I would be remiss if I didn't give this pre-emptive THANK YOU.

So, about a month and a half ago I changed jobs. This coincided with a slowdown in blogging?

Why? Through a combination of circumstances, I had a wonderful opportunity to write about tech policy for a living. "Real" journalism. Paper and Ink.

The catch? The people I work for insist on total transparency and objectivity when reporting the news. It's really difficult to have an interesting blog and still report news in that way. In fact, it's almost impossible, and I didn't want to risk crossing any lines. In addition, I had to learn (and am still learning, and will be for a long time) a new style of writing and thinking about how I present material. 

On the other hand, I have never been surrounded by a more talented, experienced, insightful and supportive group of people. I was a History of Science major. I have zero formal training in Journalism as a craft. None. Zilch. Yet, these people had enough faith to take a chance on me, just some guy with a blog, and I've been lucky enough to be able to work alongside some people who know way more about the industry and the craft than I do, even about subjects that I've been following forever, and are far better writers than I am to boot. Bottom line? I get to write about what I love, and I get to learn from people who are absolutely top notch. I couldn't be luckier or have better people around me.

In addition, when I started, I was given the go-ahead to continue with the project that Robert and I will be working on for the next few days.

So, I want to take a moment and thank the amazing people I have the distinct privilege to work with at Warren Communications News, publishers of Communications Daily, Consumer Electronics Daily, and my personal favorite:


I do a good bit of work for that one in particular.

But seriously, as much as Robert went out of his way to thank me and Julie, I need to extend an even bigger thank you to the entire team at WCN, especially owners Dan and Paul Warren, and Executive Editor Mike Feazel, for letting me take the time to finish this project that began in January, and for simply being such a tremendous group of people from whom I have learned a great deal in a short time.

You should take a look at WID's web page  and sign up for a trial. If you see me at PDF or around DC and ask me, I might even have a copy for you to read (if I have permission...we do have copyright laws, you know). Between all the blogs and sites and firehouse of tech news, the policy issues that Robert and I are looking to start an East-West coast dialog on are covered every day in those pages in a level of detail that I couldn't even approach when I was blogging every day. The people who put it together are phenomenal and I am grateful for the opportunity be a small cog in their machine.

I am lucky enough to have a job I love and be around amazing people every day, and their understanding and generosity is as important as anything else that has gone into planning the next few days.