kindall

1,215 reputation

bio	website	jerrykindall.com
	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. :-)

	1,215 reputation	bio	website	jerrykindall.com	visits	member for	2 years, 5 months
38 badges		location	Seattle, WA		seen	Apr 14 at 19:14

summary answers questions tags badges favorites bounties reputation activity

77 Actions

suggestions reviews revisions comments badges posts accepts all

Jun 24	revised	No English degree, what are my chances on successfully publishing a novel? added 263 characters in body
Jun 24	revised	No English degree, what are my chances on successfully publishing a novel? added 11 characters in body; added 122 characters in body; deleted 2 characters in body
Jun 24	answered	No English degree, what are my chances on successfully publishing a novel?
Jun 23	comment	Which goes first: summary, background or justification? A lot of times I've put pure background first in software manuals, as knowing what problem the product's intended to solve, and how it addresses it, can be very useful to some readers. Those readers to whom it's not important know how to get to the next chapter.
Jun 23	comment	I'm getting tired of “he said” “she said” in dialogue; how do I get around it? I imagine Edward put his example together in a few minutes, and really doubt he intended for it to be classic literature for the ages! I agree this can be a useful technique. I find using dialog tags useful to help readers keep track of who's saying what, but that doesn't mean every utterance needs to be tagged.
Jun 23	awarded	Nice Answer
Jun 22	awarded	Commentator
Jun 22	comment	I'm getting tired of “he said” “she said” in dialogue; how do I get around it? Yeah. Kind of like the crossword clue: "Four-letter word meaning 'intercourse', ends in K... oh, TALK!"
Jun 22	answered	I'm getting tired of “he said” “she said” in dialogue; how do I get around it?
Jun 21	comment	Is it worth spending money on a subsidy publisher? Yes, my point was exactly that: if this is the level of support you get from a big commercial publisher, you're going to get even less from a subsidy publisher. Since you should be prepared to do it all yourself, why not just hire a commercial printer at a much lower cost?
Jun 21	revised	Is it worth spending money on a subsidy publisher? added 4 characters in body
Jun 20	answered	Should I indent the first line of the first paragraph in a chapter?
Jun 20	answered	What are the first things I should do with an idea?
Jun 20	answered	Is it worth spending money on a subsidy publisher?
Jun 20	answered	What are some ingredients of really engaging non-fiction?
Jun 3	answered	Should Game Genre Types Be Capitalised?
Jun 3	answered	What's the modern way to handle gender in tech writing?
May 26	answered	Do books have to be written in sequence?
May 2	comment	How can one make technical issues more accessible to a non-technical audience? Be careful, though. Just as everyone thinks they can write, so everyone thinks they can design clear diagrams and illustrations. Most people are wrong. Presumably you are a writer because your verbal skills are strong. Team up with someone with equally strong visual skills.
May 2	comment	An alternative to saying 'users' when describing features I often use "user account" for that. And since there are different kinds of user accounts (sigh) you might need an "system account" or a "database account."