We continue to work on creating a website that has all of the features that our readers want.  To bring more Web 2.0 capabilities to it we now introduce our blog site.  Comments may be posted after filling out an easy registration form.  Comments will carry the name and institution of their author, and if that person wishes, his or her picture.  Comments will be held for a short period of time before final posting.  During this period of time they will be reviewed and those that carry inappropriate content and/or language will be deleted.  Dr. Robert Quencer, former EIC of AJNR, has agreed to serve as our initial moderator and will screen all messages before their postings.  Please follow the instructions or contact Karen Halm or Jason Gantenberg at the Main Office if you need help.

It is my wish that all of our authors, readers and the public in general participate in this interactive feature.  With time, this blog site will replace our section of Letters to the Editor. Posting comments on articles previously published provides some post peer review evaluations and will help keep them updated and fresh as authors respond to questions and even add information. Authors of articles being commented upon will be contacted so that they may respond.

I suggest keeping the tone of all messages informal.  Utilize this site as a way to ‘chat’ with your colleagues regarding issues pertaining to AJNR, neuroradiology in general, problem cases and to foster collaborations in general.  Although other journals have had a mixed experience with their blog sites, we neuroradiologists have strong opinions and like to be heard.  Because of this I am certain that our blog site will be a success!