ʻIke, Passion, Momentum ... ʻo kēia ka ʻekolu mau mea 'ōlelo wau i kaʻu mau mea kūʻai aku e pili ana i ka blog ʻana. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe he hana narcissistic ka blog ʻana - keu hoʻi ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i kāu kūleʻa blog ʻana iho. ʻO ka hakakā, ʻoiai, no ke aha e hoʻolohe ai kekahi iā ʻoe inā ʻoe aole holomua? Kau wau i ka helu o nā hānai a mālama i kaʻu Technorati Rank a me nā ʻike ʻē aʻe i hiki ai iaʻu ke hāʻawi i ka hōʻike o ka kūleʻa o nā kumuhana o kaʻu blog.
ʻApōpō koʻu lā hānau. Noho mālie au ma koʻu lā hānau no ka mea he lā maikaʻi ʻole i ka mōʻaukala. I nā manawa i hala iho nei, ua lilo ia i pule o ka pōʻino (e hoʻohui i kēia manawa iā Virginia Tech i ka papa inoa weliweli o nā hanana).
Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke pale akā kau i kēia pakuhi a mahalo iā ʻoe e ka poʻe no ka lā hānau maikaʻi ʻoi aku ke kanaka e noi ai! (Ma waho o kaʻu mau keiki a me ka Apple TV kela bila a Carla loaʻa iaʻu.)
Ua paʻi wau ma luna o 500 mau mea heluhelu no kaʻu hānai i kēia lā!
Mahalo i nā poʻe āpau no ka pili ʻana! I mau pule i hala aku nei Ua waiho wau i kaʻu kūlana 500th. Hoʻomau wau e hoʻāʻo e kūkulu nui maʻiʻo, koʻu kuko ikaika e like me ka mau, a ʻo ka Manawale'a o kaʻu blog e hoʻomau mau nei! Ua heluhelu wau ma kahi ma kahi wale nō o 1% o ka poʻe kipa e ʻōlelo maoli. Inā hilahila ʻoe a ʻaʻole makemake ʻoe, e ʻike wale e mahalo nui wau i kāu ʻoihana!
Hoʻokahi memo nui: Mahalo nui i ʻO John Chow nāna i hoʻoulu iaʻu e hana i kekahi mau hoʻololi e ʻumeʻume i nā mea heluhelu hou i kaʻu hānai. E ʻike ʻoe i ka huaʻōlelo liʻiliʻi ma lalo o ka ʻatikala e kono ana iā ʻoe e hui pū me kaʻu hānai. Eia kekahi, hāʻawi wau i kahi hoʻolaha no kahi makahiki manuahi o ka hoʻokipa ʻana ma loko o kaʻu hānai. Me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a John, manaʻo wau ua hoʻoholomua wau i kaʻu lawe hānai RSS ʻana. Mahalo iā John!
Congrats ma ka 500th a me ka wanaʻao lā hānau hauʻoli!
Mahalo iā Tony!
Well deserved, keep up the great content and you’ll be at 1000 in no time!
Thanks Andy!
gratz ma lvl
congrats and hauʻoli lā hānau!
Welina Doug, pono pono!
I’m happy for you, congrats and happy birthday!
I recently started reading your blog and I think it’s a wonderful resource. I convinced that you have a valuable resource. 500th is a wonderful thing. Keep up the good work I look forward to reading your future posts.
Thanks for the kind words James! Feedback like this is always welcome. 🙂
Congrats, and all the best for your 29th birthday 😉
…and a big birthdaycake, health, and soon-top-2500 in Technorati.
Thanks Martin. You’re off 10 years, though. One direction with old age, the other with maturity. I won’t say which is which, though! 🙂
Congratulations indeed Doug..
500 feed readers is no mean feat.. It just shows the effort you’ve taken to sustain them..
Good job and keep going
Congratulations! That is a HUGE accomplishment! BTW, that’s a nice looking growth curve.
Thanks Thor. I think the growth curve is a testament to momentum more than anything else. I would actually love to apply some statistical analysis to the number of posts over time with search engine results and placement. I’m sure there’s a good correlation there. One day I’ll do the math!
Happy Birthday, and congratulations on #500! Thank you for what you’ve done.
Doug, hoʻomaikaʻi. Pono kūpono. Aloha au i kāu pūnaewele a me kāna ʻike. E hoʻomau i ka hana nui. A, Hauʻoli Lā Hānau.
Hey Doug – Way to go! Based on the great content you provide, I bet the road to 1000 will be quick.