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Michael Bradley

Oakland, California
510-482-2862

E-mail: mbradley at techpubs dot com

Summary
Recent Writing Samples
Complete Resume




Summary

Technical writer for 20+ years. Now semi-retired. Available only for short-term projects and coaching.
Documentation for end-user and developer software:
    Financial analysis applications
    Enterprise and client/server applications
    Integrated development environments for multi-tier applications
    Java, Visual Basic and Unix developers' tools
    Databases and database management systems
    Project and personnel management solutions
    Accounting systems
    Digital video editors
    Multimedia presentation application
    3D CAD graphics
    Decision analysis program
    Time billing program
    Word processor
    Unix OS
Documentation for hardware and automated systems:
    Expansion cards
    Unix workstations
    Digital video switcher
    Automated laboratory instruments
    Semiconductor manufacturing equipment
Author, Guide to Work for Hire Contracts, More than You Ever Wanted to Know about Tax Laws and Writers' Tools on the Internet. Published in The Macintosh Bible, Technical Communication, Independent Perspective, User's Guide, Ragged Left, East Bay Log, The Bay Area Writer, American Writer, Semiconductor International, Educational & Industrial Television, Journal of Learning Disabilities.
Member of Society for Technical Communication, National Writers Union, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association for Computing Machinery
B.A. Magna Cum Laude in English, Siena College, Albany, New York
M.A. in Curriculum, Columbia University, New York, New York

Recent Writing Samples

Primavera Online Help
HTML help system for an enterprise application. The application was a resource and project management system for major consulting firms. Several writers worked on the project. Most of my contributions are scattered throughout the help, but the books on work requests and workforce planning are mine alone.
On a subsequent contract, I converted the help from the Word and RoboHelp system in which it was created to the present FrameMaker and WebWorks ePublisher system. I customized the WebWorks help format, adding HTML Back and Forward links and changing some of the Javascript output.
Forest User Manual
PDF file of a user manual for a risk analysis tool for market makers. It was done in a minimal manual style that proved to be very popular with users.
Yen Bond User Manual (Selections)
PDF file of selected chapters from a user manual done in the traditional style. The application was a trade management system for bond traders in a tier 1 financial services firm.

Resume

Complete resume
Lists my clients and projects in four parts: business applications, multimedia applications, developers' tools, and hardware and automated systems.


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