Apr
7
Top 16!
If you follow me on Twitter, you probably already know that I made the cut for Top 16 in The Best Job in the World competition. The job is Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef. The successful applicant will live on an island for six months, blog and create videos about the exploration and experiences…and share them with the world.
It will be an amazing, once in a lifetime experience for the final caretaker. I travel around the U.S. a lot. As you know, we almost always take road trips instead of flying so we can experience the country up close. We shoot episodes of GeekBrief.TV in the middle of nature, and I blog and create videos about the places we visit and the restaurants we try. I want to take the experience I have, what I do every day, and apply it to promoting something as amazing as The Great Barrier Reef. I want to help people experience the GBR.
That’s why I applied, and I’m thrilled to get to the Top 16. What happens next?
The 16 candidates are going to Australia from May 3rd-6th for interviews. I fully expect them to put us to the test…can we create an interesting video about feeding the fish or snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef? I don’t know exactly what they have in mind or what we’ll be asked to do, but I’d like to know what YOU want to see come out of my week in Australia. I don’t know yet if we’ll be producing Geek Brief episodes during my interview week, so I’m mostly interested in finding out what questions you have about the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef. What would you like to see me show in videos, pictures, and blog posts? Leave a comment below!!
A lot of people continue to ask me “What happens if you win? Will you stop doing GeekBrief.TV?”, so I want to be clear about this. If I win, I will be acting as Caretaker for Tourism Queensland AND we will continue producing GeekBrief.TV, just as you know it now, except with much more beautiful backgrounds! 
Uploading GBTV could be a mongeral.
