I’ve heard imitation is a form of flattery, and I guess that’s true. Today I got an up close and personal look.

I saw this note at Database Journal that they were starting a new daily newsletter with daily news: Database Daily

Some of you might remember that Database Weekly, the other site that I run (with help from Phil Factor, Tony Davis, and a few others at Red Gate software), used to be known as Database Daily. The name changed when we realized that we would likely never put it out daily, but rather stick with weekly. At least someone at Red Gate realized that. I was happy with Database Daily, and often updated the website on a daily basis with links.

When we came up with the idea, Andy, Brian, and I debated names for a few days, and liked Database Daily, so we grabbed it. Our plan had been to start with a weekly newsletter and as we found a decent amount of news, we’d add in more newsletters.

However the load of adding stuff daily was too hard. I managed it by adding links twice a week (Tue and Fri) and that’s still how I do things, though occasionally I see something on other days and just add it.

I’m not sure if we still have the domain, but if we do, I think it’s worth hanging on to. Especially now that someone else things it’s a good idea.