Pot-Pourri

Patents

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED DISPLAY OF DOCUMENTATION – US Patent No. 9,299,058 · Issued Mar 11, 2016
A method for allowing users to generate GPO templates and other configuration files automatically from documentation – US Patent No. 8,805,893 was issued 12 Aug 2014.
In process 2022: Cryptographic/blockchain address-based control of PDF consumption for hardware (printers, scanners, etc.)
In process 2022: PDF cryptographic-based security via crypto address, digital wallet
In process 2022: A dynamic method for using PDF forms for programming IOT or any hardware
In process 2022: Cryptographic-blockchain based PDF review framework
In process 2022: PDF form based cryptographic generation (including QR codes)
In process 2022: Cryptographic consensus-based validation of PDF standards compliance

Created for my wife’s business: https://epoxychic.com/
Of course, all the Adobe work (e.g. https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/)

Professional

2014: Selected as a presenter at the Adobe Tech Fair (Only 80 booths out of hundreds of submissions)
2013: Selected as a presenter at the Adobe Tech Fair (Only 80 booths out of hundreds of submissions)
2000 Society for Technical Communicators award for AvantGo online help

Hang gliding

Authoring Tools: FrameMaker 5.5-7.1 (& plugins like IXGEN, ImpGraph), DZBatcher, Docbook, XMLSpy, WebWorks, RoboHelp, JavaDoc (& Doclets), HomeSite, DreamWeaver
Graphics: Visio, Hypersnap, SnagIT, SVG;
Database: Oracle 8/9i, SQL Server, MSDE, TOAD, db publishing (XML to FrameMaker);
Server: Apache Tomcat, WebSphere, WebLogic, JBoss;
OS: Documented installation and operation of enterprise apps on Windows, UNIX, Linux;
Mobile: WAP-CE- Palm emulators, Palm Desktop, ActiveSync;
Source Control: SourceSafe, CVS, Perforce;
Misc: .NET, Cygwin, VNC, SecureCRT, FTP, Perlfect and Atomz search, CRM solutions, etc.;
Search engines (Atomz, Perlfect, Zoom)
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Forthcoming.