So today my new science fiction and futurism blog, io9, went live. It covers everything from hard science to bizarre tales of alien invasion, and is published by Gawker Media. Much to my happy surprise, we had a blockbuster first day — in fact, with over 450 thousand page views as of this writing, io9 has had the most successful launch in Gawker history.

I have been working on this blog incredibly hard for months, and almost nonstop for the past month, with terrific help from associate editors Charlie Jane Anders and Kevin Kelly. So it’s good to see all those months of blogging in the dark paying off! I’m looking forward to lots more blogging about weird science experiments, mind-blowing scifi novels, and the gore-tastic B-movies that make my life complete. If you have any story ideas for io9, or there’s more of something you’d like to see, don’t hesitate to write!

Update: We wound up having 750 thousand views that day. Phew!

You can find me at io9, blogging about science fiction and science and the future until my brains explode!