Happy Birthday to My Blog

I was going to wait until the end of the month to celebrate the first anniversary of Skyline Online. But then I opened Sunday's Inquirer and saw that the Arts & Entertainment section had neglected to run any architectural images with my story about UN Studio's new Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart. But now there is another forum: I can post the pictures on my blog. So here they are.
I started the blog without knowing what I was getting into. I saw it as a place to channel odd bits of information that didn't quite measure up as column material, and to try out oddball ideas. It's been a dream situation for a journalist: No deadlines. No limitations on story length. No dumb headlines. No annoying editors. No plodding bureaucracy. What you see is what I write, flaws and all. I never expected that getting rid of the middleman would be so liberating. I also never expected the kind of feedback I see in the comments. Until recently, journalists could never be quite sure of how their work was being read. No more. I've learned a lot just by eavesdropping.
Clearly there is some kind of future here for journalists. I'm not sure yet what that future is, but in the meantime I will keep posting. And I hope you will keep reading and commenting.