Making CHS and neighborhood blogging last

When K and I (me, J) started this blog back on Jan. 12, 2006, we had a few simple goals:

1. Get to know our new neighborhood
   
2. Write about the good stuff in hopes that more good stuff would happen
3. Sometimes write about the bad stuff in hopes that less bad stuff would happen
4. Learn about how the Internet is put together and how people interact with it
5. Make it all last

It's been a lot of fun and full of all sorts of strange and wonderful twists and turns. All along, we've had our eye on #5 -- how to make CHS last.

Today, I'm happy to tell you about a new strange and wonderful turn -- I'm leaving my job at Microsoft (where I've been working on this) to start a crazy new project building a nationwide network of neighborhood blogs. Lots of exciting things about this for me -- not the least of which is I get to work downtown after commuting across 520 for years -- and, I think, lots of exciting things to come for local blogging. I've seen so many good sites come and go -- I can't wait to be part of something that might help great neighborhood sites stick around and thrive. I'll tell you more about the project as it comes together but, for now, I just want to thank you all for being part of the fun and making Capitol Hill Seattle happen. Thanks also to my trusty sidekick K for listening to me moan when I get blogging block, removing the corniest of my corny jokes and for coming up with posts I'd never think of in a million years.

So, again, thanks -- CHS will keep rolling along just like always, writing about good stuff and, sometimes, the bad. I hope all of you will stick around, too.