Getting Experience through Open Source Documentation

["Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM>]

Gang,
Here's an announcement that might be of interest to many,
particularly the relatively new writers who suffer the
Catch-22 of no experience, thus no portfolio, thus no job to
get experience and build a portfolio.

Deb Richardson (from the camp of once and former
techwhirlers) has started OSWG (Open Source Writers
Group) which, among other things, helps match writers
with projects. If you're looking for a paying gig, this
isn't it, but if you have an axe to grind as a Bill-basher
or Open Source fan, if you need experience,
or if you want to expand your experience into new technical
areas (and/or develop completely NDA-free portfolio
so you actually _have_ something to show),
check it out.

URL: http://www.linuxchix.org/techwriters/index.html
Contact: "Deb Richardson" <deb -at- linuxchix -dot- org>

This could involve writing docs for any Open Source software,
from the Linux or FreeBSD to games to other applications,
and I'm sure the scope could range from end user docs
through programmer/API docs.

Now you know all I know--check the site or contact Deb Richardson
for more information.

Eric
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Eric J. Ray    RayComm, Inc.
http://www.raycomm.com/      ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com

*Award-winning author of several popular computer books
*Syndicated columnist: Rays on Computing
*Technology Department Editor, _Technical Communication_

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