I don’t write meta-posts often, but enough has happened this year that I wanted to give you a quick update on what’s going on. In an effort to make sure I don’t get too verbose, I’ll stick to a few short bullet points.

• We recently made some slight updates to Elezea’s design. We removed the texture, cleaned up some things, switched to Droid Sans, and made the primary color a bit more orange. Most importantly, the site is now mobile-first and sports a fancy new off-canvas menu. Once again, I’m indebted to Alex Maughan for his amazing design and development work. High five, Alex.
• This year I joined The Syndicate and AdPacks.com. I was quite worried about the response, but you guys have been awesome. It’s a testament to the quality of the audience (and the ads) that they are quite happy with the return they’re getting from advertising on Elezea. I have a love/hate relationship with ads, but I like the tasteful way these companies approach things, so it’s been a very good fit.
• I’m currently finishing up a book on Product Management that will hopefully be published around March/April next year. If you’d like to get updates on what’s going on with that, you can sign up for the newsletter.
• I’m quite impressed by Flipboard Magazines, and have recently started posting a lot of the articles that Elezea is based on (and things that don’t make it on here) to a companion magazine I imaginatively call Elezea Magazine. Please check it out, and share if you like it. It’s a really great platform.

I think that’s it. This has been a really cool year for Elezea, and I look forward to 2014. I feel privileged that you have chosen to take this hike with me. Thank you.

P.S. While we’re talking about other things, allow me to brag a little bit about where I live. I took this last week on an early morning run. If you haven’t been to Cape Town, you should definitely put it on your list.