{"id":11684,"date":"2017-12-28T06:20:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T11:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=11684"},"modified":"2017-12-28T07:40:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T12:40:38","slug":"top-5-from-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=11684","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 from 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which posts resonated with my readers in 2017?<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the analytics, these 5 blog posts had the most individual page views:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2zSzsYM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Driving innovation in healthcare<\/a>&#8221; [October 30]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2r4XP4L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parting is such sweet sorrow<\/a>&#8221; [June 8]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2pm8Mty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deconstructing the CRTC<\/a>&#8221; [May 8]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2sWBJ48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A mandate letter for the new CRTC Chair<\/a>&#8221; [June 23]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2aYr8wn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">25 years of telecom competition<\/a>&#8221; [June 12]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Thanks to links from other sites, that October 30 post (<a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2zSzsYM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Driving innovation in healthcare<\/a>) has become the single most viewed post since I started my blog nearly 12 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Like <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2hw5QL8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last year&#8217;s list<\/a>, an honourable mention goes to a post from way back in 2006, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2fUSd7a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Knock-down versus knock-out<\/a>,&#8221; which talked about challenges chasing illegal content off the internet. I find it fascinating that this post continues to attract attention, perhaps because recent news articles have raised the discussion of blocking internet sites that host pirated content.<\/p>\n<p>I had one <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2kbqzWD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a> that attracted more attention than any other &#8211; it was <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/2kbqzWD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a re-tweet<\/a> of something posted by CNN, with me simply highlighting one of the quotes in the article:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Getting rid of government authority over the Internet is the exact opposite of authoritarianism.&#8221; | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AjitPaiFCC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AjitPaiFCC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zBFcVeMS6K\">https:\/\/t.co\/zBFcVeMS6K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Goldberg (@Mark_Goldberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mark_Goldberg\/status\/935612378120679424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thank you for following me here on this blog (and on <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/1dqNoKp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>) and engaging over the past year. Let me extend to\u00a0you the very best wishes for health, happiness and peace in the year ahead. <\/p>\n<p>Happy new year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which posts resonated with my readers in 2017? 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