Roughly one year ago, on 23 January 2008, I posted a progress report detailing our efforts leading up to the publication of AHP‘s 200th item. At that time, I explained why I chose to use the word “advances” in the title of our blog (rather than “vection”). I also thanked my partners in this endeavour, Jennifer Bazar and Dr. Christopher Green, for their continued enthusiasm and support. Then I provided some statistics — the number of our subscribers (~100) and the number of inbound links from other sites (~100) — and listed some of our most popular items.
A great deal has happened since then.
Not only have we doubled the amount of our content (410 items with this post), but we have also moved to a new server, been named the best historical psychology blog on the web (as well as one of the best general psychology blogs and top brain-related blogs), and tripled the number of our subscribers to ~300.
In addition, since we upgraded our syndicator service and started tracking page views on 26 June 2008, the AHP servers at York University have served nearly 42,000 items to readers from around the world. The short list of the most popular among these stories — what might be characterized as our “greatest hits” — provides a snapshot of their interests:
- Darwin and early American psychology (abstract, with related readings)
- History of sexual propaganda (link to resource)
- History of psychology job in Dublin (news)
- Presentism in the service of diversity? (moderated discussion)
- The history and future of bell-curve thinking (abstract, with links to related podcasts)
- Science journalism sucks (mostly) (link to opinion)
- Common errors in History of Psychology textbooks (commentary)
Where has all the History gone? (from SHP listserv)
Psychedelic Science (link to documentary) - History of neuroscience in autobiography (link to resource)
- *Psychiatrist Radio-Host under investigation (continuing coverage, with links to news)
- Classics in the Historiography of Psychology: Tilly, 1990 (summary review) Continue reading Milestone: 400+ posts at AHP