Newley Purnell

Believe it or not, the perfect shave does not incorporate Gillette’s famed five blade razor.

I emailed the following to friends last week; figured I’d post it here as well…

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After taking a few weeks to visit friends along the east coast, I
shall be seeking work in our nation’s capital. Below is a (somewhat
self-promoting) snippet describing my skills. Please pass it along to
anyone you know who might be looking to hire a guy who can write well,
is good with Web stuff, has international work experience, speaks
Spanish, and can count to ten (and say “beer”) in Mandarin Chinese.

Here’s my nugget of self-aggrandizement:

I’ve just returned to the States after two years teaching English
abroad–first in Ecuador and then in Taiwan. I’m looking for
writing/journalism work, as well as Web strategies consulting. (Prior
to my travels, I spent three years promoting non profits’ Web sites
for Burness Communications, a Bethesda PR firm.)

I’m in South Carolina now but will be living in Washington from April
25th through the summer at least. My freelance writing experience
includes travel/working abroad service pieces, as well as commentary
on effective Internet strategies for non profits. A list of some of my
published clips is here:

http://newley.com/clips.html

My Web consulting services focus on helping non profits communicate on
the Web; I can do anything from Internet strategy assessments to Web
site traffic analysis. More details here:

http://newley.com/work/web_services.html

I’m looking for short term, part time, and/or contract work that might
incorporate some of these interests; that said, I’m also open to
interesting opportunities of all stripes. (I’m proficient in Spanish
and speak a smattering of Mandarin Chinese.) My resume is available
at:

http://www.newley.com/resume.html

Thanks, Newley
P.S. Housing leads in DC are appreciated as well.

How can technology be used to help the masses in developing nations? Give people computers connected to the Interweb, right? Wrong. Give people cell phones.

You know you’re in South Carolina–or anywhere in the Bible Belt, for that matter–when you see a bumper sticker, as I did yesterday, that reads:

“And God created the earth in one day and one night–no matter what you learned!”

Funny thing about this car: it was in the Beaufort County library parking lot. An intellectual creationist, this person.