On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 18:46 -0400, michael@schmong.org wrote:
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 Hello Michael,
I agree that improving the docs for (some) standard libraries would be the most helpful. However, specializing in a special project would probably be better, if it's a visible portfolio you want. Have you thought of writing a tutorial on one of the HackageDB libraries, for example,database connectivity, XML processing, or even Cabal itself? That would be useful, and give you a clear cut deliverable too. http://www.gordonandgordon.com/aboutus.html is a web site with some good info on technical writing, and the differences between sdk documentation, white papers and technical marketing. All of which would be useful to the Haskell community, IMO, but that's a personal view. Best Regards, Hans van Thiel