How can I find a freelance tech job site that I've lost the URL?

June 4, 2007 3:25 PM

Help me find a site for freelance tech related work that was mentioned in the comments on one of the Gawker Media blogs sometime this year.

A while back I was reading an entry on one of the Gawker Media Blogs (either Gizmodo, Consumerist, or Lifehacker). I forget what the entry was about, but in the comments someone mentioned a freelance work site. I checked it out while I was at work, but I didn't copy down the link, and now that I want to check it out I can't find it. I believe it had a strange name, and listed mostly, if not all, somewhat technically related jobs. A couple of jobs I remember from the site was someone to service DVD rental machines and someone to setup some guy's wireless router. I've tried everything I can at Google and each of the three sites above, but I can't find it. Can anyone help me track down this site?

posted by drgonzo2k2 to work & money (8 comments total)

It's almost certainly guru.com. There was a previous incarnation of the site, but the last couple of years it's been a newer version of what used to be called "emoonlighter.com".

A more specific site is elance.com.

Money down it was one of these two.
posted by dhartung at 3:54 PM on June 4, 2007

Hey sorry, but no, it was not either of those sites. I remember it being really colorful site (like orange/tan) and having a unique name. You definitely did not have to pay to take on work. It also had a broader range of jobs than web design/programming. I thought it was pretty popular at the time, because it had a lot of jobs listed, but now that I can't find it I'm not so sure.
posted by drgonzo2k2 at 5:01 PM on June 4, 2007

maybe sologig.com?
posted by spacefire at 6:28 PM on June 4, 2007

No, sorry, that wasn't it either. This site had a mix both of businesses needing people and individuals looking for people to install new hard drives, setup routers, stuff like that.
posted by drgonzo2k2 at 6:38 PM on June 4, 2007

DoMyStuff.com [via] ?
Odesk.com ?
posted by superfem at 7:46 PM on June 4, 2007

Both good answers, but unfortunately neither of those are it. It was mentioned in the comments section. It didn't have its own article dedicated to it.
posted by drgonzo2k2 at 8:21 PM on June 4, 2007

Tan with a unique name could be dice.com, a venerable contender. Not very orange, though.

Orange could be Freelance Job Search, something I've never heard of with a dull name.

Maybe one of the jobpile sources?
posted by dhartung at 12:14 AM on June 5, 2007

Freelanceswitch.com?
posted by loiseau at 3:54 AM on June 5, 2007