My team worked hard putting Issue 15.1 together, and our contributors worked very hard, but the process has been joyful. I can’t blame the holidays for that, because we’ve been thinking about this since July.

Now that it’s here, I feel this issue speaks largely for itself, and that seems to be the way of serious labor. At the end, all a person can do is take a step back. At least, that’s the only thing I feel I can do with any sincerity. I think it’s turned out wonderfully. 

Please, enjoy it. 

William Blair,

Managing Editor