Moving very soon...

We are coming shortly with a new website and e-zine which will link to a number of exciting sites around the globe. The growth in traffic and readers to this primitive full article only viewing format has been heartening. The problem is, as great a starting point Blogger has been, we need a format that gives the roughly 2,000 viewers visiting over the last month, the chance to more quickly browse and decide which features you want to view.

Like this little car passing the Ferrari, we have a big mountain to climb and even bigger dreams. We will not rest until this is the most entertaining, informative, interactive, 2-way and fun conversational space on the Web.

Our time with The Western Mail seems to be ending. Condensing stories and profiles of real risk-taking entrepreneurs and calling out poor performers to 600-words was never a strength and, in my opinion, robs readers of the richness of the story. The current US Presidential campaign is showing people will read and listen for longer than 10-seconds. UK media are litigation gun-shy about opinions. Misbehaving corporations have figured that out so rather than answering tough questions, legal teams worry about lawsuits. I'm convinced people want to see more than Britney Spears or Heather Mills.

When throwaway lines are taken as verbatim, humour is lost to sarcasm and everything except one's own behaviour is held under the light it's time to say thanks for the memories and hasta la vista. When one over-worries about the squeaky wheel, the family jewels just walk out the front door. I'd worry more about a 10% drop in circulation year-on-year during a month when the national side was winning the 6-Nations European rugby crown. Then again, I'm just a guest here in this country who was warned about writing there. And a US Congressman friend said, "never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel." Sage advice so best of luck to all.

I'll never though accept prejudice without first finding out for myself in every instances. Tilting at windmills, maybe... someone has to. Some days we'll get it right, some days not so but we will always be unpredictable.

We're getting ready for Pennsylvania, interviewing several interesting mean dna women and as customers demand better service, we will still call Sir Terry Tesco, BT Ben and others out on their company's behaviours.

Thanks for joining in on the ride. There will be the occasional post but mostly we will spend the next two weeks getting ready for the move.