unsympathetic.net

Apparently when the semester ended, so did my ability to write a coherent post about something other than how I can’t write anything. I sat around for half an hour before I could come up with something, and even this something isn’t really something.

I’ve been planning a new site (not a blog) for about a year now. I know it’s been that long because the domain is about to expire next month, and that makes me sad. I know I’m a procrastinator, but still, it’s awful.

The main problem I have is that I’m not a designer/programmer. I have this great idea, one that everyone tells me is awesome, but I can’t implement it because I don’t have the skills, and don’t have the money to hire anyone to do the work.

So, I’m looking for a programmer who is willing to work with me either pro-bono, or for ad revenue. I really have no hopes for pro-bono work. I get that everyone wants to get paid. Hell, a programmer deserves to get paid for their work. I know how hard it is, spending massive amounts of time on something that looks simple but isn’t. For ad revenue, I mean that the programmer would get all ad revenue from the site up to a prespecified dollar amount.

I would love to pay people up front. No, seriously, I would. But with only student loans supporting me through the next two years, I can’t afford it. Web work is expensive. I know that.

The site is a writer’s workshop site. At the moment, I need to integrate a blog, a forum, and a fiction archive such as efiction. I’ve already got a design, Bryan Culver kindly giving me one that he did last year that I fell in love with but he didn’t. In addition to integrating the three different sections of the site, they need to be skinned similarly to as look like they all belong. (If you haven’t seen Veloso’s Nyxsis-Ro site, it’s a very good example of cohesion.)

I suppose if I can’t convince someone to work with me (I’m really nice! and really laid back! and really desperate!), I’ll launch this fall with everything looking… not brilliant.

And it really is a brilliant idea.

If anyone is interested in more info, contact me? I’d be happy to spell it all out.

Apparently when the semester ended, so did my ability to write a coherent post about something other than how I can’t write anything. I sat around for half an hour before I could come up with something, and even this something isn’t really something.

I’ve been planning a new site (not a blog) for about a year now. I know it’s been that long because the domain is about to expire next month, and that makes me sad. I know I’m a procrastinator, but still, it’s awful.

The main problem I have is that I’m not a designer/programmer. I have this great idea, one that everyone tells me is awesome, but I can’t implement it because I don’t have the skills, and don’t have the money to hire anyone to do the work.

So, I’m looking for a programmer who is willing to work with me either pro-bono, or for ad revenue. I really have no hopes for pro-bono work. I get that everyone wants to get paid. Hell, a programmer deserves to get paid for their work. I know how hard it is, spending massive amounts of time on something that looks simple but isn’t. For ad revenue, I mean that the programmer would get all ad revenue from the site up to a prespecified dollar amount.

I would love to pay people up front. No, seriously, I would. But with only student loans supporting me through the next two years, I can’t afford it. Web work is expensive. I know that.

The site is a writer’s workshop site. At the moment, I need to integrate a blog, a forum, and a fiction archive such as efiction. I’ve already got a design, Bryan Culver kindly giving me one that he did last year that I fell in love with but he didn’t. In addition to integrating the three different sections of the site, they need to be skinned similarly to as look like they all belong. (If you haven’t seen Veloso’s Nyxsis-Ro site, it’s a very good example of cohesion.)

I suppose if I can’t convince someone to work with me (I’m really nice! and really laid back! and really desperate!), I’ll launch this fall with everything looking… not brilliant.

And it really is a brilliant idea.

If anyone is interested in more info, contact me? I’d be happy to spell it all out.