A Birthday for the Blog

The Clermont Blog is one year old. That’s an achievement in self-discipline if nothing else.

The original intention was to practice some web 2.0 technology ~ a blog being the easiest way to interact with others in the spreading blogosphere.

Blogs come in different flavors, of course, and the Clermont was originally intended to be an edublog with a focus on international education (the area in which I have dabbled for 35+ years and the career which also pays me some money to engage my thoughts and experience). But the mind wanders and it is easy to write about travel, sports and literature.

There have been 85 posts or about 1.5 per week ~ and definitely slowing down these past few months. At the very least writing something each week keeps the pen sharpened and the mind thinking. My 7th grade English teacher would have been proud.

A few friends have sent along encouragement (thank you) and some strangers have added the odd comment (including someone else who has traveled to Medellin, Colombia and also loved the spotlessly clean metro there).

This summer I was going to add some bells and whistles but didn't achieve that goal. Where does the time go?

Alas, back to work (real work) and here’s a toast to the future of the interactive web.

CHEERS, dears.