B O N D P H O N E.
Words and pictures by Chris Lamb.

Three days into my trial period at Gizmodo and learning, learning, learning. The more overwhelming bits of it are dropping off, finally, and all that's left is the work. The biggest hurdle is writing fast and sloppy, nailing down the important bits and fitting a joke in when I can. If the idea is to do twenty posts a day then there's no room for polishing, just make sure it's all spelled right and you don't sound like a tool and get it out the door. I'm getting there. More posts today than yesterday, more posts yesterday than Monday. After writing time and style my biggest hurdle is the tech-speak: I know technology, I don't always know exactly how it works. But the audience does and they're fact-checking, asshole, so that means going back and learning all the stuff I glossed over with phones and cameras and ipods and computers.

But I'm learning. I roll out of bed, start the coffee and turn on the RSS reader. I'm writing at eight in the morning and after this week (provided I still have the job) I'll be up and running earlier than that. This is the job, this is what the job needs. So I'm in front of my ibook for the rest of the day, finding the shit what is hot and talking pretty about it. Style and tics get written over, structure is tacked on, and work happens. I'm not at full speed. I'm not where I need to be. I'm getting there.

The chance to be twenty-two and writing for a living. Strummer Effect Go.

posted by chris  # 8:50 PM