My 2010 Blog in Review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health:



The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 2,400 times in 2010. That's about 6 full 747s.

 

In 2010, there were 56 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 71 posts. There were 90 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 2mb. That's about 2 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was January 22nd with 361 views. The most popular post that day was Five Reasons Why Allied Health Faculty Should Use Social Media.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, twitter.com, en.wordpress.com, mail.yahoo.com, and WordPress Dashboard.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for andy mcphee, common confusables, metaphors in healthcare, ping pong, and use fewer words.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Five Reasons Why Allied Health Faculty Should Use Social Media December 2009

2

Using Similes and Metaphors to Help Patients Learn March 2010
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3

About Andy McPhee December 2009

4

Thank a “Born Teacher” Today June 2010

5

Will the iPad and Kindle Kill Traditional Textbooks? January 2010
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Glad and Sad 2010 Is Leaving

The one charm of the past is that it is the past. ~Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

The year 2010 is nearly gone as I write this, at 5:15 PM on December 31, and I'm seeing lots of Facebook posts from people delighted to see 2010 disappear.

As for me, I find myself both glad it's going and sad to see it leave.

Glad because a dear friend learned that she has inoperable cancer, and in that way  2010 represents a mind-boggling ultimatum handed to  a wonderful person who doesn't remotely deserve it.

Glad it's going because the Phillies lost the Series, dose bums.

Glad because I made far too many mistakes and broke way too many things at home because I'm such a dumbklutz.

Yes, for those reasons and I suppose a few more, I'm glad the year is heading home.

And yet I'll be sad to see it go because I found many new friends and reinvigorated my creative juices this year using social media, such as Twitter, Facebook, and the blog you're reading now. Very fun.

Sad because I scored my personal best playing golf, scoring 77 on a small executive course nearby. (It doesn't count, really, because the course is so short and so easy, but hey, it's a 77!)

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And sad because 2010 will be remembered as the year my first grandchild entered the world. He's in the other room now, actually, sleeping on the couch, our dog Sadie standing post just a few feet away.

So 2010 is leaving, and 2011 is just hours away.

Here's hoping it brings new triumphs and joys, good health and much laughter, few tears and bounteous rewards.

Here's hoping it brings you at least a moment or two of pure bliss, the kind found in a baby's bubbling laugh.

Here's hoping you win more than you lose, find more than you misplace, grin more than you frown, and like yourself more with each passing day.

And so goodbye, 2010. And to 2011...

L'Chaim!