Interconnected

This blog turned 20 years old in February, and it turned out to be a productive year – although I had no idea at the time how much I’d end up writing.

According to Google Analytics, my 5 most popular posts in 2020 were (in descending order):

• Mars problems vs Venus problems
• Filtered for hallway tracks and spreadsheet parties
• Risk: micromorts, microCOVIDs, and skydiving
• The holy founding text of The Church of the Next Word, as revealed to Frank Lantz
• Various first words

Here’s a longer list: my 20 most popular posts in 2020.

Out of the 100+ posts this year, I’ve also made a list of the most speculative, on topics such as…

• Cyborg prosthetics and smartphones with limbs
• Charisma as a physiological mutation
• Ice cream trucks for coffee, now we’re working at home
• Breathing out stress as isoprene
• Ancient magicians
• Weird office furniture

Here you go: 18 speculative posts in 2020.

Some stats.

• 2016: 48 posts (25,227 words, 462 links)
• 2017: 22 posts (17,007 words, 244 links)
• 2018: 15 posts (16,786 words, 123 links)
• 2019: 8 posts (7,268 words, 78 links)
• 2020, to year end: 116 posts (94,348 words, 712 links)

94,000 words? That’s what lockdown does. And also a different approach to writing. Back in September, I posted my 15 personal rules for blogging which are all about dodging mental traps.

Update 2 Jan, 2021: Finalised 2020 stats, above.