Calling all #new #editors! Here's a wonderful resource: This PDF of slides from experienced #TechnicalEditor Linda Oestreich is all about what we do to help improve documents & how to #query #authors respectfully to get answers: https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/stcsummit2017/e7/Summit17_HardDayEditing_Wkshop_Final.pdf

Next in our #EverythingOpen Speaker Spotlight, we have Felicity Brand @flicstar, who is a #TechnicalWriter and #TechnicalEditor from #Typo3 and @thegooddocs

She's going to chat with us about #documentation as a signal of #OpenSource project health! #WriteTheDocs

https://2023.everythingopen.au/schedule/presentation/30/

Everything Open 2023 | Presentation: Boost your project's trust signals with great docs!

Everything Open 2023 - March 14-16 2023, Melbourne, Australia

An Introduction:
I’m a #TechnicalEditor living in Texas who enjoys reading #nonfiction and #sewing, particularly #quilting (#ModernQuilting) and nongarment items at the moment. I have a #RagdollCat named BC (for Brown Cat). I’m a U.S. Army veteran who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. My pronouns are she/her.
As a #TechnicalEditor at a #Mining consulting firm, one of the things I thank myself for regularly is building a #Macro that replaces every instance of [number][unit] (with no space between the two, like “5km”) with [number][non-breaking space][unit]. I give it a list of units and off it goes. #MSWord
G'day. This is my #introduction.
I am a #TechnicalWriter but these days I am predominantly a #TechnicalEditor. I mostly work in #opensource. I like #knitting, #crochet and any kind of yarn craft and textile art.

Here’s my #introduction: I’m a #macro making #technicaleditor who has returned to my old #geology #geochemistry and #numericalmodeling ways mostly by happy accident. I #teach intro physical geology online at #UBCO using my #opentextbook full of #h5p activities.

I make #jewelry by #wirewrapping, #upcycle clothing, #crochet, #quilt, build with #fieldstone, and am newly obsessed with #woodcarving, but I should really replace the spark plug wires on my 1951 Ford truck.

I’m owned by two #dogs.

Any #TechnicalWriter and/or #TechnicalEditor colleagues on here? Let's connect!

I'm new to Mastodon, so an #introduction is appropriate!

Hello! I'm Susanne, a #knitting and #crochet designer, as well as a #technicaleditor. I really like designing and knitting shawls, but am also branching out in garments. Things I also like and may post about, are #handspinning, #weaving, and other kinds of #yarn things, as well as #baking, #reading, and #cats.

It's wonderful to meet you! 😃

#lavischdesigns