ComputerLife wants writers who are experts who can help readers get the most from their hardware purchases, software experiences, and web exploring. Home life means the activity people undertake at the end of a workday or on the weekend for personal benefit, including entertainment, education, productivity and furthering hobbies. We rarely run features centered on the home office. While ComputerLife readers are not novices, neither are they sophisticated business users. Assume the reader understands the technology, but skip the technobabble.
Nobody needs that aggravation.
Instead use layman's terms and discuss computer issues in a way that readers who are unfamiliar with the technology can learn without being patronized and those more technical readers won't be bored. To write for ComputerLife, you must be an expert on your topic. Write with substance, depth, authority and well-formed opinion. You must be entertaining. Write with wit, sophistication, and edge.