Blogging not quite as usual

We finished 2010 with 43,381 hits for the year, compared to 30,355 the previous year, and 17,003 and 13,574 for the two years before that. Low expectations meant we didn't keep track in 2006, year one of this little effort. Thanks folks. Particularly pleased with the trend, and the increase in comments. We have a busy Anonymous or a surfeit of Anonymouses.

Thanks to whoever is behind Australian Blog Sites for the mention and the wrap generally for the blogosphere.

I'm travelling for much of the next month or so, including time in Washington where I'm catching up with some of the open government community. I was in Palm Springs last week where you're likely to see anything- that's me in the white socks (truly) in long time family friend jennifer lyn browne's photo