Sunset on NYE 2019.

I’ll write up the answer to the previous Challenge tomorrow. But for today I want to take a quick look back and ask what you liked about 2019’s string of Challenges.

I’m asking for two reasons: (1) to learn a bit about what kinds of Challenges you like (and what you DON’T like) in order to make 2020 even better. (2) to put the Challenges you really like into consideration for The Joy of Search Volume 2! (To be honest, I don’t have a contract for Volume 2 yet… I’m doing this a bit on spec.)

For instance, did you like:

“Does anything live deep in the earth?” or did you prefer “Where did the river go?”

Maybe you’re more of a “Contour Lines?” person, maybe “What’s the story… of these ruined buildings?“

Perhaps you liked the object identification Challenges: “What’s this thing?”


If you have thoughts or opinions you’d like to share with me, please fill out this quick survey

CLICK here for the 4-question survey.


And thanks for all the great comments and responses throughout the year. Hope 2020 is the year when all of your searches succeed!

— Dan