On Feedback

I very much appreciate the replies to the request for feedback I made before the Virtual Conference in June, and I have not ignored the content in those emails even though I apologize that after the first one hundred or so I quit replying to each individually. I really do appreciate folks speaking up and giving us a better understanding of what works, what doesn't, and how we can improve things on ID.

Some of the site specific changes are now in QA (yes, I actually run a QA blog for ID to test stuff out) and I'm still working out the kinks, like the new Disqus version for example. What was noteworthy was that there seems to be interest in more authors - particularly foreign authors and guest authors, and there seems to be a desire to see more interaction between the blog and uniformed leaders in the US Navy. I'll do what I can.

But I thought I would just throw this out there and see what happens. I am looking for people who can write about the Indian Navy, someone who would be interested in writing about the Pacific from an Australian naval point of view, and someone who can bring a more European/NATO uniformed maritime perspective - preferably - but not mandatory - someone active or retired in the Royal Navy or French Navy.

Basically, needles in a haystack, but it never hurts to advertise.

Also, I'm always looking for authors who are active duty in the US Coast Guard or US Marine Corps who don't work in their news and information shops, and are equal or below the rank of Captain or Colonel.