{"id":1086,"date":"2008-06-24T09:14:45","date_gmt":"2008-06-24T13:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\/podcast\/contributors-needed-for-new-techiwiki-project-1060\/"},"modified":"2008-06-24T09:14:45","modified_gmt":"2008-06-24T13:14:45","slug":"contributors-needed-for-new-techiwiki-project-1060","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theforcefield.net\/podcast\/contributors-needed-for-new-techiwiki-project-1060\/","title":{"rendered":"Contributors needed for new TechiWiki Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you all know, The Force Field podcast and web portal cover the business side of running a tech business. But the business side isn’t all there is to running one. There is the tech side, too.<\/p>\n

Those who know me and listen to The Force Field know that I have discussed the pros and cons of being a “MacGyvertech” in our computer business. Although I have sometimes talked about the advantages of specializing in a certain area instead of trying to be everything, there are times when all of us need to be that “MacGyvertech”.<\/p>\n

I myself was nicknamed “MacGyver” when I worked at WRBW-TV in the mid 90’s for finding ways to patch things together and make it work.I realized since then that no matter how much you want to specialize there is always that situation where you do need to do it all yourself.<\/p>\n

During the last few months I’ve been working on another project to complement The Force Field and open up to a larger audience. The new project is designed to be community driven depends on the collective knowledge and experience of techs everywhere. This project is very large in scope and it greater than I alone can handle. I need your help.<\/p>\n

To all members of The Force Field: I am actively seeking submissions and contributions of content for a new sister site now in beta. The site has a main portal and forums, much like The Force Field. The main area of the site, however is much different and exists on community managed content. In particular, tech related, how-to content.<\/p>\n

It is a TechiWiki<\/a> .<\/p>\n

This is intended as a comprehensive database of picks, tips, tricks and techniques for everything tech. The concept is to provide an instant resource for techs, partiularly those in the field, who need a fix in a pinch, without having to call around to their buddies, slogging through hundreds of tech forums or googling through thousands of listings for an answer.<\/p>\n

I am calling on members of The Force Field and techs everywhere to contribute to the wiki and make it worki for all of us.<\/p>\n

To participate, go to http:\/\/www.macgyvertech.com<\/a> and join the forums or the wiki.<\/p>\n

Thanks!<\/p>\n

Rick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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