Researcher's Guide

'Ask Us' is a premier on-line source of practical technical information for engineers, hardware and software designers, and programmers. Following the tradition established by Steve Ciarcia in Circuit Cellar Magazine, we pride ourselves in providing expert help to those in need.

What are we doing with Ask Us?

Just as Circuit Cellar magazine's readers' passion for computers and electronics has set us apart as a technological magazine. We want to bring more of the good stuff on-line. For many visitors, computers are not only the focus of their professional lives, but also of their leisure time. What could be a more comfortable way of sharing good technical information than contributing some of your knowledge to other readers.

Through Ask Us, we want to provide a web-site where visitors can ask tough questions in areas that may not be their area of expertise. Engineers and Professionals like you answer those questions because you want to share the techniques, tools, and information and experience you've gathered over the years. But, it doesn't stop there, while the Q&As are posted monthly, we expect others to comment on what we've presented. We will update these comments in real time to keep the momentum and conversation going.

Questions from visitors are compiled into a single list . Researchers are free to view this at any time (it's not available to visitors). At that point, researchers can select any question(s) from the list that they want to answer. When a researcher selects a question(s) he or she simply e-mails their interest in answering it and we take it off the list (so we don't have a bunch of researchers all answering the same question). Once assigned, you will have the responsibility to complete the answers to the questions you've taken. You will be paid for that answer when it is approved by us.

Your answer is published as viewable HTML along with the original question. Q&As are updated monthly. After a month, the Q&A moves to the archive area where it will remain indefinitely. Comments to each Q&A are placed into a continually updated comment's page remaining linked to the Q&A. answer.