u/justins567

Ok, Im aware I'll get roasted for this (its reddit after all), but intentions are genuine.

I've been running Tech Between the Lines (techbetweenthelines.com) for a while now and I'm at a point where I want to bring someone else into it. Not because I need help keeping the lights on, but because I think the site gets better with more than one voice.

This is unpaid right now, not because I don't value the work, but because the site hasn't monetized to the point where that's possible yet. Growth changes that, and if it does, I want the people who helped build it to benefit from it. The site infrastructure, all the backend stuff that's on me. You just write. And if you want to contribute to the newsletter too, that door is open.

I'd love to find someone who can contribute a couple pieces a week. Apple moves fast and honestly there's never a shortage of things worth reacting to.

The longer play here is growth. If the right person comes along and we build something together, I want to find ways to make it worth their time down the road. Nothing guaranteed, but I'm not looking for a one-way arrangement forever either.

What actually matters to me:

• You follow Apple closely and have opinions about where it's heading
• You can write analytically, not just recap what happened but explain why it matters
• You're comfortable working independently
• You know the platforms well enough that I don't have to explain what a beta is

Your voice stays yours. I'm not looking for someone to write like me, I'm looking for someone who wants to write, period.

Drop a comment or DM if this sounds interesting. Tell me what you'd want to cover.

Ok, Im aware I'll get roasted for this (its reddit after all), but intentions are genuine.

I've been running Tech Between the Lines (techbetweenthelines.com) for a while now and I'm at a point where I want to bring someone else into it. Not because I need help keeping the lights on, but because I think the site gets better with more than one voice.

This is unpaid right now, not because I don't value the work, but because the site hasn't monetized to the point where that's possible yet. Growth changes that, and if it does, I want the people who helped build it to benefit from it. The site infrastructure, all the backend stuff that's on me. You just write. And if you want to contribute to the newsletter too, that door is open.

I'd love to find someone who can contribute a couple pieces a week. Apple moves fast and honestly there's never a shortage of things worth reacting to.

The longer play here is growth. If the right person comes along and we build something together, I want to find ways to make it worth their time down the road. Nothing guaranteed, but I'm not looking for a one-way arrangement forever either.

What actually matters to me:

• You follow Apple closely and have opinions about where it's heading
• You can write analytically, not just recap what happened but explain why it matters
• You're comfortable working independently
• You know the platforms well enough that I don't have to explain what a beta is

Your voice stays yours. I'm not looking for someone to write like me, I'm looking for someone who wants to write, period.

Drop a comment or DM if this sounds interesting. Tell me what you'd want to cover.

So, I know this subreddit is littered with this but I just need to vent this out.

Today I was expecting TWO packages. Nothing huge, like 1lbs each.. No Sig required Via tracking everything is verified great this morning, both are on the same truck. 1:30ish rolls around

package 1 delivered to my front door. - No knock, no door bell (no sig needed fine). Driver takes a picture of it at my door.

package 2 immediarlty marked - recipient not available. Driver took a picture of my garage door (we have a townhome layout with the garage out "front")

so here are we at the WTF moment - how was package 1 delivered just fine but package 2 couldn't be...

so get on the phone to Fedex. this is where it becomes a major excerise in patience. Their IVR or routing system as it be is god awful.. finally get to a real human..

human 1 - no understanding - no clue - cant explain it - refuses to find a way to the make the driver come back. Fine lets escalate cause your worthless.

human 2 - supervisor - immediately comes on and says she's going to call the depot and get the driver back. gives me a case number and assures me like 5 times pending no crazy issues package will be delivered today.

here's the kicker - not 10 minutes later the package is on my front door..

SERIOUSLY WTF!?!?!?!? Why does this have to be such an exercise in frustration, stupidity, and... I mean you cant even call the driver lazy cause he did deliver package 1 to my door.. Nonetheless I dont get it, and was left speechless and disgusted by Fedex.

end of rant.