This blog came into being in late August 2009. Four months later, about 1,000 people visit per month from 70 countries. The United States provides the largest number, about half. Of those, most live in and around Washington, D.C. Canada is next, followed by the UK. Happily, there are visitors from so many other countries, but the numbers are still small.
In August 2009, we launched the companion twitter site, @anthroworks. The handle now has nearly 500 followers, and has been listed by 45 other handles.
First, a big thanks from me to everyone at GW who brought me into the world of blogging and tweeting, especially Menachem Wecker and Jacci Schiff, who were the early catalysts, site designers and coaches. Also to Graham Hough-Cornell who works to make it all happen every week, and Stacy Groff and Grant Schneider who provide encouragement and ideas.
Second, thanks to everyone who visits the blog, offers comments and steps up to write a guest post.
Last, thanks to my fellow anthro-bloggers around the world who have welcomed Anthropologyworks and to my twitter followers and fellow-tweeters who add so much to my life every day.
Together, we are making progress in spreading the word about the value of anthropology (and related fields) to important world issues.
Now, here is the advice sought part of this message: how can Anthropologyworks improve? Content ideas? More posts? Shorter posts? Favorites features? Additional features? Expanding reach to more countries? Please post suggestions here or email us. My team and I will do our best to follow up on them in 2010.
Image: “The Thinker” by Flickr user elkit, Creative Commons licensed.
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