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| bio | website | jerrykindall.com |
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| location | Seattle, WA | |
| age | 44 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 5 months |
| seen | Apr 14 at 19:14 | |
| stats | profile views | 33 |
I'm a technical writer at Tecplot, Inc., makers of fine data visualization software for aerospace/CFD, oil and gas exploration, and general scientific/engineering uses. Python is my Swiss Army Knife of choice. I use it to help build and validate our documentation and help, among other things. I also have some proficiency with HTML, XML, AppleScript, C#, C, and if anyone ever has a question about 6502 assembly language, I'm your man. :-)
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Feb 19 |
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What are some ingredients of really engaging non-fiction? added 5 characters in body |
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Jan 16 |
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Should you use two spaces after a period, or just a single one? You whippersnappers and your fancy "fonts"! |
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Dec 2 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Nov 26 |
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What does active voice mean? The question I was answering was whether laid or lying was correct. Oh, sorry, I see that you were using "laid" not "were laid" -- I read your previous comment too quickly. You're correct, and I deleted my previous comment. |
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Sep 25 |
answered | Is it okay to call the reader's target audience stupid? |
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May 21 |
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Fixing fundamental flaws of structure and composition under deadline added 168 characters in body |
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May 21 |
answered | Fixing fundamental flaws of structure and composition under deadline |
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Feb 19 |
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How to handle taxes for a self-published book You can avoid the underpayment penalty by making sure you pay in at least as much as you owed the previous year. But you might still owe a big lump at tax time. |
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Feb 19 |
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How to handle taxes for a self-published book You will also need to pay the employer's half of Social Security in addition to your half as an employee of yourself. The employer's half is deductible as a business expense, however. |
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Feb 13 |
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What exercises will help me write my co-author's character? a werechat room? |
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Feb 12 |
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2nd Draft- Fix spelling/grammar or plot first? Typo: short for "typographical error," an error made while typing. You knew what word you wanted, and how to spell it, but the message didn't make it from your brain to your fingers. If you would choose the same word or give the same spelling e.g. when asked to respond aloud or when writing with a pencil: not a typo, just plain old misspelling or word confusion. |
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Feb 1 |
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Is it worth switching to Dvorak? This matches very well with my experience. I switched nearly 20 years ago, when I had just started freelancing and realized how badly my wrists were hurting after a marathon writing session. I will add that what really tripped me up was the fact that A and M are in the same place in both layouts. I'd be typing Dvorak, then type an M and mentally switch back to QWERTY... that lasted a couple of weeks. |
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Jan 31 |
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Best text procesor— keyboard focussed UI In that case use OpenOffice with the features turned off and Word with them turned on, or Word in two separate user accounts, or a separate copy of Word on a virtual machine, or... |
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Jan 30 |
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Will science fiction as a genre ever go the way of the western? You can even set science fiction in the past of the world. It's literally anytime and anywhere. |
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Jan 29 |
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Best text procesor— keyboard focussed UI If you don't like the automatic things Word et. al. do for you, why not turn those features off? |
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Jan 20 |
answered | How to start a book off? |
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Jan 18 |
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Questions on two sentences on a cover letter added 26 characters in body |
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Jan 18 |
answered | Questions on two sentences on a cover letter |
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Dec 5 |
answered | How do I keep up with current written English language? |
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Dec 2 |
awarded | Yearling |
