On the Wire

I hate to start another post with, "Is it just me, or..." but here I go:

Is it just me, or is it more difficult to come up with topics to query during the summer than it is the rest of the year? And I'm in Vancouver, for crying out loud. It's not like I'm smack dab in the deserts of Kelowna or in the deep south. Weather is moderately grey most of the time, with a splash of sizzling sun right when you least expect it. It's all, Surprise! Summer! And then that thought dips below the horizon and the clear blue gets gobbled up by a padded whitish grey.

On a recent e-roam I stumbled across a site, PR Newswire for Journalists. It's all press releases compiled in categories such as Public Issues, Energy, Technology and Healthcare. Perfect for news journalists--and news junkies--and a great indicator of cultural trends, news items that are or soon will be household topics and breaking finds in medical and technical fields. You can sign up and choose your topic filters or just browse the Features.

So go ahead. Kill an hour and have a scroll through all the things you never knew you cared about. Think Digg for professionals.