{"id":1038,"date":"2007-02-20T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-20T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2007-02-20T07:20:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-20T07:20:00","slug":"becoming-1-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1038","title":{"rendered":"Becoming 1 year old"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has now been a year since I began this blog. February 20, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, I have written nearly 550 posts, providing fresh viewpoints related to telecommunications. Something new almost every day of the year.<\/p>\n<p>I hope I have engaged you as readers, challenged you re-examine industry issues from a different perspective, provoked you to explore alternatives in your own policy convictions, and sometimes entertained you with trivia.<\/p>\n<p>In the course of debate on certain issues, I hope that I have not insulted you and I regret anything that may have caused hurt.<\/p>\n<p>I still consider myself to be new at blogging and believe that most of us, both writers and readers, are still trying to learn how to best use this medium. Thank you for joining me on this exploration.<\/p>\n<p>Certain topics have attracted more attention than others; my posts about internet content blocking and the launch of iPhone drove spikes in traffic. What do you want to hear about?<\/p>\n<p>Drop me a note or enter a comment once in a while to share your views.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has now been a year since I began this blog. 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