In terms of online news innovation, the DFW area has always been a big player, whether through one of the daily papers or upstarts like us. In fact, many of our readers will cop to recollections of StarText, one of the earliest online news services, which came out of the Star-Telegram.

Gerry Barker, one of the members of the original StarText team has been blogging the history of that effort over the past week. Whether you're reminiscing or getting a first peek at future past, it's fascinating reading. Start here.