A belated blogiversary to myself

A year ago this week, I started this blog. If I could discover a way to travel back in time and tell myself that this blog would: Attract more than 400,000 unique visits and 500,000 page views in the first year alone; Lead to regular writing gigs with The New Republic and Tech Central Station.; ...

By , a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

A year ago this week, I started this blog. If I could discover a way to travel back in time and tell myself that this blog would:

A year ago this week, I started this blog. If I could discover a way to travel back in time and tell myself that this blog would:

  • Attract more than 400,000 unique visits and 500,000 page views in the first year alone;
  • Lead to regular writing gigs with The New Republic and Tech Central Station.;
  • Garner press attention from the Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington Post, Rocky Mountain News, MSNBC.com, and the Hotline;
  • Play a microscopically small role in forcing out Trent Lott as Senate Majority Leader.
  • Get e-mails from Democratic presidential candidates (no, I’m not going to name names, because I politely declined) asking me to guest blog on their sites;
  • Slowly transform my wife’s attitude about this activity from “What’s a blog?” to “You’re spending an awful lot of time online.” to “Wow, this blog thing is working out pretty well for you!”;
  • Well, I’d be rich, because I’d have invented a friggin’ time machine!! But I also wouldn’t have believed me. It’s been a kick-ass year. On to year two!! UPDATE: Andrew Sullivan always sends the nicest presents — tons of hits and a great blurb! And let me reciprocate David Adesnik’s kind words by pointing out it’s his blogiversary as well. David is a blogger of the first rank. I should also point out that Jacob Levy’s one-year blogiversary just took place as well — he started three days before I did. Huzzah!!

    Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Twitter: @dandrezner

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