Name: WTD Ottawa Shopify Meetup
Start: 2019-05-28T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2019-05-28T20:00:00-04:00
Location: 14th Floor in Shopify

EVENT DESCRIPTION

This edition of WTD Ottawa features a virtual presentation from Andrew Etter senior technical writer at Amazon Web Services. Andrew Etter is a senior technical writer at Amazon Web Services and the bestselling author of Modern Technical Writing: An Introduction to Software Documentation. He's worked in the software industry for 12 years as a tester, trainer, writer, and manager.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-etter-0a013349/

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01A2QL9SS/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_iIU5CbADN9XV6

Talk synopsis:

Title: Speed Writing for Speed Reading

Summary: In this talk, Andrew tries to optimize how we produce and consume technical documentation. He examines what we know about human behavior, what real-time strategy games can teach us about publishing, and how refrigerators relate to the ultimate reader experience. Metaphors abound!

ROOM CHANGE

This presentation will be held in 14F-Twister. Follow the event signage to the back and take the elevator near the Gloucester St. entrance up to the 14th floor.

EVENT SCHEDULE

6:00 to 6:30: Refreshments and mingle
6:30 to 7:00: Various Shopifolk: our impressions and takeaways from WTD Portland 2019
7:00-7:30: Speed Writing for Speed Reading
7:30 to 8:00: Chatting and goodbyes

FOOD AND DRINK

Refreshments will be served.

ATTENDEE LIMIT

Please note that there is a limit of 50 attendees for this meet up. The first 50 people that RSVP will be guaranteed a spot.

Patrick De Pape

Andrew Johnston

Jerie Shaw

Matthew Buttler

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