2023 in numbers

December 30th, 2023

I posted 947 times on my website in 2023.

That’s a bit less than 2022.

March was the busiest month with 98 posts.

August was the quietest month with 57 posts. That’s probably because I spent a week of that month travelling across the Atlantic ocean on a ship, cut off from the internet.

I published 2 long-form articles in 2023—transcripts of talks.

I wrote 96 entries in my journal (or blog, if you prefer).

I shared 393 links.

I wrote 456 short notes.

In those notes, I posted 247 photos during the year.

I travelled to 20 destinations.

Press “play” on my Indy map for the year to see those travels.

Sometimes the travel was for work—speaking, hosting, or attending conferences. Sometimes the travel was to see family. Sometimes the travel was to spend a week working from a different country—Italy and Spain in 2023; I’d like to do more of that in 2024.

I played mandolin in a lot of sessions in 2023. I plan to play just as much in 2024.

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Inspired by statistic-packed year-end summaries from Jeremy and Diamond Geezer, I thought I’d count a few things myself. As these counts feature varying levels of accuracy, I’m including numbers from previous years to highlight any notable trends.

Posts Year Articles Notes Photos Total 2023 23 38 50 111 2022 11 69 32 112 2021 4 47 77 128 2020 12 73 79 164 2019 25 76 30 131

I almost published the same number of posts this year as last, however they skewed more heavily towards longer form articles than shorter note or photo posts (2019 was the year I experimented with weeknotes, which counted for 19 of that year’s 25 article posts). Hard not to conclude that is a result of my decision to stop syndicating short posts to Twitter.

Travel Year Countries Trips Distance Carbon 2023 6 22 6439 km 215 kg 2022 6 13 8093 km 263 kg 2021 1 4 1624 km 54 kg 2020 8 7 4166 km 136 kg 2019 3 8 5624 km 184 kg

I travelled less distance but over more trips, largely due to me visiting more places in the UK this year.

Events Year Cinema Other Total 2023 5 13 18 2022 7 9 16 2021 4 7 11 2020 3 5 8 2019 7 13 20

Fewer trips to the cinema but an increase in other things I went to see. Not mentioned in my review of the year was an evening at the National Theatre to watch Dear England, a beautiful story about Gareth Southgate and challenging what it means to be an England fan. I also attended a wild life drawing class at the Brighton Aquarium, which I’d like to do again.

Commits on GitHub Year Commits 2023 4052 2022 4295 2021 3050 2020 3324 2019 1606

A slight dip on the number of contributions I made this year, but still the second highest number I’ve recorded.

Activities on Strava Year Walking Cycling Running Swimming Total 2023 9h 4m 0h 0m 0h 0m 3h 46m 12h 50m 2022 8h 32m 4h 2m 0h 0m 6h 21m 12h 34m 2021 39h 4m 20h 37m 19h 50m 0h 0m 79h 31m 2020 6h 14m 13h 40m 28h 16m 0h 0m 48h 10m 2019 0h 0m 0h 0m 2h 41m 0h 0m 2h 41m

While a similar total for the time I spent exercising, most of it can be accounted for by two days spent walking on the South Downs. Must do better.

Check-ins on Swarm Year Check-ins 2023 1008 2022 941 2021 785 2020 623 2019 1527

Still no idea why I check-in to places on Swarm and yet I did it more this year than last.

Formula 1 Year Races Winning drivers Winning constructors 2023 22 3 2 2022 22 5 3 2021 22 5 4 2020 17 5 4 2019 21 5 3

I still watch Formula 1, for some reason. This season was particularly difficult to follow given the result of each race was a foregone conclusion. Were it not for Carlos Sainz’s smoothly controlled win in Singapore, these numbers would be even worse. I’ve got my hopes pinned on McLaren continuing their resurgence next year.

Prime Ministers Year Holders Parties 2023 1 1 2022 3 1 2021 1 1 2020 1 1 2019 2 1

An unusually stable year for Conservative Prime Ministers, with just one holder of the office. Here’s to a 100% increase in both holders of the office and their parties (political, not booze-fuelled) early next year.

Happy New Year!

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