Does doing this on your day off count?

This blog is a little like a cross between a prototype and an exercise room. They say the capability is coming to our magazine Web sites before long, and when it does I want to hit the ground running. So, a pre-official launch test run is in order, I should think. (Actually, we did one long ago, too, but were at that point a little ahead of ourselves. Still might be interesting, though - a sneak peek of sorts.) (Even had Susan Clancy enthused about it, but, alas the timing was bad for her efforts, too.)

The idea behind what you are now reading is this: When we editors stumble across something really cool, and put together an informational package to share with our readers, there's a lag time before that actually happens. It's sort of like buying a Christmas present in the middle of the summer - you almost forget about it until somebody opens it, and then you're both surprised and delighted.

Well, that's the hope, anyway. But with this end-of-the-day communication, I hope to be able to share the neatest thing I've come across every day without having to wait for it to come out in a magazine 6 weeks later. Today, of course, it's the simplicity of starting a blog. Ta-da!

(Go ahead - click it and set yourself up as a blogger!)

Wish me luck, and the same to you! I'll see you tomorrow.