One Year On

This week brings up the first anniversary of davekean.com blog in its current iteration. When I started this I did not really have an aim or goal for the sit, I was not even sure if I had enough to say, but that’s not been an issue. Somehow here we are a year and something over 80,000 words later, and as ever the constant churn that is life continues to make things interesting.

Lots have happened, both good and bad. Some of that has been documented here, and some will be in the future. It’s been a year with a lot of change and shifting focus, I’m not sure I’m coping that well with it at times, but I’m doing my best.

I’ve found writing to be therapeutic in some way, while it is unquestionably somewhat self-indulgent it has also been an interesting way to share. It is a very deliberate and personal form of communication, but as with the rest of the blogoshere it comes with some level of rather satisfying anonymity.

When I started this I did not understand how interactive and dynamic this medium was, that’s been a pleasant surprise that I try to understand and adapt to every day.

Perhaps my biggest surprise (and a very pleasant one) has been the number of hits my pages receive. Over the last couple of months I’ve been averaging something like 1500-1800 uniques a week and getting towards a couple of hundred RSS subscribers. Thanks for reading, for your feedback, emails and comments, they make a difference.

One thing I’ve discovered is there is plenty of inspiration out there, personal, professional, internal and external. From my interesting and mostly functional family and friends, to the debacle of the England football team (I admit “rotting corpse” may have been a little strong the describe the, but not by much) and what is turning out to be one of the best F1 seasons in a long time.

I really don’t think what I’ve had to say is that important or interesting. But thank you for reading and hopefully finding some turds worth the effort of polishing (it’s possible, they did it on Mythbusters) on here somewhere.

It’s been a packed year with lots going on. As I sit here today, it seems like then next year will be no different. It’s been interesting to take stock of what has happened, what’s is happening and appreciate the life I have and the possibilities that await me.

Thank you

Dave

dave @ davekean.com