About
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About

So, I never really was transparent about my personal life with most people, as I kept my work and personal life separate. All my career, all my community contributions, the conferences, the protests, the coding… I was a single mother of 3 (0 financial support) before I ever used or installed Linux, before I heard…

Linux Essentials 2003: CompTia and Aries – sole technical writer for CBT
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Linux Essentials 2003: CompTia and Aries – sole technical writer for CBT

I tried to get them to call it GNU Linux Essentials, but it wasn’t happening. So, full disclosure, I was brought in to edit and review the content for correctness. What a show. Most of the content they paid for from Cisco was plagiarized and on top of that, incorrect. The “writer”, I use the…

FOSDEM 21 Presentation: Documentation Driven Development
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FOSDEM 21 Presentation: Documentation Driven Development

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…

OpenOffice.org: Get Started Guide
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OpenOffice.org: Get Started Guide

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