Had a few really good meetings with the LibreOffice team. Helped my friend Gordon with info on how to join the contribution. He worked on the spreadsheet program. I simply reviewed Writer docs.
When I took a look at the source, I was like… wowwwwwwwwwww
Sloppy.
Contributed at various times over the last couple decades since Apache took it from StarOffice or Sun.
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Dashboard/Who_is_Who
When I was a student, I was invited to Harvard Berkman Center because I was taking a course: Intellectual Property in Cyberspace. I was also working with Wendy Seltzer on the DVD Discuss case. The group was very awesome. I worked with Peter Junger, Rick Moen, Rares Marian, and many more!
During lunch, I approached John Gilmore. This was around March 2000. We spoke about free software and we chatted about legal matters. He was very humble and he asked me: So what are you doing now? And I really thought about it. Just going to school, raising 3 babies…
As soon as I heard there was going to be a protest in D.C., I booked the train. I could never look in the mirror, I would always regret not going!
There are some pics on https://dmcasucks.com
Here is a copy of the book: A Decade of the DMCA
This was a presentation about usability, not so much APIs.
Tools, utilities and apps were recommended and provided.
https://gitlab.com/remastersys/dx-os/-/blob/master/presentation/26a.mp4?ref_type=heads
Using technical writers who are familiar with the product can improve design, functionality and usability. Developers can identify defects and often may know at least one solution. Working with technical writers, developers and add features, improve current features and fast track design.
Often, writers are editors, only taking content and improving layout, not usability. Find a GNU Linux writer who is also a developer and you get a 2fer.
I was once introduced by Rick Moen as a triple threat: Dev, Writer, Law
Sometimes I joke about being a unicorn.
As a technical writer, understanding copyright and trademark is essential. Being able to automate documentation processes for fun is efficient, and improving workflows is effective!
https://archive.fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/openoffice_documentation/
I wrote a Debian get started guide. My favorite part is where I offer instructions to uninstall LibreOffice.
By the way, has anyone really looked at the code? I have.
Slop!
So, there are numerous places LibreOffice/Document Foundation did not properly rebrand. There is a DLL required?
Anyway, here are the instructions.
https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/images/0/02/Debian-quickinstall-oo.pdf
https://templates.openoffice.org/en/template/fosdem-presentation-draw-template
I shared the template used for the fosdem talks.
This was a great time. I did a lightning talk with my daughter, Justina. The q and a portion went past 30 extra minutes and we had to stop. Loved the interactions and communication with developers interested in making their tools, applications and utilities more accessible friendly!
https://archive.fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/including_everyone
Created the desktop and pi images for Kids on computers. The year before, they had set up a lab but did not know how to truncate an image and needed to find and purchase larger SD cards in Mexico.
At the time I was working remotely for Arizona State University as a consultant. Here is the article with more info:
https://tech.asu.edu/uto-consultant-installs-computer-labs-underserved-area-mexico
This time, I showed the developer in Oaxaca and others how to truncate the image. The instructions are found here on Hackster.
https://www.hackster.io/marcia-wilbur/classroom-in-a-pi-nch-oaxaca-mexico-raspberry-pi-units-75063d
