Come, have a peak and see if what you found interesting on this blog in March was what other visitors found interesting. I'll also list my "wished-they'd-been-read-more" stories.
The big hits:
1. New media guru makes an appearance on the Daily Show (March 4)
2. 'Farewell to newspapers' (March 27)
3. Seven questions with Strombo (Feb. 11)
4. Shootings in Alberta? Let's do a story on B.C. pot! (March 5)
5. CBC new media venture turns old media (March 6)
6. Moore burns another one! (Aug. 13/04)
7. The Alberta shootings (March 3)
8. Hey Strombo: Why no blog? (March 13)
9. Deep thoughts on blogging, by Tom Korski (March 26)
10. Elvis's death day (Aug. 16/04)
Because there's three stories from before March, here's the next three most popular stories from the month the Ides warned us about -- or is it the other way around?
11. Bill Cameron dies :( (March 13)
12. Criminal code a 'colossal failure': critics (March 11)
13. Content tutorials for the pyjamehedeen (March 10)
The first two are testaments to the traffic surge you get when you write about something American and major American blogs track back to you.
Strombo continues to be an object of fascination in medialand. Of the two posts about him in my top 10 (or top 13) list, I thought the one about why no blog was more salient.
The shootings in Alberta provided good blogging fodder, primarily because of the lousy reporting by the New York Times. There was absolutely no connection between the madness of Jim Roszko and the "B.C. bud" industry, and for the paper recovering from Jayson Blair to make even a tangential link is, to me, very bad judgment.
The demise of CBC Radio3's webmag, along with the potential loss of Brave New Waves, was a subject of interest to many people. Ergo, a few links back to that post.
Moore burns another one is tied to my top story. Click through it and navigate to the Daily Show story about Ed Heeney, the Friendly Republican -- a Samantha Bee classic, I say!
The Korski piece was my attempted demolition of a pinheaded attack on blogging, with particular aim taken at some Parliament Hill types. There is a lot of misunderstanding about blogging, and Korski based his attack on out-of-context examples about the worst stereotypes -- which, ironically enough, is something he accused bloggers of doing. That sort of stupidity has to be refuted.
Elvis keeps hanging around the top 10, month after month! Long live The King! :)
Bill Cameron's death deprived Canada of one of its most intelligent broadcasters.
The 'Criminal Code' post was one of my favourites. Glad to see it got some readership.
I wonder who clicked through more on the 'tutorials' story -- journos or the pyjamahedeen? :)
So if you've got some spare time and wouldn't mind humouring me, here's some stories I felt were under-read:
What about the SoCons? (March 22)
Methinks Mr. Kinsella misinterpreted (March 8)
An MP's views on media-politician relations (March 2)
More Peak Oil predictions (March 15)
Creative coping with urban life's annoyances (March 16)