Where Have I Been?
Hey everyone. I just wanted to take this opportunity to apologize for the lack of posts here on Bungatech. I have been a bit busy as of late trying to get my other writing straightened away. So, for those of you who are wondering what in the hell I’ve been doing lately, allow me to explain:
I have begun writing for CNET. The Internet’s top technology website has tasked me with the responsibility of writing about The Digital Home. Most of my work with CNET will revolve around how we can build and maintain our perfect Digital Home. Besides my daily column, Wednesdays are “interview days” over at The Digital Home where I will be interviewing prominent tech icons from the industry. Last Wednesday I interviewed MAD’s Maddest Writer, Dick DeBartolo. This coming Wednesday I will be interviewing a VERY prominent tech guy, and you will NOT want to miss that one. On Thursdays I will be writing a “Digital Home Implications” piece where I take a current event and explore how it may affect our future Digital Home. As I get more into CNET, we will be adding more series’ and a whole slew of new features, so keep comin’ back for great tech stories.
Unfortunately I also need to announce that my relationship with Ziff-Davis has officially come to an end. When I first told my editor Carol Mangis over at Gearlog that I would be writing for CNET as well, she seemed receptive to the idea and we came to terms on a slightly altered idea for posting on Gearlog. Unfortunately, Jim Louderback, Editor-in-Chief of PC Magazine saw my work on CNET and (understandably) decided that it was a conflict of interest.
For those of you who don’t know, I got my start in writing from Jim Louderback and Ziff-Davis. Just last year, I emailed Jim and asked him if I could write for ZD. He sent me a few press releases and I guess the rest is history. For the past year, my work with Ziff-Davis has been extremely rewarding and my editor Carol Mangis is a sweetheart. She not only helped me become a much better writer, she was the right person for the job of dealing with a young guy with big dreams and little skill. Carol was the first editor to actually to coax the potential out of me and get it into my work; and she helped me work through the perils of wordiness and repetition — two cardinal sins of writing. I could go on and on about Carol Mangis, Senior Editor over at ZD, but nothing I could say would do justice to the appreciation and respect I have for her and everyone over at Ziff-Davis. Although I eventually chose CNET, Gearlog and ZD is where it all started for me, and as they say: you never forget your first. I wish everyone over at Gearlog all the best, and with any luck at all, you may be seeing my work on a variety of different Ziff-Davis properties in the future.
Since I last posted here on Bungatech, a number of more exciting things have come up besides CNET. I have officially started writing a monthly column for InformationWeek that will largely focus on product reviews. You can find my first article for the publication here. Expect an article at least once per month for InformationWeek.
Besides that, I have signed up with PC World Magazine to write up stories and reviews for the publication. My first review (Movable Type 4.0 Beta) will be in the September issue of the magazine.
As if that’s not enough to make me pull my hair out, I write a weekly set of articles for Processor Magazine about well, pretty much anything under the sun. Check it out.
And although I think I’m forgetting something, I will be writing up product reviews and informative articles for Videomaker Magazine in the coming months. The first few articles will probably be pretty basic, but after we get past those, look for monthly reviews in each issue of the magazine. There is also talk of a few other things that I probably can’t discuss right now, but look for something exciting come down the pike for that one as well.
So, as you can see, the past month has been extremely exciting, upsetting and busy to say the least. I am embarking on a whole new set of possibilities and I hope you will come with me as we try to take this writing gig just one step further.
Thanks for your time, and look for more regular updates here on Bungatech as we move forward. And as always, if you’re into writing and would like to get your feet wet, drop me a line at Don AT Bungatech.com to see if we can work something out.
Later.
