Hi guys and gals,

In the upcoming weeks (and perhaps months) there is going to be a slow change at Deep Jive Interests in terms of its content (I think) and its author(s) (I hope).

For those of you who didn’t already know, although I blog about new media issues (a catch-all term for “whatever I think is interesting on the internets”) , my day job is being one of the Fellows (a very senior resident) in General Internal Medicine here in Toronto. I see sick patients in the ward and in clinic through all kinds of illnesses (depending on the month) and that’s pretty much my day.

I kind of stumbled into blogging almost two years ago while wanting to get back into technology, as medical school (4 years) and residency (another 2 years at the time) had taken me away from that. As I used to tell people, before the turn of millenium Tables (in web design) were de rigeur and “web standards” were still a bit of a pie in the sky.

Anyway, its been a happy kind of adventure over the past many months, and DJI has grown in a few ways as well, allowing me the indulgence of writing about things I want to write about with a few people actually noticing, and rarer still, people actually commenting back from time to time (thank you, all of you who have done so).

When I started blogging, I knew that there would be a time in the future when I’d probably have to stop for at least a few weeks straight … or perhaps even a few months.

That time is now.

… or, rather, it kind of was a few weeks ago.

The reason is that my Royal College Exams in Internal Medicine are here (or will be, in April and May), and seeing as they are the Final Exams one writes at the end of one’s medical training they are rather important.

Although my training won’t quite end, because I’ve decided to do an extra year’s training in Palliative Care, this Exam is the Big One. Its the kind where people sweat and stress, and really, start studying in earnest about a year before the exam date.

Its about t-minus several weeks until the first part of that exam, and to do it justice, Deep Jive Interests is going to have to change while I get down to brass tacks.

Rather than shut the whole blog down, I’m going to take this opportunity to do some experimenting.

This means that posting will get increasingly more irregular, but I’m hoping that it will change in a bit of a good way. Rather than focus on the daily tech issues of the day, I’m hoping that the content will change to reflect larger issues, perhaps more thoughtful issues around new media, and perhaps things that aren’t covered by Techmeme, TechCrunch, and any one of the larger new media blogs.

This might mean a change in content format, in favour of things like reviews or interviews, or giant lists. Or it might mean rambling essays in the rant-y kind of style that I enjoy.

So where do you come in?

Well, what I also want to do is put a spotlight on bloggers who need more exposure — bloggers who have a unique perspective and unique experiences in new media.

Yes, I am looking for guest bloggers.

If you happen to know of any — or, happen to *be* one — and you have a story to tell or a post to write, leave a quick message below and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

To everyone who has been following my blog for a while?
A big “Thank You” for reading.

Through this period of “transition”, I’m hoping that the content will still be as fresh, engaging and as interesting as it ever was (if you found that it was), while hoping to introduce you all to some newer voices, some newer ideas and stories.

Cheers
Tony Hung.
p.s. so yes, if you want to be one of those voices leave a comment and we’ll try and work something out. :)