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I'm very good at actually understanding dense technical prose. I'm the kind of person who reads the manual. All of it. Usually, I find mistakes.

I also excel at taking technical language and making it accessible to the lay-person. I've taught technical skills to people and I've learned them from books. I understand from both sides what it takes to effectively communicate technical information.

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  • I have edited a number of documents for clients of Tim Rosa Associates. However, NDA's prevent me from posting samples. Clients I've worked with were multi-national security, technology and health care firms. I edited documents from interactive training materials to white papers.
  • I revised and edited much of the content for a version of Key Laser Institute's website.
  • This biology paper was revised and proofed for a University of California professor. It was accepted by a professional journal.

  • I extensively revised and edited this how-to article from a computer retailer's newsletter.

  • This site documents an NSF-AIRE grant. I edited the prose produced by the principals. (Note: although I was a project leader on this site, I was not the only editor)

  • This how-to article on videography is an extensive revision of notes from its author's teaching materials.

 

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