• You are passionate about web technology and always wanting to try new web apps;
• You are already a 'beta hound' - constantly sniffing out new startup betas, signing up for private beta email invitations, hassling startup CEOs for them to give you a peek at their stealth app, etc.
• You must have good knowledge of HTML and good english grammar;
• You must have a product focus, including willingness to analyze web products and compare them to similar products; we're not so much interested in the business details of a startup or gossip about it - our focus is very much on the product and its usage.

So if you're keen on writing startup reviews for Read/WriteWeb, please email me your details and some examples of your work.

This is a part-time gig, so probably suits a developer/designer/web generalist type person who is interested in doing some evening blogging. What do you get in return? As well as a bit of extra cash, you'll get the inside word on all the latest startups and the prestige of being a R/WW writer :-)

P.S. if you're a startup reading this, yes this means that Read/WriteWeb is ramping up its efforts to review your products. Right now, there aren't enough analytical, product-focused reviews being done of innovative web apps - so we're aiming to do more of that style review.

Thanks for your patience and keep sending your product news to tips@readwriteweb.com.

Update: We've had a fantastic response to this already, so just to advise that I will be reviewing all email applications over the weekend.