Gatewatching cracks the ton - this being our 100th post.
I have been posting like a madman today because I saw how close we were to the magic milestone of 100 posts this morning. Yay.
Time to take stock. My favourite moments and biggest retrospective lulz on the way to this landmark include being “Blaired“, “Bolted” and “Parished” all in the space of a week. Awesome. Thanks for the initiation ceremony, guys. Readers’ magic moments can be added in comments.
I guess this is also a good point to make a clear announcement on the blog that next week is my (Jason’s) last one on deck full-time at QUT. From July 1st I’ll be moving to GetUp! to be their eDemocracy Director. I’ll be helping them with a number of things, including developing projects around long-term citizen engagement with the political process. More on this later. Anyway, very exciting, and a chance to achieve some worthwhile things.
I’ll still be blogging here at Gatewatching, though the character and frequency of my posts might change slightly. I’ll also be maintaining a connection with the research project at QUT, so I’ll be around the traps publishing and conferring in this field of research.
It’s been a great year working on the projects, and also helping to establish this blog as an adjunct to the research. The one thing I’ve found this year - and I think I speak for the others as well - is that the best way to learn about blogging and citizen journalism is by doing. This and youdecide2007 have been the most valuable learning experiences in my career to date, and they have been lots of fun, too. Thanks everybody!
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I’m not at all sure I’m keen on being bracketed with Bolt and Blair. Still, they say any publicity is good publicity.
Hi Ken - I think that’s what I think about the whole incident in retrospect
If you like, you can think about the grouping as “senior figures in the Australian political blogosphere”. No common MO being implied
Nor any universal agreement in political positions, either, naturally.
Congrats Jason - Good Luck at Get Up.
And WELL chosen picture to illustrate Gatewatching’s Ton too!
Now all you have to do is light a fire under Barry so he posts more often (no thesising excuses accepted, Barry!)
Good luck with the new job.
SL and Tim - thanks. The picture selected itself, and Barry will duly be put on the rotisserie.
Congratulations, Jason. Are you moving away from academe, then? Academe’s great loss, if so. I wonder if you’ll get much opportunity to use Cavellian thinking at GetUP?
Thanks Laura. I note your liking for Magic 1128 (which is like our 4BH 882), so you will understand it when I say that I think of academe as being a little like the Hotel California - you can check out any time you like, etc.
Cavell’s always helpful, not least as a balm at the end of a stressful day, but perhaps the themes of Cities of Words will be of most immediate relevance.