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We're feeling the love: Blogger application deadline is tonight

We asked, and you answered. Over 150 of you have already sent in your applications to join the TUAW team, and we're happily plowing through the entries now. It's been a real delight to see the enthusiasm and geek cred of everyone who has turned in sample posts... while a few of you might have benefited from additional proofreading of your submissions before hitting 'send' (ahem), the overall level of quality and insight is quite amazing.

Amazing, and also very daunting -- since we can't take all of you, the process of winnowing this bushelful of excellence down to a few candidates is going to involve a lot of hard choices, grim faces and possibly some yelling. We're heading into our undisclosed location this weekend equipped with all the latest decision support technologies and we hope to have answers for all of you soon.

The deadline for applications is midnight ET tonight, Friday 11/7. See the original recruitment post for details. We do have far, far more qualified applicants than we have slots for contributors, so please don't be discouraged if we can't tap you on the shoulder this round.



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jane

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January 04 2009 at 11:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
megatrebuchet

Sooo.. I wonder what the magic 8 ball aka "latest decision support technologies" say ..?

November 09 2008 at 1:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
James

SpinThis! - I cannot agree with your comments, I have followed TUAW for almost three years now and find it quite resourceful as well as fun. From the reviews of apps to the tutorials on simple mac commands not only helps make my mac experience even easier than it already is but also broadens my horizons about the company and the revolutionary operating system. I also am very grateful to the bloggers for the time spent on this blog as well as the live blogs.

November 09 2008 at 7:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brian Sexton

Thanks for the information, Michael.

November 09 2008 at 1:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Brian Sexton

Oops; that was supposed to be in the thread above.

November 09 2008 at 1:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Stevensnewest

tuaw, stop tricking me into thinking that a Google Blogger app is coming out for the iPhone >:(

November 08 2008 at 10:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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TuxToaster

Huh? I'm just curious.... but how do you get the idea there's a Google Blogger app for the iPhone out of this post?

Though I've got to admit, that would be pretty sweet.

November 09 2008 at 1:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brian Sexton

Over 150 applicants adds up to over 450 original pieces of writing (not counting introductions) that will likely never be published anywhere and thus, aside from writing practice, a tremendous amount of wasted time for quite a lot of people. I feel sorry for anyone who puts a considerable amount of valuable time and earnest effort into this, but is not selected.

It's too bad you won't look at extant writings, at least as a first stage of your search; that would allow busy people to show you the quality of their writing before committing potentially several hours of work to an application while such a large pool of applicants remains. You could narrow things down a bit first then require original writings only for a second stage of your search; that could save a lot of time for a lot of people and maybe even get you more qualified candidates (i.e., capable writers who are otherwise occupied at the time of your recruiting announcement, but would be happy to make time to write some original articles if pre-screened and part of a shallower pool).

Alas, I have been quite busy lately, so my new MacBook remains unreviewed and I have not applied, although I think it could be fun to write regularly for a blog like TUAW.

November 08 2008 at 5:38 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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elsamu

I really was planning on applying for this. I really wanted to.
I ... I was distracted. There was this hot girl. Where I was at. I mean REALLY hot. So I stayed at the bar a little longer...past the deadline. (we were celebrating the opening of a show.)

Next time. Next time.

November 08 2008 at 3:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Joseph

We will take your submission late if you got her number. If you didn't then you don't meet our standards.
Thank you
--The Management

November 09 2008 at 1:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jash Sayani

Waiting for the results.....

November 08 2008 at 2:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SpinThis!

Hopefully these new writers will actually write their own content and commentary. A lot of what I see these days on TUAW is old news rehashed by others (Gruber, MacRumors, etc). How about some insightful commentary?

Those who didn't "make it" onto TUAW should really start their own blogs since TUAW will probably just link to it anyway. I hate to say it but this blog has started to become less and less relevant.

November 07 2008 at 4:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Phenix 05

apparently this person making this list has twins...

November 07 2008 at 4:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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