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FOSS DOCS 101 Mikey Ariel Senior technical writer, Red Hat EuroPython, July 2015

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL who am I?

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL why am I here?

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL documentation matters! (to me, to you, and you, and you...)

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL times are a' changing... Documentation is a key component of successful software Documentation is an afterthought of software delivery

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL how documentation helps Unified and intuitive user experience Portable and adoptable workflow Scalable and adaptable project

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL join the docs club Content Strategy DevOps for Docs Community Engagement

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL asking the right questions (even if the answer is as simple as 42)

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL WHO are my readers?

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL WHAT do my readers want to know?

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL WHEN do my readers need this content?

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL WHERE do my readers consume this content?

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL WHY do my readers even need this content?

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL GNOME help

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL GNOME help

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL GNOME help

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL GNOME help

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL GNOME help

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL archlinux wiki

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL archlinux wiki

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL RHEL OpenStack

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL RHEL OpenStack ???

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL DevOps for Docs (not just for developers anymore!)

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL DevOps for Docs continuous integration automation content curation iterative authoring unified toolchain

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL docs or it didn't happen (even when nobody got time for that)

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL contribution guidelines

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL NixOS

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL templates

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL Read the Docs

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL collaboration and training

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL sprints and hackfests

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL conferences and communities

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EuroPython 2015 | MIKEY ARIEL welcome to the club!

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THANK YOU! [email protected] @thatdocslady