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Maybe you don't have to learn any techie stuff at all - there are people to help here. You should concentrate purely on the writing and the reviews. Of course you have to agree to how the site is structured - i.e. what you want to see there, and how it will be presented, what will your character be? etc. But after that it will be up to others to make that IT infrastructure work, or do the design, etc - according to the brief.

You might want some kind of partnership agreement with those ET people to share potential profits. I would donate any share to the running of ET to the benefit of us all - but that is a personal choice, not a demand.

And remember, there are far more people lurking here than contribute, and amongst those lurkers there may  be very useful and supportive talents in other areas than mainstream ET discourse.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Nov 5th, 2009 at 02:51:06 PM EST
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thank you again.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Nov 5th, 2009 at 04:16:41 PM EST
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A site about beer probably wouldn't need much fancy technical stuff (flash or java could be dispensed with, unless you also intend to sell). And html, well, you'd find that workable enough I venture. My wife taught herself web designing when she had to stay home after an operation.

And that's before the help you'd get, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. It's just about wanting to do it.

Similarly, while I don't think you'd need much capital to get started, you may find people willing to help in that respect too (say, if you need to travel to some breweries).

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Thu Nov 5th, 2009 at 05:29:16 PM EST
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Well, if it did get up and running there are certain beer fests I'd love to attend. Great American for starters, any german Oktoberfest that isn't Munich's. Plus Bamberg has a spring fest in April and you know how I regard Bamberg.

But I'd try as much as possible to do that under my own steam, I'd fear being beholden to commercial interests. Like Frank suggested, it's all very well getting free samples so long a you say nice things. But honesty requires independence, which means paying your way.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 06:08:54 AM EST
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The sites I read slam some of the producers who send them samples, when they don't like it.

They keep sending. Because they know that there is a reason why those sites get readership, and that's the desire for an honest point of view.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 06:30:56 AM EST
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