Mark Keohane Needs A WordPress Guru
I’m a big fan of Keo.co.za, Mark Keohane’s super popular blog for South African rugby and cricket fans.
I visited the site this morning to see if there was a write-up about the Protea’s emphatic test match win in Newlands and noticed that Keo is looking for a webmaster.
Sounds like a dream job for one of you – WordPress guru, Cape Town based, must be a sports fan, must have some design and literary ability.
If it sounds like your dream job, send your CV to keo(at)hsm.co.za.
Good luck!
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Mike, I actually scoped this out last year (in Jan as well), when they were also looking for a new webmaster and I don’t think it’s a dream job at all! :) I say that, because the pay is (was at least) well below par for full-time webmaster, who could be earning 4x that from freelancing… Still would’ve been cool though…
I reckon the best way for Keo to do it, is to get someone in on a part-time deal, and allow the webmaster to remote office it, thus embracing the capabilities of the internet to it’s fullest. Forcing an internet-related worker to come into the office every day is just silly in my opinion… :)
Hey Mike, knowing the previous webmaster quite well I think it’s important for the next one to have some balls of steal too man. He’ll seriously need it.
Having said that, I have met some of the finest rugby lovers on Keo and made some real life friends with a bunch of them too!
Keo.co.za was probably my first real taste of social networking.
I hope you have found the person you need mark, sorry I cannot do wordpress myself. But I wish you good luck in finding a great wordpress guru.
The thing about WordPress is that it’s almost necessary to learn how to use it because it’s applications are growing exponentially by the day. More people are apt to use it not only because it’s open-source, but that a collective of programmers/coders are constantly making changes to it in terms of plug-ins, add-ins, and improving on the overall code. That’s why there’s constantly new versions ready to download. As far as Keo wanting someone to work on his site, I don’t blame him for wanting that person to use cutting-edge technology and software to make his presence on the web a satisfying one. Sure, there are other platforms one may use to build a website from scratch and/or re-vamp an existing site, but WordPress is literally the future in multiple formats (blog, website, cross-linking, etc.)