Maura van der Linden – Blog

I was just in a meeting at the Evil Day Job where we met with representatives from Author It. Author It is a software suite designed for documentation management and production and I’ve only heard a few rumbles about it before. I’m quite interested by what I heard and saw because it’s based on an object-oriented method of documentation design and reuse which fits in with my programming background. I’m hoping to have a trial version to play with soon so I can report back on what I find out and think.

Just a note that I’ll be a tad distracted as I job hunt. The big layoff at Microsoft included my position.

Will write or manage projects for food!

I’m ready to put my energy and talents to work for ME. With over 13 years of experience working for Microsoft, I really want to use all that knowledge and wisdom to educate and teach users that computers and software aren’t as mysterious as they are made out to be.

For the most part I’ve focused on writing for the industry as a part of my job but kept my passion for user education as a very un-paying hobby. But it’s time for a change!

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