FW: [sebhc] Jameco newsletter submission: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the H-8!
Glenn Roberts
Jameco likes the newsletter article. Slated for 1 Aug.
Any issue/concern with giving out Les’ and Norberto’s web URLs? I wasn’t going to give out an exhaustive list (plus others like Mark and Herb and Dave Shaw are listed on Les’).
Also publish the google group name?
- Glenn
From: William Cotter [mailto:WCo...@jameco.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:31 PM
To: Glenn Roberts
Subject: RE: [sebhc] Jameco newsletter submission: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the H-8!
Hi Glenn,
This is utterly fantastic – from the title all the way through. I will not need to edit much at all.
Could you include a one paragraph bio – where you grew up, where you live, career synopsis, current interests beyond the H8…
Would you want to invite readers to correspond w/ any SEBHCers through email? Or provide a link to one of the Heathkit sites?
How would a reader buy a H8? Just second-hand from Ebay I suppose?
No mention of James Law … ?
I will slate the article for our Aug 1 newsletter – subject to approval – but it shouldn’t be a problem.
Thank you!
Bill
From: Glenn Roberts [mailto:glenn.f...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:20 PM
To: William Cotter
Subject: FW: [sebhc] Jameco newsletter submission: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the H-8!
Bill: following up on a discussion you had with my friend Norberto Collado last month, attached please see an initial draft of a newsletter story. Let me know what you think! I have to get this released by my company but don’t anticipate any issue. If you like it we can work to flesh it out, add pictures, etc.
Sample pictures here
http://www.lesbird.com/sebhc/memberphotos.html
http://www.koyado.com/Heathkit/Welcome.html
Looking forward to hearing from you…
- Glenn Roberts
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From: se...@googlegroups.com [mailto:se...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Norberto Collado
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 8:59 PM
To: SEBHC List
Subject: [sebhc] Jameco newsletter submission: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the H-8!
Any takers? See details below!
In a message dated 3/29/2013 5:23:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, WCo...@jameco.com writes:
The Jameco Newsletter requirements for customer submissions are simple, if anyone would like to take a stab at a story.
I hesitate to put a word limit on it, but about 2000 words … maybe? (That’s about 4 typewritten pages with double spacing). Essentially, do justice to the subject but don’t lose the reader (who should read the piece in one sitting). It should appeal to a broad audience – techies and non-techies to some extent -- and specifically create nostalgia for the old-timers. The story should be in first person – how I resurrected the H-8 – and include personal anecdotes about the challenge. Readers are just as interested in the writer as the technology. It should not read as a how-to. The author’s voice and personality should shine through the language (don’t be too formal or too technical). Aim for a pleasant read.
I would think the readers would be interested in some, or most, of the following
- what is the H-8 and what happened to it
- what are Heathkits (need photos)
- the brief story about the Heath company
- why this kit was the “bomb” back then – that’s what kids say now. Maybe how the author first ordered one, waited for it, received and opened it and then built it
- the current state of the H-8
- the merry gang of loyal followers, or what’s left of them (pictures of them would be great)
- how the H-8 worked
- how the author recently brought the monster back to life (without a step by step how to guide) – in a story form (similar to #4) . What were the challenges (obsolete parts …)
- maybe why old technology still fascinates
- where to find more info if any readers were interested
- suggest a snappy title– How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the H-8 -- ? The editor may change it.
If anyone submits a story, I will edit and run through management approval and then we publish and the readers are all enlightened with newfound respect for old geeks and the world keeps spinning.
The newsletter is sent to over 200,000 people. If the reader interest meter hits tilt, then maybe we talk about the next steps…
Thanks in advance!
Bill
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Glenn Roberts
And since Les’ site and the SEBHC google group show up easily in a google search it’s a moot point whether or not I list those.
Thanks.
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