It’s been a milestone for this Blog, today has…
When I started this Blog, I did it as an experiment.. a toe in the water.I’ve been doing longer form stuff for years, now both on the net and on the BBS networks (GT mostly) prior to that, as well as the old Commodore BBS I used to run.
So, I’ve had some practice expressing myself in ‘print’. I’ve also been doing BitsBits on the web since the middle 90’s.. So self expression was never an issue with me… at least with THIS project.
I never planned on programming for the masses. I’ve always been very news-active, having a broadcasters background ( I worked in the radio business for 15 years and am a semi-professional DJ today doing weddings, mostly), so it’s natural that when I started writing about my own interests, that I just started writing about politics the way I see it, and social issues as well, along with other things as they caught my eye.
I figured…. if people liked what I write, fine. If not, forget it, and I really don’t care. To a large degree, I hold to that idea now. Working this way, I got around 50 hits per day, for several months… since last June or so…while I piddled around and found a style that worked for me in this new format called Blogging, which itself was and is still being defined, really. And I’ve continued to run BitsBiits weekly, as well.
Today, though, it’s starting to take off. Today marks the first time this blog has gotten over 200 hits in one day [1]… it’s been holding at around 150 for a while now… (Even though TTLB shows me with only 36 hits [2]… gotta get him to fix that, darn it)
Not only did the site get 200 hits, it pole-vaulted over that figure to 267. Hey, I’m no Glenn [3], or Dan [4], but I seem to be getting by in my own right, I guess.
Today also marks a nice little feather in the cap, one I’ve already noted… John at Right Wing News [5]honored BitsBog with the ‘Site Of The Day’ mention, for which I’m grateful. RWN managed to push about 15-20 people my way as of midnight.
Al this is a round-about way of explaining to my new readers where I’m coming from and saying: Thanks for your readership. I’ll try to keep you thinking.
OK, enough celebration. Back to work.