10 years and 2500 posts ago

This Saturday, February 20, marks 10 years since I wrote my first blog post, “It’s a start“.

For 10 years, I have tried to provide you with current perspectives on communications technology and services, sharing some of my thoughts on issues, often from a different angle compared to what you might read in other fora.

Every one of the more than 2500 posts is available on-line (use the “My back pages” tab on the right side). As I glance through some of the posts from the early years, I see that my style has evolved through the years.

Prior to launching the blog in 2006, I wrote periodic updates for my clients. Between 1997 and 2005, some of these appeared on the “Reports & Updates” section of my website. Over the past few weeks, I have migrated them onto this blog platform so that there is now a single archive of nearly 20 years of observations on Canada’s communications scene. I apologize if some of the links are dead.

It is always interesting for me to see which issues attract the most views; over the past few years, I have highlighted the “Top 5” of the year at year end. I hope that at least some of my posts have been worthwhile sharing with colleagues.

Very few of my readers add comments, but I always appreciate the emails or calls or direct messages on Twitter that provide feedback, some of which is positive enough to encourage me to keep writing.

I’m not retiring yet.

I certainly can’t expect to live off the ad residuals and I’m not even sure the “Donate” button on the left side of the blog is functional given the paucity of contributions to the Goldberg Vacation Relief Fund. Please feel free to earmark your donations to my yacht and helicopter fund.

But, keep those cards and letters and tweets coming.

Thanks for stopping by this website over the past 10 years. I’ll keep trying to playing the hits for you.