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If you like tech and have something to say about it, we want to hear from you! We’re always looking for new points of view at 40Tech — that’s why we got into this blogging thing in the first place; to share our thoughts, maybe help some people out, and hear what you have to say about it all.

We’ve had some fantastic guest posts from a few of our regulars, recently, and we would love to have enough to feature at least one of you every week. Hell, if you want more exposure to the wonderful world of the web, and maybe the opportunity to chat with the the folks who created some of your favourite software, you might even want to aim for a regular writing gig with us. We can’t pay you, of course — this is a hobby blog man! — but we get good search engine love and have a blast hanging out with our awesome readers.

If you want to write for us, we want to chat with you! Take a read over our guidelines, and get in touch!

The end of the year is fast approaching, which means that it must be time for  . . .  a year-end list.  In this list, we’re going to look at the ten most popular posts of 2010 on 40Tech, based on page views.  Please note that these are posts that were published in 2010.  Is this a silly exercise, since posts from earlier in the year had more time to accumulate page views?  Yep.  Is that going to stop us from taking a look at the stats anyway?  Nope.

We know that we all like tech, or at least that we recognize the necessity of it.  But beyond that, how much do we have in common?  If you wonder how you match up with the “typical” 40Tech reader, here are some stats for you to chew on.  These numbers are for the last 30 days, and are gathered from Google Analytics.

We’re a bunch of “self-admitted and proud of it” Grown-up Geeks here at 40Tech – and I’m including you lot in that statement as well. We’re all here because we love tech, we love toys, and we love hanging out in a place where opinions are respectfully given and received. Sharing interesting bits of information and learning from each other is what 40Tech is all about – and that’s led me to wondering: What do you want to see more of on 40Tech?

We’ve written a fair bit on Evernote and productivity methods, as well as digital security and interesting hardware and software reviews (both mobile and desktop). What do you want to read more of? What do you guys want to talk about? Drop some suggestions in the comments, or contact us and suggest a post or two. Why do you read us? We really want to know!

Short of spending $18 billion of your hard earned cash on speculative research, there are things that each us can do to reduce our impact on the environment. Yes, you can walk to work and stop using toilet paper, and those are certainly admirable and possibly uncomfortable efforts if combined, but let’s be practical: most of us just aren’t going to do that. So we wanted to take today to announce that 40tech will be starting a monthly column on environmental technology. We’re calling it Green Tech to Save Some Green. But wait! Didn’t we just say something about $18 BILLION on speculative research? Ohhh yes! Read on!

Here at 40Tech, we don’t have an exclusive on good content. We spend time checking out many other sites on the Internet, and find all sorts of great stuff. Some of that content might be from sites that you visit, but much of the content may be news to you. Starting Monday, we’ll be sharing our finds with you. Our posts will be short, calling attention to the content on the original site. If a topic interests you, we hope that you’ll then go check it out in full detail at its source.

We have been publishing about three posts a week. We’re going to try to double that, so that we have our usual three “long form” posts each week, and three posts highlighting great finds from around the Internet.

Find a nugget out there that you think other readers would find interesting? Have a tip for a post? Let us know at our Tips Contact Form.

I’m pleased to announce that Josh Farkas has joined 40Tech as a writer. Josh was the winner of our first writer’s contest, so we’re thrilled that Josh has accepted our invitation to write for 40Tech. To see his winning entry, check out Josh's take on GTDagenda. Josh works as an attorney in the energy sector, and is passionate about the potential that technology and alternative energy hold for the future. Keep your eye out for his post later this evening, which contemplates how lo-tech devices are sometimes a better choice than their high-tech counterparts. In the meantime, you can check out his profile here at 40Tech.

We haven’t done much in the way of gear and gadget reviews here at 40Tech. That’s about to change. In the near future, we’ll be debuting 40Tech Picks, where we’ll spotlight gadgets that we REALLY like. At the present time, we don’t receive review units, so this will be gear that we use on a regular basis. We’re going to try to make these spotlights and reviews easily digestible, and from the perspective of “real users” – people who will use the gear like you and we would use it.

Do you like to talk about tech, but feel like you’re stranded on an island? Guess what – you’re NOT alone. We here at 40Tech love to talk about tech, and we’re sure many of you in the community do as well. So, we’re setting up our first ever 40Tech community chat. Will it be huge? Will it flop? Who knows, but we’re going to have fun in the process. Read on for the details.

Welcome to the new look for 40Tech. We’ll have a post up in the next few days with some information about the design. The logo you see up top was designed by our very own Bobby Travis, who does this sort of thing for a living. We hope that the new look feels a bit cleaner to you, and helps you navigate the site more easily. It also should help us in our plans to grow the site going forward. Bear with us as we tweak the site, as you may see some glitches here and there. Stay tuned for more news!