Category: Status

4,000 Posts

This is the 4,000th published post on my blog, going back to 2006 (including a couple of starts and stops across various platforms and a few years when I was encouraged not to have a site). I’ve written around 600,000 words here, which is equivalent to around 10 longer books.

I view this as my personal thinking space… sometimes it’s coherent and polished, and sometimes it’s a random thought or link to something that I want to share with others to read (and my poor friends and family can only take so many links about randomness in a day).

I think Seth Godin said it best here in his celebration of writing his 5,000th post a few years back…

The 5000th post* | Seth’s Blog:

My biggest surprise? That more people aren’t doing this. Not just every college professor (particularly those in the humanities and business), but everyone hoping to shape opinions or spread ideas. Entrepreneurs. Senior VPs. People who work in non-profits. Frustrated poets and unknown musicians… Don’t do it because it’s your job, do it because you can.

The selfishness of the industrial age (scarcity being the thing we built demand upon, and the short-term exchange of value being the measurement) has led many people to question the value of giving away content, daily, for a decade or more. And yet… I’ve never once met a successful blogger who questioned the personal value of what she did.

Stats from 2025

This is a little self-indulgent, but I wanted to share some of the interesting stats from my blog in 2025. I was rather surprised to see the site have one its “best” year (numbers-wise with page views, likes, and comments… I won’t apply that label to my own content) since 2016 and reaching levels it was hitting at the height of blogging on the web in the mid 2000’s (though I do think we’re seeing a return to blog culture as more people realize the attention engines of social media are turning us all into wretched creatures).

  • Total posts in 2025: 234 (now up to 3,973 published posts since 2006)
  • Total words written in 2025: 58,300 (don’t tell my PhD advisor)
  • Most popular post time: Thursday 5:00 PM (21% of views… I always tell clients that Tuesday mornings and Thursday afternoons are the times when people consume content on the web… still holds true)
  • Total page views in 2025: 90,434 (2016 had 120,469 and 2011 saw 100,081 views for comparison)
  • Total views all time: 1,002,067
  • Total unique visitors all time: 570,862
  • Best month ever: December 2025 (yep, last month the blog saw its record 37,000 views, which beats out January 2007’s 34,000… crazy!)

All told, I really don’t care that much about these sorts of stats these days as I know I’m writing for a niche audience. I don’t monetize this site (or your visits, data, or viewing habits in any way beyond simple page views… no Google Analytics, etc. here). However, it is endearing to see new people find and interact with my ramblings here, but especially to see all of you who come back as repeat visitors that like articles, leave comments, and (yes) even share sometimes on social media outlets. I deeply appreciate your engagement, and definitely reach out if you ever have questions about my writing, opinions, or work!

Who Says Blogging is Dead?

My site is having its biggest month in almost 20 years (and its best year since 2007, when I was selling sponsorships and made a decent income from them). I’ve not done much to promote things here besides writing, but I do appreciate the tens of thousands of visitors (not bots) that have stopped by.

We’re about to enter a new age of personal and professional blogging that will swing the pendulum back from the horribleness of social media coalesced around a few corporate platforms. These types of surprising numbers (for me) help convince me that my thoughts are accurate.

Stargate Returns!

I’m very (very) excited about this news and can’t wait to see what the new series has in store for us… Stargate is one of those shows I’ve long clung to as a fan and loved the mythology since the original movie that I saw as a college kid way back in the ’90’s. Exciting times!

Stargate Returns! – Joseph Mallozzi’s Weblog:

Yes, it’s true.  14 years after the franchise aired its last episode (SGU’s “Gauntlet”), a new Stargate series has been greenlit by Amazon.  And it’s not a reboot or a wholesale reimagining that will wipe the slate clean on 17 seasons and some 350 hours of Stargate history.  It’s a new series that will be the perfect jumping-on point for first-time viewers while, at the same time, honoring the existing past.

Trying out GPT-5 for the first time while doing some work on a paper about AI and integal ecologies… I’m blown away. This is transformative and exciting and scary all at the same time. Talk about ontological shock 👊

GMail

I was cleaning up my inbox this morning and realized that I had built up about 21 years of muscle memory working in GMail (was an ardent Eudora fan before that) since 2004. Amazing to me how quickly that span happened.