Past Presentations

Ed presented at the following professional conferences, meetings, and Webinars:

2016 Society for Technical Communication (STC) Technical Summit – May 16, 2016

Generating API Documentation Automatically from the Source Code

APIs and SDKs – Breaking into a Specialty Market – a full day workshop at the Intelligent Design
World Conference – October 2015.

APIs and SDKs – Breaking into a Specialty Market – a full day workshop for the Dallas, TX STC
Community – October 2015.

2012 Society for Technical Communication (STC) Summit – May, 2012 Rosemont, IL USA

  • APIs and SDKs: Breaking into a Specialty Market – part of a Progression
  • Working Successfully as a Consultant – part of a Progression
  • Index Evaluation Workshop

Best Practices for Converting from Tools – Feb. 1, 2012 – A Webinar sponsored by the Society for
Technical Communication (STC) Consulting and Independent Contracting Special Interest Group
(CIC SIG)

APIs and SDKs – Breaking into a Specialty Market – Feb. 2, 2012 – A Webinar sponsored by Adobe
Systems Incorporated.

APIs and SDKs: Breaking into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market – June 4, 2011 San
Francisco, CA USA – A full-day workshop with hands-on exercises using Doxygen and Javadoc
sponsored by Tabby Cat Communications.

Using Low Cost Tools for Productivity and Accuracy – May 17, 2011 Sacramento, CA USA

  • Part of the CIC SIG Progression – 2011 STC Technical Summit.

Index Evaluation Workshop – May 17, 2011 Sacramento, CA USA 2011 STC Technical Summit

APIs and SDKs: Breaking into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market – April 16, 2011 Raleigh, NC
USA

  • A full-day workshop with hands-on exercises using Doxygen and Javadoc sponsored by
    the North Carolina STC chapter.

APIs and SDKs: Breaking into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market – April 2, 2011 Tewksbury, MA
USA

  • A full-day workshop with hands-on exercises using Doxygen and Javadoc sponsored by
    Tabby Cat Communications.

2011 WritersUA Conference – March 16, 2011 Long Beach, CA USA

  • Introduction to API Documentation with Doxygen

The Future of Technical Communication – Sep. 25, 2010 Chelmsford, MA USA
Sponsored by Tabby Cat Communications.

  • Best Practices for Converting from FrameMaker to Flare
  • Thinking Outside the Tech Comm Box – A joint presentation with Neil Perlin

APIs and SDKs: Breaking into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market – Aug. 28, 2010 Portland, OR
USA

  • A full-day workshop with hands-on exercises using Doxygen and Javadoc sponsored by
    Tabby Cat Communications.

PNW/ASI Fall 2010 Meeting – Aug. 27, 2010 Vancouver, WA USA

  • Effective Job Search Techniques for Social Networking

The Future of Technical Communication – June 5, 2010 Chelmsford, MA USA

  • Effective Job Search Techniques for Social Networking

STC/NNE – May 12, 2010 Nashua, NH USA

  • Effective Job Search Techniques for Social Networking

2010 STC Technical Summit – May 2 – 5, 2010 Dallas, TX USA
CIC SIG Progression – Moderated the Progression and presented “Effective Job Search
Techniques for 2010”

The Marketing Conference for Creative Freelancers: Finding and Keeping Work in a Tough
Economy – March 27, 2010 Kenmore, WA USA

  • Effective Job Search Techniques for Social Networking

APIs and SDKs: Breaking into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market – March 26, 2010 Seattle, WA
USA

  • A full-day workshop with hands-on exercises using Doxygen and Javadoc. Cost $195,
    sponsored by Tabby Cat Communications.

2010 WritersUA Conference Peer Showcase – March 24, 2010 Seattle, WA USA

  • Using “Single-authoring” to Develop Documentation for Similar APIs in 3 Different
    Programming Languages

Peer-editing or Proofreading for the Sole Writer – March 9, 2010 Natick, MA USA
A Boston STC Tech Editing SIG meeting

CIC SIG – Effective Job Search Techniques for 2010 – Feb. 10, 2010

STC Live Web Seminar – Useful Shareware for Technical Communicators – Jan. 27, 2010

MadCap Software Free Webinar – APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty
Market – Oct. 7, 2009

2009 STC Technical Summit – May 3 – 6, 2009, Atlanta, GA United States

  • Effective Job Search Techniques for 2009 (as part of the CIC SIG Progression)
  • Useful Shareware for Technical Communicators

DocTrain 2009 West Conference – March 17 – 20, 2009 Palm Springs, CA United States

  • APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market – a 3-hour hands-on
    workshop
  • Effective Shareware Tools for Technical Communicators

Northern New England STC – March 11, 2009 Nashua, NH United States

  • APIs – SDKs: Breaking into a Specialty Market

Boston STC – Jan. 24, 2009, Boston area, MA United States

  • APIs – SDKs: Breaking into a Specialty Market Workshop – a half-day hands-on workshop

DITA/TECHCOMM Conference 2008 – Nov. 3 – 6, 2008, Raleigh, NC United States

  • Using File Management Systems / Source Code Control Systems

DocTrain East Conference – Oct. 29 – Nov. 1, 2008 Burlington, MA United States

  • APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market

55th STC Technical Summit – June 1 – 4, 2008, Philadelphia, PA United States

  • Moderated the Lone Writer SIG Progression
  • Effective Shareware Tools for Technical Communicators – part of the CIC SIG Progression

WritersUA Conference 2008 – March 16 – 19, 2008, Portland, OR United States

  • APIs and SDKs: Breaking Into and Succeeding in a Specialty Market
  • Effective Shareware Tools for Technical Communicators – Peer Showcase Demo