in a computer-based world of networks and hyperlinks, here was a system that depended on people. We, the readers, are the linking agents. I started wandering around, and found various interesting conversations. And some wonderful people found me.

So whether you are a close friend (old or new), a regular visitor, or just happen to be passing through, thank you. Leave a comment! (And for my homeys who say, “I don’t know how to leave a comment,” it’s easy. See the link that says Comments? Click it, and fill in the form.)

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15 Responses to “1 Year of Blogging”

  1. J January 3, 2004 at 3:48 pm #

    Happy Blogiversary! :)

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  2. Jan January 3, 2004 at 3:52 pm #

    Hippy Happy Hoppy Blogiversary!
    (lighting virtual candle on virtual cake)

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  3. burntoutblog January 3, 2004 at 4:26 pm #

    Inspirational words

    Simply wanted to say “Hear hear” Jon.

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  4. Mike January 3, 2004 at 5:04 pm #

    Congrats Jon! Thanks for sharing the journey.

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  5. Brian January 3, 2004 at 8:59 pm #

    Brian couldn’t be with us today, but he sent this previously recorded message.
    “Jon, I’ve really enjoyed your blog this last year.”

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  6. Jed January 4, 2004 at 12:46 am #

    Happy blogiversary, Jon! Yours was the second blog I ever read (I followed a link from Andrew’s) but yours was the one that created that urge in me to carve out my own virtual space for very real interactions. Thank you for your real-ness and your humor — I appreciate the window into your life.

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  7. Birgit January 4, 2004 at 10:28 pm #

    Hm, I wonder how many blogs your blog has spawned….count me in there :-)
    Happy bloggiversary!

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  8. Andy the Geek January 5, 2004 at 11:27 am #

    Dude, thanks for all that you do.
    I hope and pray that 2004 is an awesome year for you.
    Peace.

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  9. Helen January 5, 2004 at 8:30 pm #

    I join in the salutations!! Jon, I really enjoy reading your blog, so keep it up!!!! Love, Helen

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  10. Helen January 5, 2004 at 8:33 pm #

    Jon, I like your new picture! Is that something I haven’t seen before in your ear?
    You rock! Helen

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  11. Rich January 6, 2004 at 9:20 am #

    Correction: Happy anniversary of blogging. Heh.

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  12. Rich January 6, 2004 at 9:20 am #

    Happy anniversary, Jon! Time goes by fast doesn’t it?!

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  13. truegossiper January 6, 2004 at 6:48 pm #

    happy 1 year blogging… ^^

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  14. Jon Reid January 8, 2004 at 11:02 am #

    Thanks, everybody! …And Helen, regarding “something in my ear,” you must have missed my September 22 posting.

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  15. greg January 13, 2004 at 12:03 pm #

    Happy aniversary. I bought you some plug-ins for your protools. Where do I send it?
    -Greg

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