Tech Writing

I've done some professional tech writing, and I've written quite a bit informally on the Internet.

I've written GNU/Linux training manuals and training courses for Wave Technologies, TurboLinux, and LinuxGruven.

I wrote the product manual for TurboLinux ClusterServer.

Here are some (hopefully) representative articles I've written on the St. Louis UNIX Users Group (SLUUG) mailing list:

• Contributing to Open Source (without coding) - my original list
• Linux jobs and certification
• Critique of article on Microsoft and XP
• What makes Linux "better" than Unix?
• Defending my decision to have Microsoft talk to UNIX and Linux users
• Long answer to a journalists questions about Linux

I've been on Slashdot a long time – actually I was reading it before it was Slashdot, when it was a site called "Chips and Dip". My ID number is 4157 – it'd be lower, but I didn't see the point of signing up right away.

• List of comments I've made on Slashdot

For some reason that list has nothing prior to 2008, and I'm sure the bulk of my comments were in the 2001 - 2006 time frame. Hopefully some day I'll get a full index of all my comments. In the meantime:

• Google index of (mostly) my comments on Slashdot

Notable comments:

• Proof that I was using Ruby on Rails in 2005
• Fairly accurate prediction in 2005 that SSDs would start replacing HDs around 2013 (read the replies and Matt's article too)
• I suggest the term "Free Source" as a compromise between "Open Source" and "Free Software"