Re: Writing samples and portfolios

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

I think this unlikely in most open source developments,
where the developers often only "explain things" to each
other through the message boards.  A tech writer would
need to self-familiarize with the project the same way its
developers and users do - by downloading the various
builds, installing them, using them and scanning the
message boards for discoveries made by everyone else
on the project.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message -----
From: "voxwoman" <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com>
> I wish more tech writers would document open source software, because the
> documentation that is there reads like it was written by developers. Do
you
> have experience with the open source community - are the developers
willing
> to spend time explaining things to the writers so the writer can write
about
> it?

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