Monday, June 29th 2015
Want to be the Face of TechPowerUp?
TechPowerUp's foray into the YouTube medium can be led by you. Yes, you! Do you think you can talk hardware and gaming in front of a camera, for our thousands of readers? If so, sign up for our TechPowerUp YouTube Channel project, and you could be the face of this site on YouTube. All you need to be, is aged between 21 and 30, based in US or Canada; be presentable (we're not too strict on this), and have a good command over English, with an easy international accent; have basic video editing skills, and most importantly, have a good aptitude with PC hardware (you needn't be too technically sound or have a formal education in this area).
Upload a sample of your work, while keeping it "unlisted" (eg: describe a piece of hardware, or explain a recent news story at length, while keep it interesting. We are interested in seeing your face, personality and speech), and e-mail a link to that video to w1zzard@techpowerup.com . You needn't be a regular forum member of TechPowerUp. Do not post links to your videos in the comments. We will get back in touch with shortlisted candidates to talk turkey.
Upload a sample of your work, while keeping it "unlisted" (eg: describe a piece of hardware, or explain a recent news story at length, while keep it interesting. We are interested in seeing your face, personality and speech), and e-mail a link to that video to w1zzard@techpowerup.com . You needn't be a regular forum member of TechPowerUp. Do not post links to your videos in the comments. We will get back in touch with shortlisted candidates to talk turkey.
102 Comments on Want to be the Face of TechPowerUp?
This guy should be the face of tech power up. Brutally honest !
www.youtube.com/user/Aussie50/videos
And it crap don't work it will be blow up some how.
I've grown and learnt a lot while posting reviews on TPU, and I am very eager to see someone else step up and help us grow even more. ;)
It may be illogical, but it is common usage. For example, it is common in the military, airlines, and in expatriate / international business circles to ask someone "Where are you based out of?"
The implication of the usage is that it is recognized that the person has a base from which they travel, often for the purposes of carrying out their duties and doing business.
I'm not sure you will find it in any dictionaries or other such books, but that's what it has meant for a very long time... but, that would be showing my age.
On the other hand, enough people found it confusing, so I think the correction was warranted.
The problem with the written word is that it lacks the intonation of spoken voice. The tone of voice carries so much of the meaning of a message. You cannot just write something down the way that you would speak it out loud and then expect that the meaning will carry through.
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!!! ADMINS !!! Please take down the age requirement. In fact, you may need to stop this ad now while you can. Someone is going to dob you in and I don't want to see one of my very favorite tech sites all tangled up in lawyer's fees instead of reporting on technology.
Get an attorney or similar professional familiar with doing business in North America before you post your next ad. I know it sucks, but it's reality.
Yes, that means more work vetting candidates, regardless of who you pick. And yes, I wanted to choke our lawyer when he told me that if a quadriplegic wanted to apply for a job shinnying up telephone poles that we should politely interview the person anyway regardless of who we hired.
In the end, if you happen to hire a barely legal hot-chick with big boobs, a short skirt, small tech brain, and fantastic presentation skills, probably no one in your demographic (which is still largely male, unfortunately) is going to care (probably not negatively at least) as long as the content is there. But, whatever subliminal, subconscious preferences you go for in the end, confessing them in an open ad isn't going to help you any.
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Honesty is out of fashion in North America and very polite (and somewhat dishonest) discourse is all the rage... but some believe it makes for a fairer, more civil society (probably some truth there).
Remember in North America, "Caitlyn is BEAUTIFUL!" Don't dare say she looks like a bulldog-in-a-dress.
With that said, good luck finding someone with the pizzaz to make TPU even more famous. Maybe Caitlyn is available. Oh, that's right... too old.
He'll capture the tech audience as well as the furries. :laugh:
In retaliation i vote MM in as cheif vid jockie :P
:D
And we're a dictatorship.
I was just curious about applicants skills, that's all.
As I said, final decision will always be taken by those in charge.
Could you share samples submitted after you have selected who won?
Let us know when you want someone from EU :), and up the age limit imo XD.
I hope that whoever is chosen isn't a mental muppet. Knowing the in's and out's of how things work that you are talking about is key. Please don't make your videos into newegg 'eggspert' reviews (its just people that have half a clue reviewing crap they have no business to be reviewing).
Thanks! :)