gatewatching

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!