Food, Wine, and Linux may seem like a strange combination, but combining three passions can be a wonderful thing. I'm Marcel Gagné. Those of you who read Cooking with Linux, the multi-award-winning column that appeared monthly in Linux Journal magazine for 10 years, likely agree. With the help of my faithful waiter, François, Restaurant Chez Marcel serves up the finest in Linux and open source software paired with exceptional wines.
In that same spirit, this site features great Linux and Open Source software, ongoing wine tasting reports, recipes, and the occasional restaurant review. If you came here looking to read past Cooking with Linux columns, you'll find newer releases on the front page, a comprehensive list here and under the "CWL, The Column" menu link to the left. A votre santé! Bon appétit!
Promotion, Promotion, Promotion
As I've mentioned before, and will mention again, freelancing is a business. Business requires customers, and freelancers who create content (writers, course developers, etc.) essentially have two types of customers: people who pay them to create, and people who read or use what's created. Sometimes both types are in the same entity, such as a company that hires you to create a course for their own people to use in-house around some of their own tasks. Many times both types are separate entities, such as writing an article for a magazine, which is then read by the people who subscribe to that magazine.
As a business, you obviously need to cultivate both groups, yet in a way you can do both at the same time. The key is to always remember that you're promoting your business, and so don't break down into someone who spams everyone they know every time they do some little thing. At best people's eyes will start to glaze over and they'll miss the interesting stuff. At worst, all of your email to these people will end up being filtered automatically into the Delete box without a glance.
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