« December 2005 | Main | February 2006 »
Monday, January 02, 2006
Planet Simpson Seeks Web Developer For Exciting New Project
Got skillz? Want free books and lifelong love? The chance to work with an award-winning author? A cool site on your resume? (Know someone else who fits this bill? Please refer them!)
Yes? Maybe? ...Well step right up and be part of the Planet Simpson empire.
Turner's next book is The Geography Of Hope: A Guided Tour Of The World We Need (Random House, 2007). It's a pop-culture-infused look at sustainable community solutions to environmental challenges around the world. The first phase of the research took Turner to Denmark in October, as he tells you below in the posting about Christiania. Next week we all leave for six weeks of work in Asia, where T will run around the region interviewing folks and seeing projects and visiting sites in Thailand, Singapore, and India. Later in the year it's Germany, New Mexico, and so on. We're looking to build a new website to house the blog and behind-the-scenes stuff during the run-up to the writing and tour for this next book.
What we want:
A customized blog template with a personalized top banner, very similar to PlanetSimpson.com. We shall supply the server space, you just build the site. Initially we just want to post about the book research and behind-the-scenes stuff, and have a calendar function that shows our whereabouts and upcoming events/research. We want to upload photos into the postings themselves, and have a Flickr photostream link. As you can see, it's pretty standard stuff. We won't need you to hold our hand once the site is set up - in the past we've been good at handling things on our own once the site goes live.
...So - did you read all this and think to yourself, "Aw jeez, I could do all that in about half an hour, even with my head tied behind my back"? Are you now wondering what might be in it for you? Look no further...
What you get:
1. A limited-1st-edition of the Canadian printing of Planet Simpson (or, if you already own same, your choice of the American hardcover 1st edition or the British 1st edition), signed by the author with your choice of inscription... which could include but is not limited to outlandish and even inaccurate statements like, "To [your name here], thanks for your comments on the first draft - they were invaluable. All my love, Turnbuckle."
2. A limited-edition HAIL ANTS t-shirt in your choice of colours (orange, green, or grey): long sleeved brushed organic cotton, printed with HAIL ANTS on the front, and "I for one welcome our new insect overlords" on the back, we've sent these around the world to hungry fans of Planet Simpson.
3. A generous worldwide thanks in the Acknowledgements of the new book (see below).
4. A signed first-edition hardcover copy of The Geography Of Hope: A Guided Tour Of The World We Need, coming out in 2007 (Random House).
5. An invitation to the Toronto, London (UK) or New York launches of the book (your choice), including TTC fare, dinner, and at least three rounds of drinx on us; plus a shout-out at the launch,
6. Possibly other stuff, depending on what you ask for. We're open to suggestions.
The Fundamental Assumption:
We've been through this before, so we're not going to be moronic clients who call you eleven times a day asking for wee tweaks to the font or background colour. (We are well aware of this fear among Those Who Code. Don't worry, that's not us.) We'll be very specific and detailed about what we want, and then you tell us if you can do what we request, and then we're flexible about probably not getting everything we want. Overall, we're looking for a pretty simple, but clean and customized, site.
So: interested? Know someone who might be? Please contact me at ash_planetsimpson@yahoo.ca asap (remember: we're leaving for Asia next Monday) and we can set up a phone call.
Posted by Ashley at 03:03 PM (-07:00 GMT) | TrackBack (848) | Comments (0)
