[rescue] MacHelp.org

[John Francini]

One place where I occasionally contribute is the Mac-Managers mailing  
list, which has a very high signal-to-noise ratio, because they  
outright reject any question that can be answered by reading manuals,  
surfing existing Apple & 3rd party support sites, and the like.  So  
the problems that end up there tend to be really 'meaty' ones.

<http://www.mac-mgrs.org>

I've received really useful responses to the few problems I've posted  
there as well.

They also have a cool get-together every year in San Francisco on the  
evening before Macworld Expo.

John


On 18 Apr 2008, at 21:33, Bill Bradford wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:55:33PM +0100, Mark wrote:
>> My god you started a Mac Help site? That's like opening the  
>> world's second
>> largest can of worms isn't it? I admire your dedication Mr.  
>> Bradford, I
>> have been using Macs for almost 10 years and I wouldn't have the  
>> balls to
>> do that :\
>
> Domain Name:MACHELP.ORG
> Created On:23-Jul-2001 17:18:27 UTC
>
> Registered it when I first "got into" Macs and OS X, as soon as I  
> found out
> it was available.  I'm the third result for a Google search of "mac  
> help".
> 8-)
>
> I've only started really doing anything with it in the past couple of
> years.  Last April I put up a "Have problems with your computer?   
> Email
> questions at machelp.org and I'll try to help" blurb.  Since then I've
> received more than 1500 emails of people asking for help; usually  
> minor
> problems that are solved by spending 30 seconds on Google.
>
> I mostly do it just to help people.  I use this .sig file when I'm  
> able to
> provide a response to someone's question or problem:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ---
>  If my advice has been helpful, please consider purchasing an item  
> on my
>  Amazon Wish List located at http://wishlist.machelp.org.  MacHELP  
> does
>  not make any income - I run the site as a hobby and answer between  
> 5-15
>  emails a day from people who need help with their Apple products.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ---
>
> This is mostly so I might get SOMETHING back from all the time I spend
> running SunHELP and MacHELP (at least an hour a day).
>
> So far people have bought me a scientific calculator, some bumper  
> stickers,
> five books, and a magazine subscription.  The profit-to-effort  
> ratio ain't
> that great, but it's better than nothing (as I don't make money  
> from Google
> anymore).
>
> Bill
>
> -- 
> Bill Bradford
> Houston, Texas
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