Happy New Year!
Another year has flown by, time to look back from a bloggy/social media (not just CAD blog) perspective at the year:
@ a new 'me' on the web
Twenty three, and a bit, years after starting a blog I finally got around to getting my own domain for it. It's still published with TypePad it can now be found via www.robincapper.net. [2024-09-01 reverted back to Typepad as the domain mapping has broken]
Back to CAD
A new role, new industry, meant catching up with some new software. Fun to learn more about Civil 3D, QGIS and more supporting IT in a Civil Engineering company over the year with a great team.
Best social media related event(s):
- David Farrier's Webworm
- Home for David's writing, and investigative journalism has a brilliant community (in the comments) but became real life with a brilliant complimentary screening of his favourite movie: Jurassic Park. It was a great evening, and certainly the first time I've seen it in a cinema, maybe at all*.
* I really can't remember if saw Jurassic Park on rental DVD/VHS or have seen so many clips just think I have!
- Skeptics in the Pub and Conference
- Not really social media but enjoying the revived Auckland Skeptics in the Pub Meetups and recent NZ Skeptics annual conference as met many on-line friends there.
- Walk The Pod
- A fun virtual community built around a regular 'lunchtime walk' podcast and walking, wherever you are, in real life.
Best new media (Podcasters and YouTubers):
I listen, view, and support, a lot of creators added a few more to the play list this year. Some of the best discovered include:
- Kris Atomic
- Kris & Andrew share their transition from London City life to permanent residence on a canal longboat. Beautifully shot (both are professional photographers), edited and narrated with a lovely personal touch.
- Me And Mon Ami
- Tim, Mr Boo and Twiggy (the chihuahua) push their little Citroën Ami electric quadricycle 'car' to the limit as they explore the coast and hills around their Villefranche-sur-Mer, French Rivièra, home.
- AussieEspañol
- AussieEspañol purchased a Tuk-tuk (and adopted a dog) in Bolivia. Currently headed South to Ushuaia where he will turn around and head back North to Alaska!
- Calum
- In his own words: "Scottish man from a tiny remote island who likes making videos on unusual stuff". I'll add, superbly researched, produced, and presented on a wide range of subjects from 'VW Beetles (and Fiat 500) in Antarctica', history like 'WWII Rescue Buoys', island and travel life, and more!
- Follow up from last year
- Benson The Biking Viking | Still following his bicycle touring trip from Alaska to (and recently crossed the border to) Argentina.
- Alluring Arctic Sailing | Currently winter over sailing in Alaska before tackling the Northwest Passage next summer.
Thanks for visiting, reading, following, and commenting wherever you do. Let's see what 2024 brings!
Boring Blog Stats (for me!)
[ ] = 2022 figures
TypePad Community: 73 [74] Following | 261 [261] Followers
Mastodon: 3287 [655] Posts | 1.6K [1.1K] Following | 681 [434] Followers
RobiNZ CAD Blog
Posts: 2183 [2170] | Comments: 1792 [1792] | Pages: 11 [11]
Page Views: Total: 1,606,926 [1,578,446] | Average Per Day: 222.91 [230.60]
FeedBurner Subscribers: Feeds still active but, thanks to Google, stats no longer available [158]
Most Popular Post from 2023: A challenge for Andrew Anagnost, make this using only the advertised product
Most visited old post was from 2007: Align, the forgotten AutoCAD hero
RobiNZ Personal Blog
Posts: 2512 [2466] | Comments: 1043 [1041]
Page Views: Total: 487,186 [472,454] | Average Per Day: 70.89 [72.60]
FeedBurner Subscribers: Feeds still active but, thanks to Google, stats no longer available [27]
Most Popular Post from 2023: Time Out Drive/Cycling Exploring New Zealand 2021 - 2022
Most visited old post was from 2006: The Mercedes with Ford style?
