Ask HN: Any open-source project in need of a Technical Writer?
I want to get into the field and think supporting an open-source project in that area is a great way to do that.
A good approach might be to find some projects you're interested in on Github, and contact them to ask if they'd be interested in someone adding to/improving their documentation and project wiki. I suspect you'll find projects interested in this rather quickly. Then, contributing will be as easy as making a pull request. And that way, any potential employers or clients can easily verify that you've actually done the work you claim you've done by looking at your Github commit history.
[1] https://github.com/MISP/ [2] https://github.com/MISP/misp-book
If you're interested in helping out, file an issue and we'll see what you might be able to do.
There is also a special interest group for documentation on the kubernetes slack channel #sig-docs
Would love some help updating the kubernetes/minikube docs :)
The manual can be found here: https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual
After that date we would still be interested in improvements to the online manual, the landing page, and anything else you would want to help out with!
If there are any questions, we are willing to provide all the answers we can on OFTC #freedombox
The freeplane community is craaaving for better documentation that can shed light to the multiple features of the program. The current docs/wiki are outdated/desorganized, and this has multiple times been recognized in the freeplane community as the #1 to priority to make freeplane easy for new users - new users just have a hard time going onboard because there are no good docs explaining the simplest things!
And the program is not hard, it's just missing good documentation! The docs are sometimes called the "missing killer feature" of freeplane. So, If anyone with experience feels like joining in, it will be a joy for everyone :)
Guessing that's on purpose?
Osmocom is an open source project that is searching for technical writers. You can check it out here: https://osmocom.org/
PS. They are offering a free femtocell for contributions.
https://hail.is https://github.com/hail-is/hail
It's tricky because we need someone who can write, has technical knowledge (python, Apache big data stack) and some knowledge of bioinformatics and statistical genetics. There might be an option for some paid work. What's the going rate for technical writing?
That way you get involved with a team of people who should (in theory) already be following good practises, should have a sensible tool chain, and have habits you can learn from. And you'll make good contacts/references/potentially be hired.
(if you're looking to get hired as a potential result, choose a project that has backers with $$$ that hire from the Community :>)
Your contributions would be more than welcome in my Open-Source project, CAMotics. It's a CNC simulation software.
How do you figure that? ;)