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13
Mar
2012

Seven Years On – Another Blogging Milestone Passed

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Yep, another blogging anniversary has passed, and I can now say I’ve been on this site at least once a day for seven years.

Yesterday, March 12, was the seventh anniversary of me blogging at least once a day. I decided to wait until today to talk about it as I wanted to go ahead and do my weekly movie box office report and, well, I needed something to write about for today. Never say I don’t think ahead to make sure I keep this streak running.

I skipped celebrating last year because the sixth anniversary fell right in the middle of the Japan Earthquake-Tsunami, and it just didn’t seem like the right time to discuss it. My dedication to this site does have its moments where it waivers, like just two months ago when Internet connections in Las Vegas were driving me insane, or when I was in England last year and I could either write a blog post or soak in more of the country. In the end, I always land on the side that tells me to keep it going.

The only big question mark at this point is the future of Scattercast, my podcast. My time has become more and more constrained, and the amount of time it takes me to produce each episode makes it a difficult thing to keep going. I’m going to give myself a bit of a breather and then hopefully return to it in the very near future.

Otherwise, nothing is changing around good old SeanPAune.com. I still enjoy the site, I’ve met some great people because of it and even secured a few paying writing jobs because of it. Can I say it’ll go seven more years? Who knows, but right now I am at least targeting March 12, 2015 so I can say I did it for a full decade. I may not write that many personal entries any more, but having ten years of my life to look over and read through? Sounds like a pretty good plan to me.

So, thank you to all of my regular and occasional readers, and I look forward to riding out at least another few years with you.

6
Jan
2012

CES 2012: Here I Come

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CES Logo I’m currently sitting in a hotel in Kansas City, preparing to go to bed as I have to be up at the unhealthy hour of 5 AM to catch a shuttle to the airport at 6 AM. Where am I off to this time? Vegas, baby. Vegas.

No, I haven’t suddenly gotten an unhealthy gambling addiction, but I’m instead off to Sin City for a week of looking at gadgets at CES 2012.

For those of you unfamiliar with the Consumer Electronics Show, it’s an annual gathering every January in Las Vegas where a 150,000 or so people show up to see all of the latest in greatest in gadget wears. From televisions to microphones, anything that runs on electricity or a battery is pretty much on display at the show. Want a super-thin TV set with Internet connectivity? It’s here. Want to see all of the latest phones? They’ll be here as well. Want a refrigerator with an 8-inch LCD touchscreen and Wi-Fi connectivity? Yep, seen those at the show as well.

Now, I’m not going to just browse and drool. Oh no, true believers, I’m going to work. TechnoBuffalo will be there in full force this year with a team of six folks covering every nook and cranny of the show. If you want to see what the latest and greatest is, make sure to keep an eye on our site, and if you want to jump to it directly, make sure to check out our dedicated CES 2012 page.

Everything kicks off Sunday evening with CES Unveiled, and then it’s a rocket ride of a week with press conferences, 1-on-1 product briefings, both tours and a whole lot more. Be sure to tune in for all of the latest news!

1
Jan
2012

A Look Back at 2011 0n SeanPAune.com

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2012 Another year of blogging has come to a close, and while there have been days where I wonder why I still do this, I’m not going anywhere any time soon.

Pageviews dipped again this year, but only by 5.4%, a far better loss than last years crushing 31.74%. Looking over the numbers, though, it’s amazing how some posts continue to hold on and get visited on a daily basis. (as I have no desire for one particular post to get pushed down in Google rankings, I’m not saying what it is, but it boggles my mind how this one post is now over three-years-old and still going strong.)

One trend that did change this year is at least some of my top 10 posts this year were published in 2011 as opposed to last year not a one of them was posted in 2010. It’s only taken me nearly seven years to figure out what everyone wants to read here! Huzzah!

I want to thank those of you who are regular readers of this site that come back on whatever frequency of visits it is you choose to continually read my ramblings. I know most of what I write these days is about the entertainment industry, but after a full day of writing about technology, I like to get away into something completely unrelated. I’m approaching my seventh anniversary of daily blogging, and it’s all of you who keep me going.

Here’s to a wonderful new year, and lets just hope it’s slightly less (personally) eventful than the last.

29
Dec
2011

Apparently the World has Shut Down

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28 Days Later Is no one working this week?

Between my professional writing and what I do here, it feels like I’m the only one churning out any content. (Well, not true, the rest of the staff at TechnoBuffalo is right there with me) I mean, I understand we have two holiday weekends in a row, but does that mean no one can be bothered to make any news? Heck, most of the sites I look at for television and movie news are either completely shut down or running a skeleton crew. I’m sorry, but I know how blogging works, and you need fresh content to keep the eyeballs coming back, and that just makes no sense to me to just shut down completely.

Even those that are running, the majority of them are on auto-pilot with “best of this …” and “best of that …” stories running. Heck, I saw one site today running a best of each month of the year. Don’t you think that is stretching things a bit, folks?

Meanwhile, I shall carry on, bringing you pointless posts about … something. Hopefully the world will return to normal next week, or at least I hope it will. Meanwhile … everyone back to work!