{"id":162,"date":"2006-01-25T00:34:08","date_gmt":"2006-01-25T06:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hunch.net\/?p=162"},"modified":"2006-01-25T00:51:30","modified_gmt":"2006-01-25T06:51:30","slug":"1-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunch.net\/?p=162","title":{"rendered":"1 year"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the one year (+5 days) anniversary, the natural question is: “Was it helpful for research?”<\/p>\n

Answer: Yes, and so it shall continue.<\/p>\n

Some evidence is provided by noticing that I am about a factor of 2 more overloaded with paper ideas than I’ve ever previously been. It is always hard to estimate counterfactual worlds, but I expect that this is also a factor of 2 more than “What if I had not started the blog?”<\/p>\n

As for “Why?”, there seem to be two primary effects.<\/p>\n

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  1. A blog is a mechanism for connecting with people who either think like you or are interested in the same problems. This allows for concentration of thinking which is very helpful in solving problems.<\/li>\n
  2. The process of stating things you don’t understand publicly is very helpful in understanding them. Sometimes you are simply forced to express them in a way which aids understanding. Sometimes someone else says something which helps. And sometimes you discover that someone else has already solved the problem.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There are drawbacks which should not be minimized. <\/p>\n

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    1. A great deal of accumulated time and effort goes into writing posts.<\/li>\n
    2. Stress. Telling coauthors “I’m sorry, but I don’t have much time to actually write.” is not at all fun. And the wrists are hurting.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      One of the things that I thought would be a problem was running out of ideas for posts, but this just didn’t happen. I’m hoping to have more posts by others over the next year to help relieve (1). (Also, I often find the posts of occasional posters more interesting.) Problem (2) is just an ill of success that must be coped with.<\/p>\n

      Some statistics:<\/p>\n

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      1. posts<\/strong> 1 every 2 days, on average (150)<\/li>\n
      2. comments<\/strong> 3\/post on average (492)<\/li>\n
      3. posters<\/strong> 10<\/li>\n
      4. registered users<\/strong> 72<\/li>\n
      5. visits per day<\/strong> About 2000 (some uncertainty due to sharing of webserver with less-used sites).<\/li>\n
      6. unique IP addreses per month<\/strong> Perhaps 7000 (uncertainty due to same source).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        I’ve been surprised by the growth of traffic to the site. It is odd to realize that a post here is seen by more people than a talk at even the largest machine learning conference. Radically more effort goes into any talk at nearly any conference.<\/p>\n

        Please comment on any particular thoughts, suggestions, changes, for the new year or the last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        At the one year (+5 days) anniversary, the natural question is: “Was it helpful for research?” Answer: Yes, and so it shall continue. Some evidence is provided by noticing that I am about a factor of 2 more overloaded with paper ideas than I’ve ever previously been. It is always hard to estimate counterfactual worlds, … <\/p>\n

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