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My friends frequently ask me to revise their writing. I have a very good command of the English language.<p>I am also a very good programmer. As a freelance software consultant I work 100% from home on OLAP web applications. If you're stuck on a data design problem, need someone to riff on for debugging a problem, want help hacking together an HTML5 demo of some kind, need help reviewing software engineering job candidates, or want to do a net-based pair programming session or two, I'm available.<p>If you're in the Alexandria, VA area, I could even meet in person for any of this. Also, beers. Beers for project kibitz. That would help me, too. It's lonely out here.<p><pre><code> ===========
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A few friends and I are developing a web-based tool for writers. We call it "Just Write, Dammit!" (<a href="https://www.justwritedammit.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.justwritedammit.com</a>)<p>It's free, it's open source, it's browser-based, it's responsive, it syncs your writing to Dropbox or Google Drive. It's still pretty raw, but I think there is something here that could really make a great project. Our vision is to build it into a tool that not only works well for writing, but encourages the user to write more, write better, and write to completion.<p><pre><code> ====================
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Mentorships. An hour or less a week to talk about where I am, where I should be going.<p>- a marketing mentor: I started a Google AdWords campaign <i>yesterday</i>, but I'm an engineer, not a marketer. I want to learn, but all I'm doing right now is random shots in the dark.<p>- a startup/fundraising mentor: if this is a project that could take off and find traction, I'd like to run a kickstarter or find some other patronage to be able to work on it full-time. What you see here is basically three weeks of part time work. If it were my job, I could make it into something great.<p>- a user experience-centric developer or mentor, for building an on-boarding experience for new users: while part of the experience is that it is a streamlined tool, there isn't much to help people who aren't my best friends who can call or email me at any time they want.<p>My email is in my profile and on the JWD website.