Happy Anniversary Chasing Dragons! One Year On and Growing...

The Chasing Dragons blog celebrates its first anniversary today! In terms of numbers, Chasing Dragons has:

• published over 200 posts

• been visited by over 6,000 unique visitors from 96 countries

• attracted nearly 12,000 page views in total (and rising!)

In the blogosphere, this is very very very small fry. However, in comparison to the audience sizes--and the immediacy of these audiences--provided by traditional means of academic communication, I'm really pleased with how things are progressing. It's really nice to have an outlet to share ideas in progress and short commentaries that would otherwise go unwritten with the knowledge that there are others who think that there is something interesting--or some cases fundamentally wrong--about your viewpoints. 

While I initially approached this project with some trepidation and angst, I'm really glad that I took this step forward. None of this would have been possible without the support--both personal and technical--of my wife Denise--design wiz and fashion blogger extraordinaire at theswellelife-- who encouraged me to make the leap into the great unknown of the blogosphere.  

I'd also like to thank my colleagues who have provided support and encouragement, particularly David Campbell, Martin Coward, Matt Davies, and Simon Philpott.

Last but not least, I'd like to express my gratitude to everyone who has visited, commented, and/or linked to Chasing Dragons over the past year. It's been a lot of fun for me and I look forward to building upon recent momentum in the months to come.

And if you are at all interested in how this started, you can see my first post--on military recruitment and video games--here.

Photo credit: dawn m. armfield

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[Mrs. Chasing Dragons]

The Swelle Life wishes Chasing Dragons a very happy 1st Anniversary. Too bad it's marked by the rise of the blow-dry twins.