Chicago Weekend Fun!

I have been writing this blog since this summer and it is time for a little check in as far as how it’s doing. I have to say that I am hosting the URL and working with wordpress software in a self hosted situation for the first time. It has been a huge learning experience so far. To date the blog has had over 10,000 unique visitors and over 18,000 page views to date. I consider that a success and am always amazed that you are reading what I write and finding it online. I aim to help with useful info so if there is anything you would like me to write about in the future please contact me via the contact form link on the right hand link list or post a comment about it below.

I am still also amazed that running this has been as easy as it has been. Years ago I thought of starting a site when an online store was a new and hot businesses to be in. Everyone I knew was trying to find an online business to start in some way and I was not able to jump in at the time. I didn’t know how to set up a site or do anything related to ecommerce webhosting or site management so it was just a daydream at the time. WordPress has made publishing possible for anyone who has an opinion to write about it, and let the world know what you think. It’s really quite revolutionary both in the technicality of how it works and the ease of how someone who doesn’t even know HTML to set up and use. (And self hosting is cheaper than you think, so if you want to jump in to blogging it you might be able to afford it after all. And there are a lot of great companies that can help you build a more complicated site if that is what you dream of doing) So, maybe some day I will start an online business like some people I know, but for now I am happy just blogging to write about the things I care about and enjoy and that’s enough for me.