Rather than do a sloppy import, we’re taking our time and going back over each and every bit of data since we started, fixing broken links where possible, making sure things are spelled correctly, formatted nicely, and the like. The best we can, anyway. After all, there’s over 7,900 news stories in our back catalog. It’ll take some time. But we’re gonna do it. The end result will be a cleaner, faster site than ever before, and a beautiful back history of everything that’s happened in the News Askew world since we started close to 14 years ago.

We of course realize that many of you enjoy your news via other platforms, such as your iPhone, iPad, other mobile phones, twitter, Facebook, RSS readers, and the like. We’ll of course continue to provide the same and, in many cases, updated versions of the site in all those venues, so you can follow with the latest from the world of Kevin Smith and View Askew no matter where you are or what electronic device is nearby.

Our initial rollout plan will involve a more recent subset of the news database, with the back catalog to be filled in as time allows. This will give us the chance to test drive the new site with you, the users, while we make final tweaks and continue to add our vast library of news dating all the way back to April 1997.

Happy holidays, and stay tuned, we’re excited to move to the next iteration of the site we’ve loved bringing you for over 13 years.