Wi-Fi Networking News editor Glenn Fleishman joins JIWIRE as editor in chief: The cat's out of the bag, folks. I've joined JIWIRE, a new Web site covering Wi-Fi and offering a detailed hot spot directory, as editor in chief on a part-time basis. I'll still be writing this site and writing as a freelancer, but my main focus will be JIWIRE.
JIWIRE is a hot-spot directory that lets you type in any address, seattle, Zip or postal code, or other details to find locations. We have a great starting set of locations, and we have plans to expand and improve.
My job is on the content side: writing and editing features and reviews about using Wi-Fi, configuring Wi-Fi, and installing Wi-Fi. Our editorial plans are extensive, and you'll hear more about them soon.
For the time being, Wi-Fi Networking News will remain its own beast, but we'll be pulling together a closer and closer affiliation between JIWIRE and this site over time. Watch for news here.
The official launch is tomorrow, but since you're reading this site, you get the scoop. More details shortly.
Best of luck Glenn! We could certainly use a more user-friendly directory.
Hi Glenn,
I think I have more information about JIWIRE on my Weblog than you do (http://reiter.weblogger.com/2003/09/09)! As I've written in the past, there is a huge need for consumer-friendly, how-to information about wireless data, including, of course, WiFi. Already, JIWIRE is well worth recommending as the directory to beat when it comes to offering extensive information about hotspot locations.
Good luck with the new venture Glenn.
Where did you get the figure of only 66 hot spots in Portland Oregon?
Cheers Nigel
But you have to be online to find out how to get online?
Then, you have to read all this comprehensive stuff about wi-fi in order to use wi-fi? Most people use cell phones without all this intensive reading. Will the average consumer (not geek) be interested in this stuff?
What's the fun factor? Will this be like reading a telephone book?
Why can't another big company, like Google come along, with a bigger budget, and do this even better? What competitive advantage do you have? What's your brand? Are you a purple cow?
Congrats and best of luck...this site is a must read for me everyday to keep up with the news/changes that move so rapidly. You will bring some ease of use to Joe wifi...somthing this biz needs for the non-tech user. Thanks
Good luck from here also.
I hope you extend your directory to our side of the atlantic over time. If you have need of a steady inside track on the european scene, let me know.
/tomas
Nice site, just wonder why you use images from
a Verizon Brochure...can't you find and use your own images ?
I also wish you luck. The name JIWIRE stands for what, exactly?