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Guess I missed my two year anniversary of writing this blog
Fri 27 May 2005, 04:29 PM
Tweetby Ben Langhinrichs
I'm not too into the anniverary thing, but I have been writing this since May 2003, and am still very glad I started it. I was a bit hesitant at first, since a lot of people start blogs, but not a lot keep them up, and I didn't really want to sputter out. A few stats do seem relevant:
Stats as of last night 559 posts Over 23 posts per month 322 posts with responses 1275 total responses 2.28 responses per post 3.96 responses per post with responses Over 400 different people responding to at least one post I gave two post ratios, because many posts are not particularly meant for responses, but the ones that have had responses have had almost four each. Seems pretty good to me. |
I will do a separate post soon about favorite posts (who can forget Hypothetical Carrots), but here is one I couldn't bear to pass up.
Interesting foreshadowing One of the first posts I made in May 2003 was called Intuition or Market Research. It is worth re-reading in total, but here is a somewhat condensed version: One of the challenging parts of being an independent software vendor is deciding which projects or products to invest in, time wise, money wise and energy wise. Some vendors do a lot of market research, formal or otherwise, to decide what the market will bear. ... On the other hand, I also spend a lot of time developing technology that nobody is asking for directly, or that skirts the edge of anything anyone wants. ... Another example that I am working on right now is HTML -> RT -> HTML technology in a plug in. HTML generation was another gut feel, and one that has paid off handsomely. Many, many customers of all sizes and descriptions are using our HTML generation and MIME mail sending ability, which was an offshoot. Now, I am working away furiously at improving the HTML importing side, so that we can introduce a coexistence tool that allows Notes client apps and web client apps to share rich text even if the web side chooses to use one of the fancy rich text editing tools for the web, such as eWebEditPro. Currently, sharing rich text between the web and Notes client means losing almost all the richness, but I intend to have a plug in answer for that so almost any authoring tool will coexist more smoothly. ... My intuition says it will be a big one, but one of my closest ISV friends thinks it is a non-starter. Who is right? We'll see.Two years later, and a mere two weeks ago, we released CoexEdit, to a rush of evaluators and generally good feedback. You have watched the whole process live through this blog, and over the next few months, you should get the answer along with me about who is right. |
Thanks to all my readers and contributors! I hope to do this for a long time to come, but you all make it worth doing at all.
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What has been said:
318.1. Duffbert (05/27/2005 06:14 PM)
You've made a great addition to the Domino Blogosphere, Ben. And how can we ever repay you for bringing along Mike?
Of course, I'm still thinking about how I might ever forgive you for Crystal...
318.2. Ben Langhinrichs (05/28/2005 05:23 AM)
As a wise man once said: "I just want to have unwelcome memories to draw upon..."
I'm always happy to assist. And thanks for the kind words. You have made a great addition yourself, although your contribution is somewhat broader due to all the reviews. It has been great fun, and I look forward to many more posts (amd I might even let Crystal or Mike post, if they are very, very good... or very, very naughty)