Re: [MLUG] Online Writer Needed

[Nathan Odle <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Ashley Holloway wrote:

> Email to where off list??
>

Sorry!  Email here:  linux AT odle.biz  (goes without saying, but 
replace the AT with a @)

By the way, I didn't specifically note it in my email, but I'd encourage 
all interested women to apply!  I won't necessarily give preference to 
you, but I will say that we're interested in finding a qualified female 
that can connect with the everyday audience.

-Nathan


>
> 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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