Wow, I was just shutting down the laptop for the week, looked at the calendar and realized it was the third anniversary of my first post.
It’s been a pretty wild ride when I think back on it. I started out kind of wishy-washy, not sure whether to use my “corporate voice” or my real voice. Ultimately, I settled on the latter, for good or ill.
I started out as an outsider, then hit it big for a while, then got bored and burned out, then decided to give it another go with a few changes in focus and format.
Now we’re back to a respectable Alexa ranking of 150,000, have about 1,100 RSS subscribers, and average about 40,000 unique visitors per month. (Sure, a lot of them are coming to see pictures like these, but they all count.)
So I’m glad that I’ve been able to stick with it. I feel like I’ve gone through a couple generations of blogging relationships, starting out with Steve and Jeremy and Shel and Todd D., and now interacting more with Geoff and Rich and Ike and Cam. There have been a few true blue types like Kevin and Kami and Alice and Bill and Todd A., too. I count all of you, and others out there, as good friends.
Next week (programmers willing), we expect to launch a full redesign for Spin Thicket. Before too long, you’ll see that site dwarf anything that Media Orchard has achieved. So I think the fun is just beginning.
Stay tuned.
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Happy Birthday, Orchardo!
(Maybe it’s time to dust off my old stomping grounds, since that’s where the blogoversaries were celebrated…)
Spin Thicket is the magic elixir that unites us all. Keep it up, Scott. You are a rock star.
Congrats, Scott. Keep on truckin’!
Wait, you had a relationship with Steve?! That’s quite an achievement considering I couldn’t even get an email reply from him.
Anyway, glad I am one of your true blues. I’m flattered. Speaking of true blues, did you hear that Leo Bottary is back? Keep up the great work and thanks for being such a good buddy.
Todd
Well, let me be the first to wish you a very happy blog birthday. You are a very talented and creative person. It has been my pleasure to work with you over the years.
Okay, now I sound like an old lady.
Can’t wait to see what you have up your sleeve.
Happy Birthday Scott.
“I don’t know how to quit you.”
damn, need a better quote.
Congratulations!
Looking at all that you’ve accomplished, it scares me to think what would happen if you were doing this stuff full-time.
Shine on!
Happy Blogoversary, amigo!
congrats and well done
what are the site statistics of the Thicket like?
Damn, he’s older than me.
;-p
Woohoo! Congratulations. Keep plugging away.
Thanks everyone. And Alice — ST is about half MO, but I expect that to change soon. I predict ST will be double MO by yearend.