Author of 'diff -u': a monthly 500 word column, originally in a print magazine but now entirely online. Similar to 'Zack's Kernel News' (see below). Approximate monthly readership: 50,000.

Author of 'Zack's Kernel News': a monthly 2,500 word column in a print magazine describing exciting events in Linux kernel software development. Published in English and German. Approximate monthly readership: 50,000.

Ran calls for papers, selected speakers, and created the schedule for all Linux Foundation events. Managed the travel budget.

Documented the Google Maps infrastructure, including APIs, data schema, and chained data modification pipelines. Created unified internal home page for all teams within that scope.

Maintained public documentation of the MongoDB database. Worked with Engineers to write and maintain internal documentation of the code base.

Worked intensively with engineers and other writers to accomplish whatever was needed. Roles were flexible, the main goal was to work together, think creatively, and get the tasks done.Wrote and maintained a variety of internal documents: * User guides. * Code library APIs. * Security policies and training. * Team newsletters.With my team, offered additional services to internal engineering teams: * Training and process management for team-specific documentation repositories. * Writing and information-gathering for large-scale SOX and PCI compliance projects.

Worked with a team of PHP and Postgres developers to extend Sourceforge.Net features.* A PayPal-based donation system.* A subscription system to provide enhanced features to paid subscribers.* An 'advanced search' language parser.

Sole technical writer for the engineering team for approximately a year and a half, until the company (Moxi) was acquired by Digeo.* Documented hundreds of C++ software library APIs for in-house engineers and partnering companies.* Wrote developer manuals.* Created high-level documents describing the company product.* Primary tools: MS Word and Framemaker

Created the 'Kernel Traffic' online weekly newsletter in January 1999, and continued until 2005. It summarized Linux kernel developer discussions. I produced 335 issues, with an approximate weekly readership of 20,000.Also developed and managed a series of 'Kernel Cousin' newsletters, maintained partly by me, and partly by community volunteers.