This will be just my third week in Portland since March 24th. After so much travel it’s nice to just be home for a while.
Tag Archives: Portland
WordCamp Portland speaker process redux
Yesterday we put up the call for speakers for this year’s WordCamp Portland. I’m excited to be helping organize the event this year. In part that’s because of what we’re doing differently with speaker applications. In years past we’ve done speaker applications like most WordCamps:… Continue reading →
Portland to London
Sunny day for a flight out of Portland. Headed to London for three weeks.
In 2010 I wrote nearly 11,000 words in WordPress for my senior thesis. While it’s less polished I spent the last two days writing 8,300 words. My fingers are ready for a break. On to 3 weeks of vacation now.
Write the Docs: Adam DuVander — Docs as Marketing: Make Your API Irresistible
I’m at Write the Docs today in Portland and will be posting notes from sessions throughout the day. These are all posted right after a talk finishes so they’re rough around the edges. There are close to 9,000 APIs in the ProgrammableWeb directory. Just a while ago this… Continue reading →
Write the Docs: Ann Goliak — Helping the help pages
I’m at Write the Docs today in Portland and will be posting notes from sessions throughout the day. These are all posted right after a talk finishes so they’re rough around the edges. Ann works at 37signals on their support team. She talked about the launch of their… Continue reading →
Write the Docs: Ashleigh Rentz — The technical challenges of serving docs at Google’s scale
I’m at Write the Docs today in Portland and will be posting notes from sessions throughout the day. These are all posted right after a talk finishes so they’re rough around the edges. Ashleigh started at Google in 2004 as a data center hardware technician. In 2010 she… Continue reading →
Write the Docs: James Socol — UX and IA at Mozilla Support, and Helping 7.2 Million More People
I’m at Write the Docs today in Portland and will be posting notes from sessions throughout the day. These are all posted right after a talk finishes so they’re rough around the edges. James started things off after lunch. He works on support.mozilla.org and the Mozilla Developer Network.… Continue reading →
Write the Docs: Heidi Waterhouse — Search-first documentation: tags and keywords for frustrated users
I’m at Write the Docs today in Portland and will be posting notes from sessions throughout the day. These are all posted right after a talk finishes so they’re rough around the edges. Heidi wrapped up talks just before lunch. She talked about search-first documentation and how search-first… Continue reading →
Write the Docs: Jennifer Hartnett-Henderson — Sketchnotes: Communicate Complex Ideas Quickly
I’m at Write the Docs today in Portland and will be posting notes from sessions throughout the day. These are all posted right after a talk finishes so they’re rough around the edges. Sketchnotes are a great way to communicate complex ideas very quickly. Mike Rohde defines sketchnotes… Continue reading →