Writer, Blogger, Editor, Online Media Consultant
Greater New York City Area
- Past
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- Editorial Director at Mahalo.com, Inc
- Consultant (Self-employed)
- Director & General Manager, Netscape.com at AOL, LLC
- Managing Editor / Lead Anchor, Netscape.com at AOL, LLC
- Lead Blogger Emeritus, TUAW.com at Weblogs, Inc
- Instructional Technologist at Fordham University
- Author at O'Reilly Press
- Lab Coordinator at Fordham University
- Adjunct Professor of English at Iona College
- Technical Supervisor at Fordham University
- Instructor of English at Illinois State University
- Education
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- Fordham University
- Illinois State University
- Mississippi College
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C.K. Sample III’s Summary
These overviews always ring false to me. If you want to know more about my writing skills, then read something I've written. You can find bits and pieces on the web and on my site, Sample the Web (http://www.sampletheweb.com). My goals are also discussed on my About page, but they basically boil down to: I want to write, I want to create, I want to educate, and I want to be the best person I can be. I will succeed at all these things, because I strive to do so daily.
C.K. Sample III’s Specialties:
Editing, writing, blogging, business development, online media, technical writing, grant writing, academic paper writing, social news, social media, team management, business planning, feature planning
C.K. Sample III’s Experience
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Editorial Director
Mahalo.com, Inc
(Internet industry)
January 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 8 months)
I support people and help launch new online brands. During my 18 months at Mahalo, I worked with the rest of the management team to develop and execute the editorial strategy for the site and to discover how to build Mahalo as a sustainable product to provide people with the best links and information online. During my time with Mahalo, I built and managed a great team of 40 full time individuals in Santa Monica dedicated to serving the web by curating all the information available in the search arena. In addition to and through those direct reports, I managed over 200 freelancers working for Mahalo in the Mahalo Greenhouse and over 30 remote hourly workers working worldwide.
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Consultant
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Online Media industry)
January 2007 — April 2007 (4 months)
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Director & General Manager, Netscape.com
AOL, LLC
(Public Company; Online Media industry)
November 2006 — March 2007 (5 months)
Both the editorial and development teams at Netscape report to me. I am both here to serve this great team of people and the great community of Netscape members and readers by helping us all continue to innovate and grow the site.
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Managing Editor / Lead Anchor, Netscape.com
AOL, LLC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Online Media industry)
January 2006 — November 2006 (11 months)
Being the Managing Editor of a social news portal is a somewhat interesting position, and I think it is probably an entirely unique position, as well. I manage a dedicated news team, helping support them in all their endeavors, I coordinate disparate bits and pieces with our developer team, with different AOL business units, with Weblogs, Inc bloggers, and with different event coordinators. I help find good people who are interested in doing good work. Finally, I spend a lot of time crawling Netscape.com, helping to shape the community by preening the occasional bit of spam or clarifying a member-submitted story with a misleading title. At the core, I see this position as an educational one. I'm here to learn and to help facilitate understanding of how things like blogging, social news, citizens media, and journalism can all work together to provide a better contextualized view of the world.
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Lead Blogger Emeritus, TUAW.com
Weblogs, Inc
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)
March 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 8 months)
In March, 2005, I began freelance blogging for Weblogs, Inc at The Unoffocial Apple Weblog (TUAW). Shortly after beginning, Judith and Jason asked me to become lead blogger for the site. A few short month later, I began blogging for other Weblogs, Inc. blogs, including Cinematical and TV Squad, where I cohosted TV Squad's Lost Podcast. I retired from active Weblogs, Inc blogging in May 2006 to focus on Netscape.
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Instructional Technologist
Fordham University
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2005 — January 2006 (6 months)
Managed the 3 Faculty Technology Centers for Fordham University, helped coordinate technology training for the Faculty and Staff of the University, and helped Professors with the use of technology in the classroom.
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Author
O'Reilly Press
(Writing and Editing industry)
June 2005 — December 2005 (7 months)
After several years spent as a freelance contributor to various O'Reilly books, including Mac OS X Panther Hacks and iPod & iTunes Hacks (for which I was also the technical editor), I authored PSP Hacks for O'Reilly in the summer of 2005.
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Lab Coordinator
Fordham University
(Higher Education industry)
August 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 1 month)
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Adjunct Professor of English
Iona College
(Higher Education industry)
September 2004 — May 2005 (9 months)
Taught one class of English composition per semester.
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Technical Supervisor
Fordham University
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Education Management industry)
October 2000 — August 2004 (3 years 11 months)
Lab supervisor for the computer labs at the Fordham Graduate Center in Tarrytown, New York.
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Instructor of English
Illinois State University
(Higher Education industry)
August 1998 — January 2000 (1 year 6 months)
Taught 4 classes per semester in an adjunct position with the English department. Classes were a mix of English Composition and Writing Across the Curriculum.
C.K. Sample III’s Education
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Fordham University
M.Phil., English, 2000 — 2006
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Illinois State University
MA, English Studies, 1996 — 1998
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Mississippi College
BA, English and Art, 1991 — 1995
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C.K. Sample III’s Interests:
Everything except for country music, aesthetically displeasing things, and anything boring.
C.K. Sample III’s Honors:
Sarah A. Rouse English Award, 1995
National Merit Scholar
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