Happy 100!

So I've hit the 100 post mark on the blog since I moved it over to Squarespace and figured a 'retrospective' post was in order.

Flickr - Chocolate Geek

Quite a few times in the short life of this little blog, a post that I spent many hours researching and writing and was really proud of fell completely flat, got very few hits and 0 comments.  Conversely, a few posts that I was not particularly proud of, garnered (relatively) high traffic and lively comments.

And once in a while, a post that I knew would be popular turned out to be just that, and for a minute or two I let myself think I was starting to figure this whole blogging thing out.

So, in keeping with a good 'retrospective', here are the most popular posts out of the first 100:

Your First 100 HR Twitter Follows - my list of 100 interesting, informative, and fun HR-related folks on Twitter

An Introduction to Twitter for the HR Student - my first attempt at the HR Twitter 'list'

Empty your cup - this was a recent post about my approach to teaching, and was helped greatly by being my 'featured' post for my short stay in the Fistful of Talent March Madness blog contest.

And here are the posts that I personally liked the most, but for one reason or another (probably because they were not about Twitter) did not rise up in popularity

Your HR Director should Blog - My fruitless attempts to find 'public' corporate blogs written by Directors or VP's of HR

Technology and the University - thoughts on what the future of college teaching/learning may be - more open, collaborative, and fluid

Cast of Characters - a post on differentiating yourself in the workplace.  This is probably my all-time favorite post because I used one of my son's drawings to help illustrate the point. It was also the post I submitted the first time I was included in a Carnival of HR collection.

Finally, I want to say thanks to everyone who has stopped by to read, comment, re-tweet, and otherwise help and support me and this blog.  I have learned much, met dozens of fantastic people, and have really enjoyed working on this little project.

I am not sure what direction I am going to take for the next 100 posts, but I hope that whatever happens, I am providing value to the HR community and to my past, current, and future students.

Cheers!

Comments

[HR Minion]

Congrats!!!

[Lisa Rosendahl]

Happy 100 Steve!

[Steve]

Hey - thanks Lisa and the HR Minion, I appreciate you stopping by and the good wishes!