Aug 31 2009

PPTNinja.com — First Year Blogiversary!

Category: For Fun — pptninja @ 7:31 am

One year of blogging! (c)iStockphoto / Sandra O'Claire

It’s hard to believe that a year has passed since my very first article in which I compared PowerPoint presentations to sushi. Since then I churned out sixty-five more articles over the course of several late nights and weekends (no more Xbox Live). I’ve enjoyed blogging a lot and look forward to adding more articles in the future as long as my wife and kids allow me to.

I actually blog on two blogs now — this one as well as a corporate blog (Data-Driven by Design) for my company, Omniture. Having the double responsibility has made it difficult to update this blog as much as I’d like. I feel fortunate to blog about two different areas — PowerPoint and web analytics — that I’m really passionate about.

I thought it would be fun to highlight some of the articles of the past 12 months in hopes that a past article might catch your eye and be valuable to you. Let’s start with the ten most popular articles since I started blogging.

Ten Most Popular Articles

For one reason or another these articles have been the most popular articles on my site since I started a year ago. I’m both surprised by what was popular and what articles failed to crack the top ten.

Five Most Commented Articles

It’s always great when you get comments — even just an occasional “atta boy” or “keep it up”. The following articles generated the most chatter from website visitors:

Five Underappreciated Articles

Sometimes articles are unexpectedly popular. Other times articles that I thought would be popular aren’t. Here are some articles that I feel may be worth a second look:

Five Funnest Articles to Write

I always try to have fun when I write any PowerPoint article. Sometimes I need to cover a topic that isn’t necessarily that fun to write about. I remember enjoying writing these articles:

Thanks to all of the readers of my blog. I’m looking forward to lots of great new content over the next 12 months.

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17 Responses to “PPTNinja.com — First Year Blogiversary!”

Greg Friese says:
August 31st, 2009 at 6:34 pm

Happy Birthday and keep up the great work. How about adding screencasts of techniques in this next year. I am finding http://screenr.com really easy to use for quick screencasts.
pptninja says:
August 31st, 2009 at 7:40 pm

Great suggestion, Greg. I definitely explore that option this next year. Sometimes I think it would be easiest to just show, rather than explain. Perhaps I’ll do both.

Cheers,
Brent.
Andrew says:
August 31st, 2009 at 9:08 pm

Congratulations on a great first year, Brent. I look forward to many more years of insightful articles.
pptninja says:
August 31st, 2009 at 9:41 pm

Thanks Andrew.
Jan Schultink says:
August 31st, 2009 at 10:07 pm

Congratulations. Keep the articles coming Brent!
pptninja says:
August 31st, 2009 at 10:39 pm

Thanks Jan. I’m probably not going to be as prolific as you, but I’ll keep’em coming.
Tomas says:
September 1st, 2009 at 9:15 am

Congratulations on the Blogiversary Brent and keep them coming!
pptninja says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 7:03 am

Thanks Tomas.
Patrick says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 7:08 am

Congratulations on your first year and good luck in the coming ones!
pptninja says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 pm

Thanks Patrick.
Sam Thatte says:
September 5th, 2009 at 12:16 am

Congratulations Ninja!
I truly enjoy your blog and you have helped me on many occasions, Thank you!
Keep up the great work. You are a true professional.
Regards,
Sam
pptninja says:
September 5th, 2009 at 11:23 pm

Thanks for your kind words, Sam.
Vivek Singh says:
September 8th, 2009 at 5:46 am

Hi Brent,

Congratulations on the anniversary.
Have enjoyed your stuff a lot.
Most importantly, keep writing.

Vivek
pptninja says:
September 8th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

Thanks Vivek.
Adam Greco says:
September 10th, 2009 at 11:01 pm

Keep up the great work!!
Tony Ramos says:
September 17th, 2009 at 10:19 am

A belated happy anniversary to your blog! You make me want to be a better bloggger. No joke — kudos to you.

Just keep in mind: I was first. http://tonyramos.com/Presentations%20Weblog.htm
pptninja says:
September 17th, 2009 at 8:09 pm

Thanks Tony. Wow! You’re an ancient blogger.