Our New Sports Blogger - Jarrod Wells!!!

It's with great pleasure that I would like to introduce a new contributor to The San Jose Blog! Jarrod Wells is an accomplished hockey player--even playing internationally--and I'm thrilled that he'll be blogging about the Sharks' quest towards the Stanley Cup this season! I really think this will finally be our year. Please check out his first couple posts below!

New Theme!

A new theme for sunny San Jose, what do you think?

New Blog Links

Just a quick update to let you know that I have updated the links on the right hand side. Again, if you know of any other San Jose blogs I should post to, just let me know in the comments. Thanks!

The San Jose Blog "Semi-anniversary"

It's been exactly 6 months since The San Jose Blog launched last May! I think I've finally gotten into a good rhythm for posting and plan to continue doing this indefinitely (and hopefully post more frequently). We have had some success in changing the perceptions of at least a few people regarding San Jose culture--particularly downtown--and I'm certain this blog will continue to gain traction as the economy picks up and San Jose continues to expand at a faster rate. Think of all the exciting projects on the table right now: downtown A's stadium, high-speed rail + BART, new downtown residential towers, Earthquakes stadium, massive airport expansion... the list goes on and on. Expect many interesting topics ahead.

Now to balance the positives with a little bit of bad news. Since launching I have been linking blogs about San Jose in the menu to the right. Today I decided to go through all of them to see how things are going and here is a little summary:

San Jose Revealed - Mysteriously vanished
San Jose Has A Blog - Taken down due to "Lack of Interest"
Going San Jose - No posts for 6 months
SJ21 - Still in suspended animation 

Thankfully San Jose Metblogs, San Jose Inside, Baseball San Jose, and San Jose Day-by-Day are still kicking, but it's time to replenish the blog list. If you know of a blog directly related to San Jose that I should link to please post the URL in the comments below. Speaking of comments, you can now post anonymously. Thank you again for reading!

The San Jose Blog is on Twitter!

It seems like the entire world is on Twitter now... and The San Jose Blog is no exception!! I'll be tweeting short blurbs and links to news impacting San Jose, mostly positive stuff (development news, restaurant/retail openings, and interesting events). Don't worry, I won't be posting what I'm doing every minute of every day... just relevant news ;) Click here to follow The San Jose Blog on Twitter!

The San Jose Blog Turns 1 ... 1 month old that is!

This is post number 30, not too shabby for for a month's worth of existence! Originally I was planning to post a couple times per week, but I think I will attempting to do 5 posts instead since there is so much to talk about. The economy has seen better days, but San Jose is continuing to grow in every way possible. I think you're going to see exponential changes over the next 10 years, and San Jose will become one of the most significant cities in 21st century US history. There, I've said it... you heard it here first. ;)

I've done practically no promotion for The San Jose Blog and it's already received several thousand views from throughout the Bay Area over the past few weeks. Clearly a few buddies from the San Jose Development News Forum and myself aren't the only people excited about San Jose. We have a lot to look forward to, keep checking in to see how our renaissance unfolds!