The New Job: Nerd Wrangler at b5media

by Joey deVilla on March 3, 2008

b5media logo

I figured I’d start off the working week with a big announcement: I’ve landed a new gig. As of this Thursday, March 6th, I’m going to be working at b5media, a network of 320 blogs that gets a total of over 10 million unique visits every month.

Depending on whom you ask, my new job title will be “Nerd Wrangler” or “Technical Project Manager”. I’ll coordinate b5′s development team and their projects, as well contribute my own experience and expertise in both blogging and accordion-playing.

I’m going to have a rather interesting first day on the job. Rather than heading to the office, I’m heading to the airport and boarding one of these…

Continental Airlines ERJ-145 regional jet

…because along with a good chunk of b5, I’ll be attending the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas…

SXSW Interactive 2008 logo

…as well as attending BarCamp Austin

BarCamp Austin III

…where I plan to catch up with old friends and business associates and meet some new ones!

I’ll be staying at the ranch that b5 rented and attending the conference, taking copious notes and photos (and posting them here) as well as meeting up with the b5 bloggers and development team, who come from all over.

I’ve mentioned it before, but I’ll say it again:

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Watch this space for my posts from Austin!

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Krispy March 3, 2008 at 8:35 am

Joey! Does this mean you left TSOT? Whats going to happen to the TSOT programmer nights?

2 Mike Bowler March 3, 2008 at 9:47 am

Congratulations on the new job!

If you get business cards that say “Nerd wrangler” then I want one :-)

Mike

3 Charles Follymacher March 3, 2008 at 11:31 am

Ah, the ass rocket fires again! Well done, Joe. It’s a safe bet you’re the new jewel in the b5 crown. Congratulations and best of luck.

p.s. my agent says i get 5% of your frequent flyer miles now ;-)

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