It’s time to say goodbye. I have been writing this web log for a while. I started it on the recommendation of Rajesh Jain in September 2003 with this post.
Over the years, I have written around 3,300 posts. I estimate that around a third of them are pretty good. I like them. I hope that you too liked some of them.
In the past, before the days of social media, daily readership was around 5,000 but over time it has decreased to around 1,000. Not too shabby but a noticeable drop for sure. However, that decrease in readership does not overly bother me. I write because I want to write. If people read my stuff, that’s great.
I still want to write but now I want to know if my readers care for what I have to say. Economists (my tribe) have a simple metric for judging the value of what one produces: the consumers’ willingness to pay. Something is only worth what others are willing to pay for it. If you disagree with that, argue for your position.
Over the nearly quarter century I’ve been writing this blog, only one person has volunteered a contribution. He sent me $25. Thank you!
That amounts to an average of the princely sum of a $1 a year! Panhandling in the streets of San Jose, CA, would have probably netted me around $25,000 a year. Continue reading “This is the End”
