A minor digression from all things Houston-area...

CONGRATS TO OUR FRIENDS AT TEXAS TRIBUNE on their debut today.

Their site is crisp, informative, mobile-friendly, and full of content (on Day One) from professional journalists (not amateurs) -- a real contemporary "newsie's" news site, in other words. Local sites like Hearst-Houston and Village Voice-Houston should take notes. The latest non-profit online news competitor has hit the ground running.