Secret Blogger Santa is ready to rumble with 41 participants! It’s all very exciting and I can’t wait to see what kinds of fun gifts people create in the next few weeks.
However, the excitement of the moment lies in the information within those 41 rows of the spreadsheet I created for this little endeavor, just waiting to be uncovered. Oh, sure, we could have just forwarded people’s sign-up e-mails to their Santas, but we would have missed the fun inherent in sorting! Trending! Graphing! Mail-merging!
Allow me to demonstrate (click for larger versions):
In the following graph, we see that peaks of sign-up occurred on the announcement day and the day before the deadline of November 16. We can see that SBSers are both quick on the draw and benefit from a last-minute reminder, if necessary.
When we examine the geographical distribution of United States-based SBSers (of the 39 participants who identified location), the most gifts will travel to New York (5), Minnesota (4), and Virginia (4). We also have 2 participants from our nation’s capitol — which was eerily excluded from this map — and 3 from outside the country!
From the personal tidbits SBSers provided to assist in the gift-buying process, we see that our pool of participants has quite a bit in common. SBSers are:
- To the point: 5 directed folks straight to their blogs for gift ideas
- Literary: 15 like to read (2 specifically mentioned Us Weekly)
- Busy:
3 like crafty things (4 appreciate cards, especially)
2 enjoy scrapbooking
3 enjoy cooking (relatedly, 2 love wine)
3 like to travel
2 write - In shape:
4 love sports
5 go running regularly
2 practice yoga - Family-oriented:
3 mentioned their children
8 love dogs - Fans of color: 11 shared favorite colors
3: pink
3: purple
2: green
2: yellow
1: blue
See how handy a spreadsheet can be? How else would we have known all of this invaluable information?
Check out the complete list of SBSers after the jump and see how you match up!
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A Truth Universally Acknowledged
Green Duckies and Other Tales of Dana
I Don’t Think It’s Going to Rain
Looking for the Silver Lining Since 1979
Musings of a Semi-Coherent Mind
17 comments
I really hope that the blogger behind “She Likes Purple” is one of the two who listed purple as their favorite color!
Ha - I think she was, and I think it was the first thing she listed.
Also, New York and Minnesota FOREVER.
Yeah, I knew you’d appreciate that.
Wow! 41 people - I think i’m going to discover some new blogs.
Is it too late to include some of the things I like? I know how much I’ll appreciate knowing my blogger’s likes/dislikes so I’d like to return the favour!
Nope, as long as you can get it to me before Thanksgiving, that will be okay. As of Friday, ALL IS FINAL.
Holy cow! I love spreadsheets, but your graphs take it to a whole new level! So impressed.
Thank you, thank you very much.
41 bloggers! How exciting! This is going to be so much fun….and I just love those graphs.
I know, I’m so pleased at the great response!
I LOVE DATA. I love data. This was quite enjoyable. (One thing though- people associate intensity of hue with higher numbers. So on the graph it looks like red is the highest). I love the matchingness of the colours you chose, though! Can;t wait to find out who my blogger santa is! Thanks for arranging this.
Yeah, I fiddled with the colors for longer than I should have, but then I just decided to chuck it all and go for the aesthetic. In hindsight, though, I could have just used shades of red since the other graph is all green. But at that point, it was just too late, you know? I had to cut my losses.
THIS IS SOOOOO EXCITING!!!
I love the graphs!!!
Yay!!!
I’m SO EXCITED for Secret Blogger Santa! Weeee!
I’m so glad that people are so psyched!
Dude! I didn’t include a list of things I like. For future reference, my favorite color is yellow. Carry on!
No, problem, I’ll add that to the spreadsheet! Must update trends list, too…
I LOVE that I now have a whole new batch of blogs to read/stalk.
Thanks for putting together the list!
Oh, stalk away! Please let me know if any of the links are wonky. Toward the end of it, my eyes were glazing over.
While I may fall into the quick on the draw category, I certainly don’t do too well on the follow through - I forgot to say anything in terms of what I like or dislike.
Oh well, I’m pretty easy to please.
Hey, that works, too.
RA, you are too cool. See, what makes you a nerd in the real world makes you cool in the blogging world! I can’t wait for SBS (yes, I said it, I am EXCITED)
Woo for nerdiness! I’m so glad you are excited! No one can call you a Scrooge now.
Wowie! 41 people! That’s fantastic.
(and I only know, like, 4 of them so I better get some new friends)
Isn’t it fun to have the prospect of all these new people? Love it.
Ooooh! Love it! Am so excited for this! xoxox
Yay! I’m so glad that I cornered you into signing up!
Very, very excited and feeling like a complete dork. My blog is greenduckies.blogspot.com. My email address is greenduckiesgirl and so I get those mixed up all the time. Sorry about the mistake!
Oh, no problem. I’ll update the link for you!
I am super impressed with your graphing skills. That’s a whole new level of SBS fun!
Which makes it superfun, right? Right?
I guess now I should write something interesting. Hmm.
Love the spreadsheets!
Ha. Interesting is always good.
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