[TriLUG] Call for authors

Martin Streicher martin.streicher at gmail.com
Fri May 15 12:33:57 EDT 2009


Hello!

My name is Martin Streicher. I live in downtown Raleigh, am a Rails  
developer, and am the former Editor-in-Chief of Linux Magazine (http://www.linux-mag.com 
).

I am working again with Linux Magazine Online (the print edition of  
the magazine was scrapped in early 2008) to bolster its coverage of  
software development tools and techniques. Specifically, I have  
identified a handful of weekly columns and feature stories and am  
searching now for columnists and authors.

Please review the list of column and story ideas and contact me if you  
are interested in a topic. Columnists would write 1200-1500 words  
weekly; feature writers would craft one-off, 2000-word stories.

The pay rate for a column (four 1200-1500-word stories per month) is  
$750.00. A three-month commitment to a column is the minimum. Each  
feature story is worth $500.00.


Columnists Wanted

"This Week on Github" summarizes the most significant additions and  
revisions made to projects hosted on the popular code sharing site.

"In the Trenches" reveals and relays the trials and travails of  
deploying, maintaining, and scaling a production Web application.

"The Full Monty" details the real, day-to-day, hands-on job of a full- 
time Linux system administrator. Think Taxicab Confessions with  
software and hardware.


Articles Wanted

Coverage of Java One. I would like a summary of the Java One  
conference. If you are attending Java One or would like to, I can have  
the conference fees waived.

The State of Linux Hiring. I would like an analysis of the market  
conditions for Linux and open source developers and system  
administrators.

Run, Ruby, Run. An in-depth look at performance of Ruby  
implementations (IronRuby, JRuby, Parrot Ruby, and Ruby 1.9) and  
what's being done to speed up the language further.


In addition to these ideas, I am also accepting proposals. If you  
would like to propose a story, please send me email with the goals for  
the story, what is important about the story, the intended audience,  
and two-three sentences about the content. You can propose a column or  
a feature.


My thanks for your consideration. My email address is martin.streicher at gmail.com 
.

Martin




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