Friday, September 09, 2005
One good blog deserves another
I'm starting a new blog -- its not up -- yet.
Its going to be called "The Robot's Soapbox".
Its going to feature longer articles (~1000 words or so) that are much, much, more polished then what I post here. Its actually going to involve an editorial review process by some of my friends that are arrogant enough to call themselves writers (even though they have been published, how dare they!)
I'm going to try to make the template consistent with this one, after I get done fixing some of the 'bugs' that I'm aware of, but too lazy to fix. Its not like anyone has ever emailed with constructive criticism.
Some of the longer articles are just going to be based off my subjective experience. For example, a friend of mine has suggested that I write two articles based off relevant career experiences. Mostly, the two I've been asked about are:
Granted, I'm not an expert, but I have some relevent experience in both areas (not that I left my last company, to make sure that record is straight, I was laid off, but the alarm was going off way before that) that could aide any college grad or first job going for second job code slinger.
And of course, another article I could do is the simplistic "so you wanna be a cocoa programmer" thingie, and explain what I'm doing to transition.
But another idea I have for an article is one on charities. I plan on sponsoring a child in africa. I made a pledge that I would start as soon as I was on my feet with a new job after seeing hotel rwanda. I plan on seeing that pledge through, to set an example to my friends. For the price of cable, you can feed, clothe, and educate someone. What's your excuse?
So i'm gonna research which one, and write an article about why I picked it.
And one final thing: I'd be willing to share this blog. If anyone is serious about having a soapbox (or expanding their existing soapbox empire) I'd be willing to grant other blogger members accounts that would enable them to post on the blog. We'd have to set up some guidelines, but I'm sure an understanding of some kind could be made.
That's enough for now. Peace.
Its going to be called "The Robot's Soapbox".
Its going to feature longer articles (~1000 words or so) that are much, much, more polished then what I post here. Its actually going to involve an editorial review process by some of my friends that are arrogant enough to call themselves writers (even though they have been published, how dare they!)
I'm going to try to make the template consistent with this one, after I get done fixing some of the 'bugs' that I'm aware of, but too lazy to fix. Its not like anyone has ever emailed with constructive criticism.
Some of the longer articles are just going to be based off my subjective experience. For example, a friend of mine has suggested that I write two articles based off relevant career experiences. Mostly, the two I've been asked about are:
- How do you know when its time to bail?
- How to make your job search work for you.
Granted, I'm not an expert, but I have some relevent experience in both areas (not that I left my last company, to make sure that record is straight, I was laid off, but the alarm was going off way before that) that could aide any college grad or first job going for second job code slinger.
And of course, another article I could do is the simplistic "so you wanna be a cocoa programmer" thingie, and explain what I'm doing to transition.
But another idea I have for an article is one on charities. I plan on sponsoring a child in africa. I made a pledge that I would start as soon as I was on my feet with a new job after seeing hotel rwanda. I plan on seeing that pledge through, to set an example to my friends. For the price of cable, you can feed, clothe, and educate someone. What's your excuse?
So i'm gonna research which one, and write an article about why I picked it.
And one final thing: I'd be willing to share this blog. If anyone is serious about having a soapbox (or expanding their existing soapbox empire) I'd be willing to grant other blogger members accounts that would enable them to post on the blog. We'd have to set up some guidelines, but I'm sure an understanding of some kind could be made.
That's enough for now. Peace.
