As of today, my weekly column Twenty-Four/Seven is moving to a blog format.

Why, oh why, you may ask. And well you should, although maybe not as whiny. You deserve some straight answers, I think as a reader of Twenty-Four/Seven youâ™ve come to expect them, and theyâ™ll help fill up my blog.

1. No deadline. My weekly deadline for Wednesday publication has previously been âœsometime Tuesdayâ and I have maintained that rigid discipline except for when I havenâ™t. But âœsometimeâ has been getting later and later, until Iâ™ve been seen sneaking into the building at 11:59 p.m. to slide hastily scrawled copy under the office door. Now, at last, I am blessedly free of that crushing pressure.

Of course, since I prefer blogs that update regularly, Iâ™ve just traded my weekly deadline for a constant and never-ending one that demands attention every hour of the day until I can no longer hear of an event, no matter how inconsequential, without obsessively typing it out even if there is no keyboard in front of me.

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