Robin ‘Roblimo’ Miller

911 49^th Avenue Drive West

Bradenton FL 34207

phone 941-746-2602

email robin@roblimo.com

Experienced writer, editor, and online community builder; author of three IT-related books; skilled video director, editor, and producer; proven success at creating and managing a world-girdling network of staff editors, freelance writers, bloggers, and community contributors.

2006 – present: Independent Videographer

I’ve made over 200 Internet-delivered videos and several TV spots for local business and non-profits, plus dozens of screencapture-based software promotion and training videos. I own my own high-definition video equipment and editing/rendering computers, plus I have developed a unique Intermediary Server system for Internet video delivery that makes it dirt-simple to embed widescreen video in almost any website, in emails, even in Craigslist posts.

1999 – Jan 1, 2009: Editor in Chief, SourceForge, Inc.

When I originally took this job, the company was called Andover News Network. It soon became Andover.net, went public, got bought by VA Linux, and was renamed OSDN, then renamed OSTG when VA Linux changed its name to VA Software. Now it’s called SourceForge, Inc.

I was originally hired by Andover as a writer and editor for AndoverNews.com and TechSightings.com. In 2000 I became editorial advisor/overseer for Slashdot.org. Over the next five years our team grew Slashdot from about 300,000 daily pageviews to over 3 million, and worked with the company’s marketing people to turn it from an unprofitable (but high traffic) site into one that is now both profitable and highly regarded by top IT advertisers.

In 2003 I took over the company’s disappointing (and unprofitable) Linux.com Web site. It now serves over 1.5 million readers per month. In fact, its high traffic is what led to the site’s sale – and that sale is why I was laid off.

I also served as an internal consultant for projects ranging from the creation of several lucrative custom publishing projects to developing practical, low-cost video content for Linux.com to building blogs and other community-oriented features for the SourceForge.net site.

2002 – 2006: Author, three books for Prentice Hall

“The Onlines Rules of Successful Companies,” 2002; “Point & Click Linux,” 2004; and “Point & Click OpenOffice.org,” 2006. In addition to my own writing, I have edited five books written by other authors.

1989 – 1999: Freelance Writer; Robin’s Limousine (Owner and Driver)

During this phase of my life I wrote investigative, op-ed and feature articles for the Baltimore Sun and Evening Sun, Baltimore City Paper, Time New Media, and a whole raft of niche industry publications and newsletters. At the same time, I owned and drove a limousine as part of a loose confederation of independent limousine operators in the Baltimore/Washington area. When I went to work for Andover full-time, I turned my limo business over to my friend Charles McCoy, Jr., who now operates as Mr. Charles Limousine.

1985 – 1989: Taxicab Owner/Driver; Unsuccessful Fiction Writer

I did well in the cab business until the crack epidemic hit Baltimore. After the third time someone tried to rob me in my cab, I gave up the taxi business and bought a limousine. I also learned, in 1988, that instead of writing short fiction for (literally) pennies per hour and pats on the head, I could earn more money per hour writing non-fiction than I could earn driving a cab. But I still enjoyed the taxi work, and later the limo-driving, which is why I stayed with them despite my success as a writer.

1982- 1985: Manager of Technical Services; Rotronic Instrument Corp. U.S.

Designed, calibrated, and repaired high-accuracy humidity and temperature measurement systems for the U.S. subsidiary of a Swiss company. Great people and great work, but the cost of living in Huntington, N.Y., where the company’s U.S. office was located, forced me to leave the area and, sadly, this job.

1979 – 1982: Electronic Warfare Technician; U.S. Army

Graduated first in my class from the (now-closed) U.S. Army Intelligence School at Ft. Devens with the military equivalent of an ASEE. Performed various tasks in the U.S. and abroad. Honorable discharge.

Personal:

• Married; three children and three stepchildren

• Born: Los Angeles, CA, October 30, 1952

• Competent public speaker

• Free to travel; valid U.S. passport

• Memberships: Online News Association,

Internet Press Guild, Suncoast Linux Users Group,

82 Degrees Tech, Manatee Chamber of Commerce

• 100% self-motivated and goal-oriented