Closing in on 2 Million Pageviews

My career has been shaped by what I like to call “hobbies that have spiralled out of control”. The first was computer programming, which I took up in the eighties. Accordion playing came in the nineties. In the “naughties”, after submitting suggestion after suggestion to Cory Doctorow to post in Boing Boing, he said “Joey, why don’t you start your own blog?”

I opened an account at Blogger and, when prompted for a name, I went with the stupidest thing I could think of — The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century. “I’ll give it a real name later,” I thought.

Nearly seven years later, this blog has become my third hobby to spiral out of control. It’s paid off in ways I would never have imagined, and it’s gained a readership I wouldn’t have imagined either. StatCounter says that this year alone, it’s amassed 1.98 million pageviews. At the current rate, I’ll hit 2 million sometime next week:

While nowhere near as popular as Accordion Guy, my tech blog, Global Nerdy, isn’t doing too badly either. It should hit half a million pageviews by the end of the year:

I’d like to say “thank you!” to all of you readers, whether you’re a long-time reader or if this is your first visit either of these blogs. These numbers don’t happen without you.

I’d also like to say “watch these blogs!” because things look like they’re going to get really interesting.