We enjoyed this interview with Tracy Record, one of the great characters helping to put the Pacific Northwest hyperlocal scene at the center of the hyperlocal community news map along with us here in Seattle. But we felt bad when we saw this reply to a question a lot of people ask about dedicated hyperlocal efforts:

AP: You are constantly attending meetings, markets and other events; you keep long hours and have a family at the same time. How do you keep the energy up?

TR: I have been a night owl all my life and have managed to do OK on five or so hours sleep. These days, three-hour nights are more common than five-hour nights, though, and I tend to nod off in the living-room chair while trying to finish that one last story that it always comes down to around 2, 3 am.

We don't recommend three hours of sleep for anybody -- especially not a news and information gathering entrepreneur. Just for the record, I average about seven hours of sleep per night and Instivate prez Scott Durham of Central District News fame averages at least twice that I'm fairly certain. Curt Milton at EastLakeAve also successfully achieves sleep+hyperlocal news balance.

The secret? Likely Neighborlogs. Just think of how much more time you'll have for shut-eye with features like this:

• Off-the-shelf community news platform with integrated accounts and social tools
• Easy-to-use self-serve advertising built into the platform and ready to use in minutes
• Mobile posting and site management
• Integrated geolocation of all content
• Built-in billing and revenue sharing system
• Content aggregation and curation features
• Forums + classifieds + maps + events calendar
• No-worry hosting, upgrades and technology updates. Neighborlogs handles it!

And the cost of all this will help you sleep easily when you do lay down your weary head. Neighborlogs is free. We share in ad revenue generated by the self-serve system. That's our business. Think about making it yours and sign up for the Neighborlogs beta today.