June 14, 2008

A note from the editor on upcoming changes

Hi NewYorkology fans, I thought it would be a good time to offer a big picture on a few things I'm hoping to get done this summer and for fall. You may not know, but NewYorkology is just a small, independently owned travel website. I'm the editor, and my background is all in straight news (newspapers, a wire service, and a dot-com stint for a TV network,) plus a not-so MSM job at Czechoslovakia's first independent English-language newspaper, the unfortunately named yet sorta-legendary Prognosis.

So one reason for this note is that in July I'm actually making my first visit to Prague since 1994. It's part of a trip that will have me out of New York around the first two weeks of July. And while NewYorkology has a handful of contributors (and will be looking for more when I return,) the day-to-day is pretty much all me.

Since this site launched in August 2004, it's been updated almost every day. Even on weekends I'm at least grinding out content for the calendar. (I'm actually looking for a good way to automate that so readers can add events, but still discourage the PR folks from crossing the line. Suggestions welcome.)

Starting at the end of June, daily posting at NewYorkology is going to slow down to put the site in a more static "July in New York" mode. Post-holiday I'll get back to the daily schedule, I think. I've got some silly big ideas of what I'd like to do with the site later this year, but it would take a chunk of money and more importantly, a partner with the tech-knowledge to pull it off and keep it running while I stick to editorial.

But before all that, I will be looking for more (unpaid) contributors and I'm going to make a solid effort to finally launch the neighborhood guides. (Two years ago I talked to a few bloggers about writing mini-guides to their neighborhoods. Paul Frankenstein stepped up faster than I could have expected ... and then with too many balls in the air, that was the end of that.)

The coming months may be a bit of a roller coaster with highs and lows, and hopefully a redesign. Apologies in advance for the disruption. -- Amy Langfield

June 14, 2008 10:47 AM in About

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