Web Worker Daily

WebWorkerDaily was launched by GigaOM’s Om Malik in September 2006 and is written by a growing team of writers who cover the future of work in a post-broadband world. We offer practical tips and advice for anyone who uses the web for work, especially those who want to use the web to be more productive, more connected and more successful than they could otherwise.

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Editor

Simon Mackie, Editor. Simon has been working in technical publishing for nearly 10 years, starting out his career at Wrox Press before moving on to SitePoint, Vitamin, and, now, WebWorkerDaily. He lives in buzzing Bristol in the South West of England and has a passion for the web “done right”. Follow Simon on Twitter at @spiky_simon.

Writers

Imran Ali: Imran is a founding partner of Carbon Imagineering, a UK-based emerging technologies think tank incubating a number of technology startups as well as contributing expertise to various media properties, including O’Reilly Media and Corante and TechCrunch UK. Previously, Imran has been a Deputy Director of R&D for Orange UK, part of the advisory boards of O’Reilly’s ETel conference, Treasuremytext and the eComm 2008 conference, as as well as being on the board of ensembli and bmedi@. Imran’s personal blog is at http://imranali.name. Follow Imran on Twitter at @imran.

Scott Blitstein: Scott, everyone’s favorite technology go-to guy, is the founder and president of eSeMBe Technical Services, based in Park Forest, Illinois. Through this endeavor, Scott is dedicated to helping professionals and small businesses optimize efficiency & productivity through intelligent choice and implementation of technology products and services. True to his belief that the internet is a powerful tool for business and life, Scott is active in many online communities. He shares his technological, musical, and humorous opinions at his personal blog, MyThermos. Follow Scott on Twitter at @scoblitz.

Thursday Bram: Thursday is a full-time writer who has written topics ranging from small business to kitchen appliances — and yes, that includes the kitchen sink. She’s based in Laurel, Maryland and focuses most of her writing online. Thursday’s personal web site, ThursdayBram.com, focuses on the business side of writing and you can find Thursday on Twitter @thursdayb.

Samuel Dean: Samuel is an award-winning technology writer and editor. With 20 years of experience producing content for tech-focused sites and publications, he has covered nearly all prominent technology categories. Samuel began writing and editing about technology in the late 1980s, as the computer industry was beginning to bloom. He has edited several books on technology, and has won national journalism awards.

Darrell Etherington: Darrell is a professional writer, editor, and blogger. He’s spent time teaching English and writing, writing for business, and working as a professional consultant for financial institutions, but what he likes most is writing fiction, which pays very poorly. He is the managing editor of Verbosaurus, a collaborative writing blog, and a contributing editor for The Southernmost Review, a bi-annual literary journal. He lives in the Great White North and dresses accordingly. Follow Darrell on Twitter at @drizzled.

Meryl K. Evans: Meryl is the author of “Brilliant Outlook Pocketbook” and the co-author of “Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites.” The long-time blogger and gamer has written and edited for a bunch of places online and off. A native Texan, she lives a heartbeat north of Dallas in Plano, Texas with her husband and three kiddos. Though born in silence, she tries to show that deaf people are just like everyone else. Follow Meryl on Twitter at @merylkevans.

Dawn Foster: Dawn is a consultant, event organizer, blogger, podcaster, and technology enthusiast with years of experience in technology and software. By day, she is a mild-mannered consultant who helps companies build online communities and social media strategies, but by night, she is part of Legion of Tech to make the world (or at least Portland, OR) a better place for technology workers. Dawn provides thought leadership in the area of online communities as the author of the Fast Wonder Blog and the book “Companies and Communities: Participating without being sleazy”. She is a co-founder of Legion of Tech and is an organizer for the Portland BarCamp and Ignite Portland events. Follow Dawn on Twitter at @geekygirldawn.

Charles Hamilton: Charles is the founder and co-owner of CHCS.com Web Development in Seattle, where, since 1994, he has developed award-winning web sites that use technology to tell the stories of businesses, nonprofit organizations and political candidates. He has been an activist for improving rail transportation, and has led local business organizations. Before the web, he was a university instructor, technical consultant, trainer, public broadcasting manager, and museum docent. Follow Charlie on Twitter at @chcs.

Will Kelly: Will is a technical writer and consultant based in the Washington, DC area. Besides writing about the Software Development Life Cycle, he has written about mobile computing, VoIP, online collaboration, and Microsoft Office for IT publications. In past lives, he was a computer book technical reviewer, training courseware developer, and helped a United States federal government agency pilot an employee telework program. He keeps a personal blog at willkelly.typepad.com. Follow Will on Twitter at @willkelly.

Georgina Laidlaw: Georgina is a writer and editor who lives in country Victoria, Australia and divides her time between home and onsite offices. She used to write and edit for sitepoint.com, but currently works as a freelance writer.

Nancy Nally: Nancy is the owner of Balalaberry Media and is the editor of its online scrapbook industry trade journal Scrapbook Update, which she founded in 2004, along with working on other writing projects. She shares her home in Palm Coast, Florida with her geek husband and young geek daughter, who has autism. Follow Nancy on Twitter @nancynally.

Pamela Poole: Pamela is a freelance translator, tech writer and public speaker, as well as the founder of a social startup for francophiles. An American in Paris, she enjoys exploring the French tech scene as much as she does the bakeries. Four blogs and a novel-in-progress keep this geekette busy and entertained in her off time. Follow Pamela on Twitter at @Pamela_Poole.

Amber Riviere: Amber is a web designer who focuses on helping solopreneurs.  She lives in Louisiana, working alongside her very old boxer, Annie, and her energetic love bird, Sebas (see-bass). Follow Amber on Twitter @brownbugproject.

Celine Roque: Celine has always been, and will always be a web worker – probably because she doesn’t like wearing make-up or showing up for anything. She lives in a small house in the Philippines with two cats, two dogs, and a rooster. Apart from WebWorkerDaily, she also blogs at CelineRoque.com. She’d like to elaborate further on her eventful writing career, but she’d rather use this space to point out that a rooster is a very effective alarm clock. Follow Celine on Twitter at @celinus.

Aliza Sherman: Aliza is an author, freelance writer, blogger and co-owner of Conversify, a social media marketing firm. Since 1989, she’s used the Internet as a platform for communications and creativity, consulting clients about Internet strategy since 1992. She started the first woman-owned full-service Internet company in NYC, Cybergrrl, Inc., and the first global women’s Internet organization, Webgrrls International. Aliza is the Entrepreneur Mom blogger on WorkItMom.com, the Women at Work columnist at WomenEntrepreneur.com and the Digital Marketer podcaster for Quick & Dirty Tips. A serial blogger, her “business” blog is Rants and Raves. Follow Aliza on Twitter at @alizasherman.

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