September 8, 2006
One Year of Blog
This blog is one year old. The numbers are easy. I made 146 blog posts. Readers made 622 talkback posts. Most of the topics relate with Delphi, but I discussed also web development outside of the Delphi realm. Looking at the web stats, I see about 2,000 visits a day, with twice as much pages served. A good number of those are hits to the RSS/Atom feeds. That's for the numbers.
Writing on the blog, managing the comments (and responding myself), reading what others are blogging about, keeping an eye on the server and the application (which is a home-made Delphi powered app using lots of XML/XSLT running on Linux), all this takes time. But I feel it is worth.
Anyone can blog, but not all blogs are alike. Mine is a very small and focused voice. Posting didn't drop after ten days, as in many blogs... I hope to be able to put enough time into it also in its second year. Let me know what you think.
PS. I know the Turbos have been released, and more videos and stuff, but back from my short vacations I found a ton of work... will catch up soon!
9 Comments
One Year of Blog
Marco, Your Blogging efforts are MUCH appreciated. You are one of gems of the Delphi community. In my eyes you are one of the key people that keep the Delphi community together, focused and grounded. I check your blog almost every day! GO MARCO!Comment by Tom Wilk on September 8, 19:10
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Hi Marco, I like r blogs very much. I am reading everyday. ThanksComment by Murat Ak on September 8, 19:43
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Thank's Marco for all! This blog is fantastic. You're, for sure, helphig a lot of people to stay in touch with delphi and it's evolution. For me, blog.marcocantu.com is a must visit blog for all the delphi professionals and entusiasts on the world.Comment by Juan Antonio Castillo H. [http://jachguate.hi5.com] on September 8, 23:30
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Marco, thanks for your work on this blog and for delphi community. Your blog is a must for me. Happy birthday blog.marcocantu.com!!!Comment by clacke on September 9, 12:04
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I've always appreciated your individualism and openness. Please keep up the fine work, it is needed in the Delphi community!Comment by Steve on September 10, 05:31
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Marco,I like to read your blog very much. Thank you and keep blogging! The answer is - of cource it worth!Comment by Igor Skomorokh [http://delphigeek.blogspot.com] on September 11, 12:57
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Hi there Marco, it's the first time I post a comment around here. I'm from Portugal, I've been using Delphi ever since vesion 1; I made very good use of your "Mastering Delphi 2" book years ago, I learnt a lot from it. I work for a spanish bank and I use Delphi 7 to make several finantial applications (built on Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, you name it...) "talk" to the all powerfull 3270 blackbox; it's the perfect tool for it and I'm really pissed off to see how Borland let us all come to this point. Your blog is a "beacon" I look at for guidance right now, I sure trust you a lot more than I trust Borland strategy. Keep it up... DCComment by LightYearsAway on September 22, 19:16
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Comment by TDaniel on September 8, 16:51