What Does John Know?

Back here in January, I asked you what I could do to make WDJK better for you. Many of those recommendations I implemented. And I’m still working on the others.

Now, I would like to ask you to do something that will also benefit you. Tell more people about WDJK. The more whisky enthusiasts reading this blog, the better the conversation and intellectual discussions.

If you have whisky drinking friends, or if you belong to a whisky club, get them involved in WDJK. Give them the link. And it’s an easy one to remember. It’s www.whatdoesjohnknow.com.

Thanks!

When you have your own business, it’s so easy for it to consume all your free time if you let it. Even if you like what you do, I don’t think it is healthy. A very well known whisky writer recently told me that, in the past year, he has only taken two days off from work–including weekends.

Not me! I have a family. I have hobbies I love. So, here’s what I plan on doing. I am going to make an effort to post up something every weekday (and you know that I often have multiple posts in one day, like today). But, unless there is something really compelling, I don’t plan on putting up any blog posts over the weekend.

I just wanted to let you know my intentions and make you aware that if you visit WDJK on a Saturday or Sunday, you probably won’t find anything new. And if you check on a weekday, you probably will.

I have a lot of whisky reviews to share with you. I’ll try to put up a review every day next week.

I’m back in the office and hitting the ground running. I’m testing a new blogging app for my Blackberry with this post, so I’ll keep this one brief given that I’m typing with my thumbs. Stay tuned…

All the awards have been announced. I hope you enjoyed my posting them up here on WDJK before they are published in the next issue of Malt Advocate (which will mail in about three weeks). The purpose of doing this was to allow for thoughtful discussion and interaction between whisky enthusiasts worldwide. I hope you enjoyed it.

I’ll be taking some time off with my family and won’t be posting anything new until Thursday. During this time, we’ll also be upgrading to a new, dedicated server. (Yes, WDJK has gotten so much activity, it has risen to the top of the list on its server as the site which is drawing the most bandwidth and memory. Unfortunately, it has also been slowed down because of this.) Someone from my office will put up a post the day we make the switch. You might experience some minor glitches that day. (Well, let’s hope they’re minor.)

In the meantime, click on the “What does everyone else know?” link on the right column of my blog and check out all those other wonderful whisky blogs, forums, podcasts, etc.

When I come back , I’ll be posting a bunch of new whisky reviews over the next several days, including: Glen Grant 10 & 16 yr. old, Smokehead, GlenDronach 12, 15, 18 yr. old, Glenrothes 1994 Vintage, a few new Signatory whiskies, and more. Stay tuned.