Instead, we'll talk about those that strike us as interesting. And we'll likely review and write about stuff that the more stuffy photo magazines won't review and write about, like how to set share family pictures or how to sell your pictures on coffee mugs and boxer shorts.

Because this went together so quickly, we've still got a lot of work to do. Our journal production system can't yet display JPEG images, which means we're limited to showing photos as lower-quality GIFs until we engineer a fix (hopefully in the next few weeks). We need to add discussion forums and ways for readers to easily talk with each other. That'll take a bit longer, but it's a priority.

And we need to add authors. For now, I and a small subset of ZATZ' regular authors will be contributing weekly pieces. But we need more authors and more experts. Normally, before launching a magazine, we spend six months or more finding, selecting, and grooming our senior editorial staff. This time, we've had only a month or so. As a result, we need you to contribute great articles. If you want to showcase your work, share some tips, or otherwise contribute, this is your chance. If you want to write, read our writer guidelines at http://www.authorpower.com and send me some email at david@ZATZ.com.

If any of you out there (and I know you're there) work for any of the major photo houses, camera manufacturers, software developers, or in any other way you're an expert in this field, please contact me. We'd love your help, insight, and input into our editorial direction.

I expect we'll also add some specialized columns in the coming months, like photo-of-the-month, model-of-the-month, and even, perhaps plugin-of-the-month. Expect this to be an evolving magazine. After all, the photo world is in such a transformative stage that if a magazine weren't evolving, we'd never keep up.

So there you go. It's a lot to digest (and certainly a lot to write about). Next week, we'll start with our regular tips & techniques coverage. Senior News Editor Heather McDaniel's already on the job, so you'll find updated news every day on the Web site.

I've got a lot of writing to do (and you do, too). So we better get to it. See you next week!

-- David

PS: As a thank you to everyone for helping convince us to get the magazine launched, we're offering a special $20 discount to anyone who wants to get the My First Digital Camera audio program. Just go to http://shop.zatz.com/customer/home.php?cat=11 and enter the code CP921477 when you check out.

David Gewirtz is the author of How To Save Jobs and Where Have All The Emails Gone? For more than 20 years, he has analyzed current, historical, and emerging issues relating to technology, competitiveness, and policy. David is the Editor-in-Chief of the ZATZ magazines, is the Cyberterrorism Advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals, and is a member of the instructional faculty at the University of California, Berkeley extension. He can be reached at david@zatz.com and you can follow him at http://www.twitter.com/DavidGewirtz.