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It's that time of year: happy Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Chanukah, Festivus, Boxing Day, etc...

I thought this might be a good time to say thanks to all of you for stopping by over the past two months or so. This little blog has been one of the best parts of 2002 for me, and I hope it'll just keep growing in 2003. We've averaged around 1,000 visitors a day, with almost every post from me generating interesting comments and followup conversations. It's also been a great stimulus for me, working out new ideas in this public space -- I've actually been about twice as productive as normal since I started maintaining the blog. The more I keep at it, the more it seems to me like a kind of intellectual version of going to the gym: having to post responses and ideas on a semi-regular basis, and having those ideas sharpened or shot down by such smart people, flexes the thinking/writing muscles in a great way. It's the most fun I've had on the web since we started FEED seven years ago...

In the next few months, I'm going to try to experiment a little with the blog format, both by offering some new tools I've been collaborating on, and by trying to open up the book-writing process a little more. (Are you guys ready to be a focus group?) It should be an interesting process, and worth staying tuned for. In the meantime, enjoy the rest of the holidays, and keep in touch.

Comments

[Eric Michael]

I know you're trying hard to include everyone, but it's really not "that time of year" for Chanukah. Chanukah -- which follows the Hebrew calendar -- ended about a month ago. We're actually closer to the Jewish holiday of TU BISH'VAT than to Chanukah. So ... happy Tu Bish'Vat.