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Marcia Makes
I share some demos, tutorials with the community. In this series, I share pi information. Video tools:
Technical Editor: John Wiley & Sons
I was the technical editor for a few books at Wiley: Professional Javascript for Web Developers 4th edition Javascript: The new toys Exploring Beaglebone At one point I submitted a proposal for a book about AI on Small Board, got the contract but due to work obligations were unable to commit.
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
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…
Yocto on Beaglebone Black: 2016 Hackster and Beaglebone published
In 2016, I was given a beaglebone black from cfengine to write up instructions to use with Yocto. Originally, they hired me to do this on pi. Promised more work but this was a write up for a conference and was not transparent. The idea was to teach at the 8th grade level. However, as…
A Day in the Life | Advocate | AI | Maker
Presenter: Yale Law School
Spoke about privacy and AI. Also discussed 3D printing, copyright and surveillance. https://law.yale.edu/center-global-legal-challenges/events/past-events-2019-20
W3C: Semantic Web Technical Docs
Group closed this year. https://www.w3.org/groups/cg/semtechdoc/former-participants/
W3C: WebID Community Group
Joined this group in 2014. https://www.w3.org/community/webid/participants
LibreOffice: Documentation Team
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.
Decade of the DMCA
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…