User:Anna.sobiepanek/FSOSS 09

Introduction

October 24, 2009 - October 30, 2009 was Toronto Open Source Week, a celebration of Open Source Technology. As part of the celebration, Seneca College hosted the annual Free Software and Open Source Symposium. FSOSS allows members of the Open Source community to come together and share their ideas. More importantly, it allows newcomers to get involved.

Check out the workshops.

Check out the list of presentations.

Fame, Fortune, and Technical Writing by:Dru Lavigne

Dru Lavigne talked about making technical writing a career. She pointed out that this is a great time to become a technical writer, as there is 0 barriers to entry. Nowadays you can publish yourself on the web easily, and most often for free. After all, there is always room for more documentation. Dru stated that if you are good, you will get noticed, and you will get paid. But in order to get notices, you have to write and do so daily. When people search for you using a search engine, they should be able to find good examples of your work as well as your followers. Also, you should get involved and collaborate with the community. This includes editors, proof readers, and editors.

Dru Lavigne broke down her talk into