The first few days of anything new are often described as a blur. The excitement, the adrenalin rush and then before you know it, you’re thinking about how to celebrate the completion of the first year. But add the fact that you actually enjoyed every day of the 365 days, and the rush leaves a more profound impact.

We kind of forgot that the CIO WebStudio went live a year ago today. While I was running a final preview on Naveen Naqvi’s episode of Mash Ups, it occurred to me what today’s date was, and I promptly turned around to a colleague of mine and remarked, “oh… last year at this time, I was freaking out because we finally went live with the WebStudio website.” We remembered. That was good enough.

Over the course of this first year, we’ve uploaded more than 1,100 video and audio podcasts across almost 37 shows. Some of them are still regulars while others were meant to only last until their hosts simply ran out of time. We’ve accumulated more than 2588 comments across those 1,100 posts. Our traffic continues to increase to almost 500 unique views a day, a number we hope to slowly and gradually grow.

But we were never interested in the numbers. After working with so much television, we realized in the early part of the last decade that the Web was the perfect place to aggregate, generate and archive the kind of content we had the ability to showcase. Even if a hundred people view that content and yet a handful of people are able to increase their networking or networth out of the interaction, we’ve done our job. 365 days later, we’ve done more than what we set out to with the WebStudio, and we continue to tread down the path.

In the next few weeks, you’ll see another web property unveiled, similar to the WebStudio, but something that shows just how diverse our ICT industry is. In the next few months, there is one more property that will make its way down the pipeline. As our comfort level continues to increase, so will our ability to continue showcasing the industry and sides of Pakistan that the world may not otherwise have a chance to witness or interact with.

Thank you to all those of you who stopped by, supported us, dropped in comments and wrote us the harsh emails to inspire us to stay on track. Thank you to the hosts and guests for taking time to help us realize our dreams and materialize our vision. None of this would have been possible if it weren’t for all of you.

Thank you.