Sharedlog

Things are going really well here at the shared log project, and we are growing steadily. We have more articles being posted than ever before, and whilst overall the amount of writers we have hasn’t actually grown what with people moving on to bigger and better things after earning a good reference from us, we are spending more than we ever have before on articles. This means that the writers we do have are now earning a good amount of money, and the amount they are producing per head has increased.

We’ve recently expanded our range of articles as well. We recently had a commission in to do some content writing, not very much but a little. As this was page specific, the writers earned well out of it and the copy was actually used on a landing page for a female hair loss page which you can see here. It is good work, and unusual for us as we are focused on low level publishing. Following the success of that we went on to provide copy for their cyst removal UK page and even one line of text for their cosmetic surgery UK page which actually sites on their homepage. One line of text doesn’t seem like much but as a percentage of what is on the page it is actually quite good.

For the writers here at the shared log project, this doesn’t change the day to day workings of this project. We still pay per article, and the variations of the subjects still remain – if anything we are adding more as time goes on. The only thing this means that if this grows, there may be potential for specifically commissioned work as and when it comes up.

A new writing system, developed and tested last year has reopened for business yesterday. It’s called the Shared Log project, and it is the bringing together of writers from all backgrounds in order to collectively write articles on a wide range of subjects. The advantages to the writers? Well they can write as much or as little as they like, they can pick the subjects they would like to write on, and best of all there is no minimum commitment level. Writers can submit and be paid for 10 articles in a day, or they can write only one article in a month if they are busy with other things.

This is how the shared log project works. First you need to have been accepted as a writer. Applications can be made to sanjayshelat AT gmail . com. Stating how you heard about the project. Once you are an approved writer, you log in to the sharedlog system here.
http://www.shatm.com/sharedlog/

From there you will be presented with a JOBs board. The board will change from month to month, so keep an eye out for new and interesting articles to write. When you have the list, you simply click on the job that you think you might like to write. If you would like to write the article, you then click hold job – what this does is hold the job and the money for you so that if you choose to write it later whilst not online, the job will still be waiting for you when you log back in. You can hold several jobs at once.

As this is internet based, all payments are calculated in Dollars, not pounds – though as we pay by PAYPAL you will receive payment in which ever currency your PayPal account uses. You have to earn $50 Dollars before you can claim payment for your work, though there is no upper limit on the amount you can earn.

So to any of you readers who are new sharedlog writers, happy article writing!

To anyone thinks they would like to so some part time writing, Sharedlog are currently recruiting, and you can email the current manager at sanjayshelat AT gmail . com. with the things you would be interested in writing about.

I’m around a friends house, it’s the first time I’ve come around and the first thing I spot is the record player and the vinals in the corner. It has been so long since I listened to a record! He has got a great collection, and I spent all night listening to Crosy Stills and Nash and Young. Man it has been forever since I listened to their music, and excellent it is indeed!

So records, everything technology wise tells me that records aren’t as good as CD’s. They are easily damaged, difficult to transport, larger, produce a lower quality sound and they aren’t as convenient as CD’s i.e. you have to turn the record over, and you can’t easily and quickly skip to track 3.

Yet have I really enjoyed listening to those records all night… so why? I’m not really sure, but there was something about the crackling and the slightly lower quality that I ENJOYED hearing. I actively liked the imperfection of the sound, and the music I was listening to was originally sold on record, so I also appretiated that I was listening to it through the medium it was originally recorded for.

I don’t think I’m going to run out and buy a record player any time soon, but I don’t think records are as dead as perhaps many of us think they are, there is still a place in the world for them.

Compilation Cd’s. There is a line from Hi-Fidelity, that film with John Cusac in it. “The Making of a compliation tape is a very subtle art, many dos and don’ts. Firstly your using someone else’s poetry to express yourself, this is a very delecate thing”.

It goes on, but I think he’s right! I tried to make a mix CD (in the modern century now! Tapes are totally defuncted!) It was really hard! I started by just waking a load of stuff on that I thought was cool… but than I thought to myself – is this the kind of music that she would like. I think it’s great sure, but her? So I pulled a load of and started putting some stuff from my sisters collection on… but then I realised that I didn’t like alot of that music! So I had to find stuff that I liked , that I thought that she would like, and then I had to get it to all flow together, sound good and not make me come across as an idiot! I tell you, it was a tricky tricky business. I hope it goes down well. Either way, I think it’ll be a while before I try and make one of those again, I found the whole experience quite stressful!!

I needed to use the internet today, I popped into a place and they wanted to charge me £5 for an hour! Five pounds I said! It just seemed a little excessive… so I went and pulled out my laptop and went and found a cafe with an internet Wi-Fi hotspot inside the cafe itself. It took maybe 10 - 15minutes of wondering and asking to find one, but now, at this very moment as I type I am now sitting comfortably inside, with a VERY large mug of hot chocolate that cost me less than half of an hour in the other joint.

I think it really has got to the point where I think I’m starting to feel a little like a mug when I pay for internet access.  There is so much availability of free hotspots that it seems silly to actually hand over money when instead you can spend it on food or a nice hot mug of the warm and sugary smoothness of hot chocolate with sprinkles on top!

What I wonder is are we looking at the death of an industry that only really came into existence maybe five six years ago? Internet cafes became very popular very quickly, but perhaps just as quickly they will disappear as more and more people get home computers and laptops… only time will tell.

Okay my friend just told me this last night and he works for Sony, so he would know. Basically the Wii is kicking the playstations arse and I  (as a lucky Wii owner) can completely understand why. The play station has gone for power, better graphics, faster processor.

As soon as you play the basic games on the Wii like Wario ware, you can tell that Nintendo has gone for a completely different approach, they have completely maxed out on the playability they have created simple playable games, with a console with a truly flexible interface, that can be adapted to do pretty much anything. I think the world is coming around to my way of thinking, all these better graphic engines and full motion video isn’t meaning better games. The production value of games are so high these days they can’t afford to experiment with them, so all you get is the same games, churned out again and again.
Work are so stupid sometimes! They’ve gotten us a discount on some thing really practicle and useful, wait for it, DiamondTome microdermabrasion. London is where the clinic is based, and it’s basically a beauty

treatment! Tara, the MD’s secretary is thinking of having a boob job - and I suspect that the company will definatlely hold to their promise of providing a discount! Good luck to her!

Well we are still not up and running yet, we have most the system in place and the beta testers are working their little socks off. But with any project like this we have to make sure everything is spot on. But to keep you in the know this is the low down.

The Sharedlog project, is basically a job board for content writers. What with the exploding world of the internet out there, there is always people who need help in keeping there website up to date. What we do is match up the content writers to the content that needs writing. With a searchable board fo avilable jobs, broken down in to specific categroies, broken down by price and difficulty.

Basically we pay you for writing about the subject you know best.