Leadfingers

April 07, 2010 at 3:02pm

Well, you boys don't have to worry about competing with me for these positions.

 

I had what I thought was a pretty darn good submission.  But my 7 year-old was distracting me, and right after I hit Alt-S to email it, I noticed that I misspelled "HELP" in the subject line. 

 

/facepalm

BAFTUB

April 06, 2010 at 9:02pm

I still haven't gotten a response back from the email, how about anyone else?

Caboose

April 06, 2010 at 12:30pm

 I agree with a few other commenters here. A specific topic for us to blog about may help some of us.

If only I had the time...

 

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I Jedi

April 06, 2010 at 10:57am

I don't think that there really is anything on most sites as "original content", which is why you always give other people/sources credit for the article you posted. I believe that you are allowed to re-write an article, so long as you give credit to the original author/source at the end/beginning. In fact, most tech. web blogs do this all the time.

jhonka232

April 06, 2010 at 10:07am

Thanks MPC, I've already submitted my application!

To0nces

April 06, 2010 at 6:19am

I don't know... I can write just fine, but I'd be hard pressed to come up with 3 to 5 blog posts per day, even if they were short. You'd basically have to blog about what you find on the internet, because it's not like I'd have access to my own sources of info.

I'm not sure what they really expect you to blog about, unless you are basically blogging about things you read on Maximum PC or elsewhere.

NeoTifa

April 06, 2010 at 6:05am

I would LOVE to, though sadly I go to work and school all day, so I don't think this would be a possibility. I can hardly keep up with my own blog sometimes. :(

Essobee

April 06, 2010 at 5:32am

it's deep-seated, not deep seeded.  sorry, just couldn't resist a grammar nazi moment on a help wanted ad for a writer.

zippzom

April 06, 2010 at 4:02am

Sounds fun!

mesiah

April 06, 2010 at 12:06am

Who would want to blog for a site that automatically blocks 90% of peoples submissions? Your spam filter is a fucking piece of shit and has ruined this site. Unless you want every one of your readers to leave because you can't implement a simple spam filter correctly just disable the thing. It doesn't even block the actual spam. Whatever fucking retard decided it was a good idea to implement a spam filter should be taken out back and shot like a dog. And the fact that you are too incompetent to fix the problem for a month now just further proves how little this site actually cares about tech. Just get a bot to copy and submit more yahoo and CNN stories.... if they can make it past the spam filter.

Keith E. Whisman

April 05, 2010 at 11:15pm

I'll do it if I can get away with plagiarizing from every form of media including MPC.com

AntiHero

April 05, 2010 at 11:11pm

I've actually contacted David Murphy about this. One thing is that we all need somethin to write bout for these tryouts. I have some minor scale articles on my website as is, but nothing really recent, and some of it I got information from this very website. However, I see why this was done, so we can pick up news and use it.

BAFTUB

April 05, 2010 at 10:54pm

Also, another thing. I think it would be easier to have us write a blog post on an assigned topic, I am hardpressed in thinking of my own D:

BAFTUB

April 05, 2010 at 10:36pm

I would love to apply for this, because I am on the computer every day and I have my own website where I am doing blog posts or game reviews, although I may have difficulty finding news not already taken by someone else at MaximumPC.

alex911

April 05, 2010 at 9:13pm

Have someone come up with a question, thought, discussion of the day.  Then allow everyone to post and have the author respond during the day.  I think that would get a more active page.  Also, my posts at work often get flagged and not posted by your filter.

jibrail

April 05, 2010 at 7:23pm

hi all long time reader first time posting.

this is very nice thing you got going on, but first you say no experince and then send resume??

anyway I wanted to ask would that include game related articles?

filip007

April 05, 2010 at 7:06pm

No experience is necessary, why do you want resume than, give a task people and pick the winner how hard is that.  Use bigger  Add new comment   button or i will go crazy someday with all this different site designs!  I did try similar job at my local computer news but it didn't worked out so no can do chief or i just said give a task then will see.  

Cache

April 05, 2010 at 6:53pm

Given that the spam filter has eaten my post several times and at least ten revisions over, I just hope whoever gets this job can actually POST anything they've written!

americaeh

April 05, 2010 at 6:42pm

 Why not have people send in articles and pick one every month or so

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Havok

April 05, 2010 at 6:30pm

 My problem wouldn't necessarily be writing the article per se, but rather the content... All of my info that I divulge to my co-workers already comes from maximumpc.com or kotaku or news.com... There's nothing quite like re-hashing a news article as your own, only to get owned in a forum over how you stole your story...

 

 

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jpwashere13

April 05, 2010 at 5:18pm

If I wasn't 14, and had to deal with school.

Selio

April 05, 2010 at 5:12pm

I'm 15, is that alright? Still a tech geek, and I understand most of the jargon.

thetr00per

April 05, 2010 at 4:52pm

Double post.

thetr00per

April 05, 2010 at 4:51pm

I would really like to do this but there is no way I can find enough time to do it.

Keith E. Whisman

April 05, 2010 at 4:45pm

I would do it but I fear I'm not coherent or professional enough. I do have the love for computers and I have alot of experience to write about but as I said I just don't have the brains to compete with better individuals.

DBsantos77

April 05, 2010 at 4:26pm

 I don't think there are any other sites that do this type of request. Thanks MPC.

-Santos