Well, apparently I’ve been writing about networking long enough that people actually keep coming back to read it! LoveMyTool.com has now passed 400,000 views, which is pretty amazing when I think about it. When I started the blog, I certainly didn't have a 400,000-view master plan. I was mostly trying to document things I was learning, testing networking tools, and hopefully saving someone else from spending three hours troubleshooting something that could have been fixed in five minutes. As anyone who works in IT knows, that five-minute fix usually comes after three hours of Googling.
I also want to say a huge thank you to everyone who watches and supports The Technology Firm YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/thetechfirm . The blog and YouTube channel have grown together over the years, and I really enjoy being able to take something I write about and actually put it to the test on video. Sometimes the test works perfectly. Sometimes the network decides it has other plans. And occasionally the most useful part of a video is showing exactly what not to do. Either way, I appreciate everyone who takes the time to read an article, watch a video, leave a comment, or send me a message.
I also want to give a special thank you to the new sponsors who have decided to support LoveMyTool. Sponsorship makes a big difference and helps me continue creating articles, testing networking equipment, making videos, and sharing practical information with other IT and networking professionals. I really appreciate the companies that have put their trust in the site. I'm also still looking for more sponsors, particularly companies involved in networking, Wi-Fi, network testing, troubleshooting, security, monitoring, and other technologies that would be useful to LoveMyTool readers.
Most of all, though, thank you to the readers and viewers. More than 400,000 views is a pretty big milestone for what started as a technical blog, and I couldn't have reached it without you. So keep sending me your questions, keep telling me about the weird networking problems you're trying to solve, and keep watching the videos. I'll keep testing things, breaking things, fixing things, and occasionally pretending that I knew what the problem was all along. Here's to the next 400,000 views!
