It is time to write again! Unbelievable— time is flying by. My last published blog entry is from 28 March 2013— almost a year ago. I can’t believe it!
The Year 2013 in Numbers
Let’s put up some stats for how the year went for this blog. First you see the absolute amount and, in brackets, the average per month.
01.01.2013 - 31.12.2013
- Visits: 11,576 (964.67)
- Unique Visitors: 8,423 (701.92)
- Page Hits: 16,402 (1,366.83)
- Pages / Visit: 1.42
- Average Time of Visit: 00:01:27
- Bounce Rate: 80.55%
- % new Visits: 72.35%
Here are the stats from the year before, but only starting from July.
01.07.2012 - 31.12.2012
- Visits: 2,255 (375.83)
- Unique visitors: 1,736 (289.33)
- Page hits: 3,600 (600)
- Pages / Visit: 1.60
- Average Time of Visit: 00:01:40
- Bounce Rate: 77.78%
- % new Visits: 76.85%
Any peaks in traffic like last year? Maybe the one in January when I published the post “Why use Sensu?“.
Apart from that, traffic was more or less constant.
The Missed Goals
I also set some goals at the beginning of last year regarding this blog:
- Finish “The Book of Sensu”
- Contribute to Sensu
- Write lots of useful blog posts
The sad conclusion: I totally failed at all of them.
Up For Something New
What did I do instead?
I actually found my old love again: music. In February I bought a MIDI piano to teach myself how to play, so I could accompany my daughter when she sings.
At first I used the Mac to generate sound, but then I switched to the iPad. I was amazed by how many high-quality apps are available to learn and produce music on the iPad.
The techie in me took over and got curious about MIDI on OS X and iOS. The result? A small application for Mac, iPad, iPhone and iPod touch called “MIDI Aid”.
To Be Continued
So, what’s next? Actually, “MIDI Aid” could use a few more features, and since there aren’t many resources about programming with CoreMIDI, this blog could be enriched with a few posts on that topic.
Unless… some other interesting technology crosses my path and distracts me from my original “path”.
Done for today!