Thursday, May 29, 2008

It's an online world: RIX to move to Projo

Big news: In a few weeks, Rhode Island Explorer will move to a new home on the Providence Journal's online Projo.com website. After 28 years writing features for newsprint, I'm now writing electronically. It's a new era, and certainly a happy one for me. When the switch is pulled, sometime in June, this site will link to Projo. In the meantime, stay tuned right here.

Although I well understand many people's preference for "a newspaper I can hold in my hand," the times have changed, for better or worse, and I've come to believe that there are terrific positives to the online world — positives that, on balance, far outweigh the negatives. A horse and buggy is a nice memory — but would you really rather have one than a car? (More on that subject later. Here's Retired Guy with his new pride and joy.)


Anyway, how could I not love a job that calls for me to find the best ice cream places in Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts? One of my regular features on the new beat will be a weekly Top 10, beginning with ice cream. So read on — online!