This is my site under construction for writing samples in technical communications and help authoring. It is a CMS/portfolio/resource collection.
Right now I’m setting up writing projects on web design and open source tools. I’ve attended two WordCamps in San Francisco to learn about WordPress and to figure out how to contribute to its help systems; I’m looking at FLOSS manuals as well. Please contact me via email: Dougwrites (at) aya.yale.edu
What do I write about? Technology, using software, training and education, new media, visual design, how-to guides, explaining to make a difference, travel, health.
This will be a paragraph about objectives. Help that actually helps answer questions, writing as a craft, problem-solving.
Marker for writing skills and values. Clear, extensive, direct, engaging. Creative, flexible, thorough, well-planned.
Software tools skills: I work with WordPress 2.6 to 2.9, Firefox Extended, Open Office Writer, Notepad ++, Word, Visio, Dreamweaver, GIMP, Snagit, Filezilla, and am learning Flash, Inkscape, Atlassian Confluence, CSS, PHP, Windows Live Writer, and Madcap Flare. I’m also looking for good open source options for screencasting and a basic XML writer.
[Change this to a more general discussion of what I'm doing with different sidebar widgets on different pages and other ways this site is growing/can grow as a CMS; eventually move most of this into a sub page About This Site] This has been designated my home page via Settings > Reading > Front page displays radio button in the Dashboard. My biggest current challenge in WordPress right now is setting up the RSS feed in the PHP to syndicate my blog entries and not this main page how to create different sidebar sets for different parent pages and their children removing some of the RSS chiclet language in the header.php (?) file and replacing it with change text size ones.
