Here are the most popular posts of 2012*; most of my visitors came from the US, with the UK and Canada not far behind (169 countries in all). The busiest day of the year was 8 May, with lots of traffic to the top post listed below.
Top five posts (82 this year, 148 overall):
- A set of top Computer Science blogs
- Programming is the start not the end: let’s develop computational thinking and problem solving skills
- Academia vs. Industry
- Microsoft’s 0xB16B00B5
- Strategic Information Pack: teaching Computer Science in schools in Wales
The most common search term was “0xB16B00B5”; the most bizarre: “recreational scolding“.
Thank you all for reading! See you back in 2013.
*also see best of: 2011
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