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C.K. Sample III |
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Bronxville, NY 10708 USA |
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OBJECTIVE |
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I'm interested in helping to build new online media products through consulting, blogging, editing, and writing. I'm also interested in writing and editing opportunities.
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WORK EXPERIENCE |
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March 2007 - Present |
Mahalo.com, INC |
Santa Monica, CA |
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Building a human-powered search engine is challenging. I must continually refocus myself and the team to think about the content we are producing less in editorial terms and more in terms of search. This involves quite a bit of strategic planning and continual reinvention of best practices.
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January 17, 2006 - January 22, 2007 |
Netscape.com / AOL, LLC |
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Helped Jason Calacanis assemble and lead a team of 7 editors and 8 developers in relaunching Netscape.com on June 17th, 2006. Worked in developing features and editorial framework for the Netscape Anchor's metajournalism. Helped hire and lead the first team of paid social bookmarkers on the Internet. In November, when Jason Calacanis left the company, I took over as Director and General Manager of the site, supporting the team by handling all administrative duties, leading the overall growth of the Netscape product, and working with partners inside and outside of AOL to help promote the Netscape brand.
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March 2005 - January 2007 |
Weblogs, Inc |
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I began blogging for Weblogs, Inc in March 2005 on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW). A week after starting, I became Lead Blogger for the site, and I maintained that position through January of 2006, when I became Lead Blogger Emeritus (a title which I retain), while moving on to work on Netscape.com. During my time with TUAW, I lead the team in growing the site from a 400,000 unique readers a month site to over a million uniques per month property. During my time with Weblogs, Inc, I also contributed to Cinematical.com, Download Squad, World of Warcraft Insider, Joystiq, and TV Squad, where I co-hosted a weekly podcast about ABC's Lost with my coworker Ryan Budke. To date, I have written 274,368 words in over 1,241 posts for Weblogs, Inc.
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2003 - 2006 |
O'Reilly Media, Inc (http://www.oreilly.com/) |
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Wrote over 10 articles, called "hacks," for Mac OS X Panther Hacks by Rael Dornfest and James Duncan Davidson. Contributed several hacks to iPod & iTunes Hacks by Hadley Stern and also served as Technical Editor for that book. In 2005, I wrote PSP Hacks: Tips & Tools for Your Mobile Gaming and Entertainment Handheld, which was published in January 2006.
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October 2000 - January 2006 |
Fordham University |
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From October 2000 until the Summer of 2005, I was the lab supervisor for Fordham's Graduate School at the Tarrytown campus. In this role, I worked with faculty and staff to plan ways to best integrate technology in the classroom and maintained two computer labs and various A/V equipment. When Fordham acquired Marymount College, I then supervised another lab supervisor running the labs in Marymount and helped provide the same support to the faculty and students of that college which I had been providing for Fordham's Graduate Center. In the summer of 2005, I was promoted to Instructional Technologist for Fordham University, maintaining the Faculty Resource Centers at Fordham's 3 campuses, Lincoln Center, Rose Hill, and Marymount. In this role, I served as a technical consultant to the faculty, advising them how best to use new technologies in classroom settings to further the education of their students.
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September 2004 - May 2005 |
Iona College |
New Rochelle, NY |
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Taught one course per semester of English Composition.
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September 1996 - December 1999 |
Illinois State University |
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While pursuing my Masters in English at ISU, I taught one class per semester of English 101 Composition during my first year and one class per semester of English 145, Writing Across the Curriculum, during my second year. During this time, I also served as a Research Assistant to Dr. Ray Lewis White and Teaching Assistant to Dr. Bill McBride, helping him teach his Film & Literature class. After completing my degree, ISU hired me on as an Adjunct Instructor of English, teaching 4 courses per semester for 3 full semesters before I left for New York to pursue additional graduate studies.
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September 2000 - December 2000 |
Fordham University |
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Taught one course of Introductory English composition as a graduate assistant during my first fall semester at Fordham, but had to discontinue this upon being hired full time by the University as a Lab Supervisor.
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EDUCATION |
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January 2000 - December 2006 |
Fordham University |
Bronx, New York |
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M. Phil.
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September 1996 - May 1998 |
Illinois State University |
Normal, Illinois |
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MA
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September 1991 - May 1995 |
Mississippi College |
Clinton, Mississippi |
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BA
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PUBLICATIONS |
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Author of PSP Hacks: Tips & Tools for Your Mobile Gaming and Entertainment Handheld, O'Reilly Press, 2006.
Author of "Life and Text as Spectacle: Sacrificial Repetitions in Duras's The North China Lover," published in Literature Film Quarterly in October 2005. Contributor to Mac OS X Panther Hacks and contributor to and technical editor for iPod & iTunes Hacks, O'Reilly Press, 2006. My poem, "oldblackman," was published in the 1996 edition of Sigma Tau Delta's International Literary publication, The Rectangle and in Illinois State University's 1997 edition of Druid's Cave. In college, "Unspoken", a short story and "life," a poem were both published in the 1994 edition of The Arrowhead, Mississippi College's literary magazine, and "The Argument," another short story, appeared in the 1995 edition of The Arrowhead. |
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AWARDS AND HONORS |
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National Merit Scholar, 1991
Sarah A. Rouse English Award, 2005 |
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