Hello, My name is Michael Litchard. I'm a techie living in silicon valley, and I want to move into tech writing. I've got the background, now I need a portfolio. I figured the best way to go is to attach myself to some open source projects, and haskell has had my heart for a few years now. I am by no means an expert at haskell. My expertise is writing. So I make this offer. If you need documentation written for your haskell project, I'm your man. Whatever it is, I'll write it or edit it. Thanks for your time.
P.S If this was the wrong list, or if anyone has other ideas about how to propogate my proposal, please let me know.
Michael
Michael, that's an awesome offer. As others have already noted there are plenty of areas where you could make a significant contribution. I'd specifically recommend reposting your offer to the HAppS (http://happs.org) list/group. HAppS is a high profile project which seems to be getting quite a bit of interest from outside the Haskell community. If you're unfamiliar with it I recommend taking a look at the "BayFP Presentation" linked on the site. Unfortunately HAppS has a serious deficit of documentation (including the web site not being up to date) and consequently there is a high barrier to entry. While HAppS could certainly benefit from you help I would imagine that you could also benefit from helping HAppS. The high profile of HAppS should increase the chance of prospective clients being able to relate to your portfolio, and I'd also imagine that comprehensive documentation focused on a specific project is more "portfoliable" than random pieces scattered around the standard libraries (not that I want to disuade you from contributing there too!). Good luck! -Bjorn (I'm not involved in the HAppS project, nor have I used it.)