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LA true crime & offbeat history blog seeks contributors

Scram — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:08:30 -0800

Gentle reader, 1947project, a Los Angeles based time travel blog dedicated to unearthing forgotten crime stories and peculiar happenings from the city's past, is seeking extraordinary contributors to research and write a blog entry once or twice weekly for one year. On March 18, 1947project will launch a brand new site that offers a fresh spin on the time travel blog theme. The selected contributors will get a sneak peak at the site in question, to give them a little time to bone up on the material. Potential contributors should be witty, concise writers and skilled researchers, with a passion for Los Angeles social history and an interest in true crime. We also welcome contributors who can write knowledgably on such subjects as architecture, city planning, entertainment, transportation, business, fringe religion and other topics that have been featured in past 1947project blog entries. Skill using or building digital maps is a big plus. You do not have to live in Los Angeles. To get an idea of what we do, please visit: www.1947project.com There is no pay, but the successful applicant will have the opportunity to promote their other work on the site, be mentioned in press releases, get free seats on occasional Esotouric bus adventures and occupy a central spot on a website that has become a must-read for fans of L.A.'s offbeat past. To apply for a spot on 1947project, please do the following by March 12: 1) ensure that you can access the ProQuest archives of the historical Los Angeles Times, either through the LA Public Library website (you will need a library card), by using the LAPL in-library computers, or from another source. You can call your local public or university librarian for help. Note that ProQuest access is essential for this project. 2) please submit the following application materials, via the contact form at www.1947project.com: a) a writing sample of 300-500 words, in which you take the basic facts of Marie Prevost's 1937 death (Google it) and turn it into a 1947project-style blog entry. Imagine you are telling the story to a neighbor who hasn't yet heard what's happened, writing it up in a letter home, or submitting a story to a scandal magazine—whatever tone feels right to you. Feel free to use snappy period slang, make suggestions about what might have taken place, and place the dead woman into historical context. b) your resume c) an explanation of why you are interested in being a 1947project blogger and what you feel you will bring to the project. d) how often can you contribute, one or two posts a week? We look forward to hearing from you! Kim Cooper, editrix 1947project http://www.1947project.com

Movable Type Expert Needed

thewhynotgirl — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:55:31 -0800

I need someone who knows movable type like the back of their hand and can write me out step by step instructions for simple movable type questions, such as: If I use a three-column template from http://www.thestylearchive.com ... how do I customize the right-hand column so that I can toss my html code into that column? Or exactly what do I click if using SmartFtp? They have what looks like a great visual tutorial, but by step #2 the visual is different from what I downloaded and the tutorial is just speeding along! I have reached a point where I would rather look stupid and pay someone to stop me rather than just keep being stupid with no end in sight! So! I'd like to be able to email you simple questions like that from time to time and know that you will have the right answer easily. There are other programs whose help files frustrated me, although I "get it" quite easily once someone shows me ... so a big plus would be if you felt confident that you could read the manual on other, unfamiliar, software programs and extract the answers for me as well. I think they'll usually all be "duh!" questions like the example. As for pay, I'm open to your suggestions, but think being able to pay you via paypal, per question or time period or page or whatever would work best. Thanks for reading!

Web Producer

anildash — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:14:44 -0800

Terms: Salaried Employee with benefits (Medical, Vision, Dental and Vacation) Hours: Full Time Onsite: Yes (San Francisco Bay Area, CA), Bay Area Candidates Only Department: Marketing Reports To: Web Marketing Manager We're Six Apart, the blogging company behind LiveJournal, Movable Type, TypePad and Vox. We're looking for a Web Producer to provide web production activities for the Six Apart corporate websites. You get to make the face of the sites that millions of bloggers visit every day. As Web Producer, you will be the primary marketing website development resource for the marketing department, providing production services in HTML, CSS, DHTML, Javascript and other web technologies. You will work directly with the entire marketing team to create and deliver quality web marketing content efficiently and in a timely manner. To succeed in this role, you need excellent written and verbal communication skills, exceptional time management and organization capabilities, a strong hands-on knowledge of website production and a keen understanding of process and service. Responsibilities: * Develop HTML and CSS content and coding for all pages of the Six Apart websites. * Implement technical requirements into websites that work across a variety of browsers and platforms. * Formalize and update requirement and standards documents. * Keep abreast of emerging web technologies to optimize the established goals of the corporate websites. Requirements * 4+ years of experience in a web development role, preferably in a marketing-related setting * Superior written, oral, presentation and interpersonal skills * Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment (we are a startup!) and manage multiple projects simultaneously * Ability to streamline production processes, prioritize tasks and report back on status of ongoing production activities * Prior working knowledge of blogging software (Movable Type preferably) * Ability to work within tight deadlines and shift gears quickly * Enthusiasm, creativity and a desire to work on an innovative team * Excellent problem-solving skills * Working knowledge of Adobe graphics applications * Technical understanding of the following technologies: Log analysis tools (Hitbox), HTML, CSS, PHP, Subversion, SQL * Bachelors Degree or equivalent Desirable * Marketing, sales or agency background * Ajax * A sense of humor and an understanding of the blogosphere