Re: [MLUG] Online Writer Needed

[Ashley Holloway <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

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At 08:42 AM 10/7/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I posted this about a year ago, but didn't really get the responses I was 
>looking for, so I'll try again :)
>
>I am a partner in a tech- and computing-oriented website that is starting 
>to really get off the ground.  We've got a lot of bandwidth, hosting bills 
>are paid for the next 2 years, and the site runs off a 
>professionaly-written content management system.  We're basically an empty 
>shell at this point - we've floated a few test articles (one of mine was 
>even slashdotted) but have yet to really start in earnest.
>We have no advertising (as of yet) so we're pretty much doing this for the 
>hobby of it - that, and any hardware given to us for review.  My partner 
>has visited COMDEX 2 years in a row, and has made some good contacts, so 
>we've got a number of companies that should be able to get us product for 
>review.
>
>One thing we really need at this point is another writer.  Day-to-day tech 
>news is hard to keep up with for us, and it'd be really nice to have 
>someone that we could count on to sign up for all the press release 
>mailing lists, hunt down other news, and make several postings a day.
>We plan to do a feature article every couple of weeks, and can pretty much 
>handle that ourselves, but if the new person has some ideas we're pretty 
>open to letting them run with it.  Hardware reviews are also a significant 
>responsibility.  The good part is, you get to keep the hardware most of 
>the time!
>With that being said, I'm looking for a qualified person to fill this 
>position.  If you wrote to me the last time, feel free to toss your hat 
>into the ring again.  Here are the qualifications we're looking for:
>
>- No computer geek egos...I don't care how much you know.  Your job isn't 
>going to be to impress people with your m4d sk1llz, rather you should be 
>able to communicate easily and make the readers comfortable.
>
>- A good knowledge of technology and computing.  We don't want the guy 
>that calls Gateway tech support because their "Bobo the Pocket Monkey" 
>screensaver won't start up.
>
>- An understanding of experimental design, mainly for use in reviews.
>This was in your 8th grade science curriculum...you really ought to 
>understand independent variables, controls, and how to make good looking 
>bar graphs.
>
>- And finally, good writing skills.  I would think that this goes without 
>saying, but you should have seen some of the responses I got last 
>time.  You don't have to be Hemmingway (lord knows I'm not) - just have 
>some reasonably good spelling and grammar, along with a good sense of 
>where you're going with whatever your're writing.
>
>
>So if you're interested, email me off-list.  This position would be GREAT 
>for the person who is looking to start their own site, but just hasn't 
>made it happen for whatever reason.  We've already done the hard part in 
>getting the infrastructure put up, and we'll likely give whomever gets the 
>job pretty free rein.
>If you sound like a good candidate, I will probably ask you for a sample 
>of your writing, so you should probably be prepared for that.  If you can 
>send a sample along with your email, that'd be even better.
>
>If you want a look at the site (like I said, no real content yet but the 
>layout is final), check it out here:  http://www.fastsilicon.com
>
>While I'm at it, might as well pimp my blog:
>http://www.autobiosynthesis.com
>
>-Nathan
>
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