Welcome to my new blog. I’ve had it up and running for a couple of weeks, but today—the start of a new year—is the day I begin posting to it. The blog will be substantively the same as the other one. The only differences are the name (I’ve abandoned “AnalPhilosopher”) and the appearance. I hope you like the changes. I had a good month in December. Here is a chart showing readership since the blog’s inception on 5 November 2003:

 

As you can see, the blog’s readership has increased, although not continuously. The most revealing measure of growth, to my mind, is not month to month, but year to year. Beginning in November 2004, readership has been greater in each month than in the same month a year earlier. The reason this is more revealing is that readership is higher in some months than in others. December, for example, is never as good as November, since it contains several holidays. People have other and better things to do during holidays than read blogs. I’m still learning how to use the new blog, so bear with me as I familiarize myself with its features.