Today I edited my column for an IT magazine. I'll edit it once more later on, because there are still a couple of weeks to the deadline.

I have now written columns regularly to the magazine for two years. This has been an interesting time. I have managed to try out many different styles: I have written essays, short stories, and a movie script. I have discussed in the columns women in the IT world, Grid, Open Source, quality of software, IT as a pollutant, and many other topics.

I usually draft the columns several weeks in advance. When I edit the text for publication it may change completely. Some column drafts have never seen print. Currently I have half a dozen column drafts waiting for the final polishing.

Today I discovered a new form for a column. I think this one will be one of the best I have written so far. The idea needs polishing, but that is usual. This column will probably appear in the beginning of the next year, so there is plenty of time. I have two column drafts already waiting for polishing and publishing.