2009's greatest hits, a retrospective in two parts
I posted more than 500 times in 2009. My goal is to post once a day and I'm happy to report that there was not one day in 2009 that went post-less. I think I've earned the title prolific blogger. While it's true that a lot of work goes into this blog, not all of it's worth remembering. There are a couple of stand outs though, some posts of which I'm particularly proud. Coming up with a list like the one I'm about to launch into let's me toot my own horn and it makes for good SEO at the same time. Here goes:
In response to a reader's question about faucet finishes, I embarked on a multi-part series of posts that explained how plumbing manufacturers come up with and apply fixture finishes. The marketing team at Kohler was instrumental in pulling this one together. So thank yous go out to Kohler and to my reader Ming who got this particular ball rolling back in February.
So What The Devil's a Living Finish Anyway?
I'm by no means prone to being superstar struck, however in March I came pretty close once I landed an interview with Sarah Susanka. She turned into doing exposure for her new e book and of all of the high profile architects obtainable, she sits at the top desk in my pantheon. I am no longer kidding once I say that Sarah Susanka's ideas are what prompted me to pick out my profession. Having the chance to visit together with her was a actual highlight of my 12 months.
A Conversation with Sarah Susanka
I find it irresistible when I get reader questions. I get them all the time and I answer each of them in my view and typically the same day they come in. However, some of the ones questions become as fodder for a submit. What finally ends up being published is a more fleshed out version of my authentic answer, but the ones posts continually maintain the taste of my solution. Got a question? Ask away however you simply can also discover your query shot across the net. Such became the case with the subsequent. This was a blast to jot down and it is still a visitors magnet 9 months after it regarded for the primary time.
Reader Question: How Do I Explain a Bidet to a Four-Year-Old?
I am a generalist, a dilettante. I'll be the first to admit that. I know a little bit about a lot of things and I love to write about my varied interests. Sometimes, I get to combine some of my passions and such is the case in this series I wrote about High Renaissance Mannerism and the history of western art.
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Speaking of the Renaissance
I followed it up the next day with Unbelievable, Really ... a rant about the small minds who can't handle looking at a classical nude statue.
I attempt to preserve my work lifestyles break free what I write about in this blog. I try and. I am a exposure whore but I realize that maximum people aren't, so I take notable pains to keep away from figuring out my customers and potential customers on this space. A lot of times though, my work existence and the matters I speak here disintegrate on top of each other. Sometimes a real-lifestyles scenario will assist me to make a factor, every so often I need to expose off and on occasion I want to shock and provoke. Such become the case with this put up.
Don't Call Me If Your House Looks Like This
Man, I can nevertheless scent that condo and it sends shivers down my spine. What's funny is that submit precipitated a few properly-which means soul to send me an email wherein she accused me of being sour and lonely after which supplied me her touch records in order that she and I could speak about how Jesus ought to free me from my anger. OK.
Finally, in early June a reader sent me an image of a Christopher Peacock kitchen and she asked me about the source of the light fixture hanging in the center of it. I love challenges like this, so I turned to Gina Milne and her blog Willow Decor . Gina was one of the many great blogosphere contacts I made in early 2009. Gina's a terrific researcher and she's pretty plugged into the world of shelter blogs. Gina then turned to Brooke Gianetti and her blog Velvet and Linen . Brooke posted the question within an hour and then a short time later Tammy Connor , one of Brooke's readers and a Birmingham-based interior designer, identified the light fixture. Here's the post I wrote about it.
Behold the Power of the Blogosphere
In a be counted of hours, a reader from New York requested me, in Florida, a question. I then requested a blogger in Boston who in flip requested any other blogger in LA. The LA blogger had a reader in Alabama who replied it. The answer observed the chain lower back to me and I responded my original reader. That question rotated the US in a count number of hours and none of that kind of networked communique turned into a notion let alone a possibility some short years ago. Pretty cool stuff.
So they are the highlights of the first half of 2009. On Friday I'll go through the second half and then I'll be ready to attack 2010 with a renewed sense of my mission here and a passion reborn. Writing this blog has been the most rewarding endeavor I've ever embarked on and I owe each and every one of you a profound thank you.