Technical and UX Writing ✍️

🚩 Based in Providence, Rhode Island 🚩

Technical Writing 💻

"An API is only as useful as its documentation" — Me¹

I started technical writing at the beginning of my career with a firm belief that everyone can code. Through teaching, API documentation, product documentation, and general research and technical research, I have experience with a wide myriad of practices.

A small selection of writing:

An article written for CSS Tricks Comparing the Different Types of Native JavaScript Popups
Technical and marketing materials for Sarah Lawrence College's I.T. department (MYSLC)

UX Writing 📱

"Because 'Get in Touch,' 'Contact Us,' and 'Email Us ASAP' don't all mean the same thing" — Me²

My path to UX Writing

graph LR;
    A(Front-end Developer) --> B(UI-UX Designer);
    B --> C(UX Writer);

❇️ I specialize in small interactions that don't just bring clarity, but delight the user. ❇️

A small selection of UX design/writing:

An award-winning agricultural tech app and web app while working on FarmvisionAI at (now defunct) Illumitex

Software 🛠️

Adobe Creative Suite	Sketch	Figma
Microsoft/Google Office Suite	Markdown	Zoom

Programming Background ⚙️

Documentation (or the lack thereof 🙃) is what led me to technical writing.

// Written in Swift

///This method returns an array of programming languages that I have used at some point in my life
///- Warning: No localization data. Always returns in English.
///- Author: Elliot K. Goldman
///- Parameter void:
///- Returns: A tuple with two values
///    - `numOfYears`: The number of years I've been programming
///    - `languages`: The different languages I've used throughout the years
///- Todo: Learn what's next
///- Note:
/// # Example #
/// ```
/// print(experience.languages.dropLast().joined(separator: ", ")) // C, C++, Java, Javascript, Lua, Objective-C, Python, Swift
///print(experience.numOfYears) //12
/// ```
func programmingExperience() -> (numOfYears: Int, languages: [String]){
    
    let iHaveUsed = [
        "C", //It's been a while
        "C++",
        "Java",
        "Javascript",
        "Lua",
        "Objective-C", //Who still uses Objective-C!?
        "Python",
        "Swift"
    ]
    let numYears = 12 //Number of years programming
    return (numYears, iHaveUsed)
}
let experience = programmingExperience()
print("Elliot has \(experience.numOfYears) years programming experience using at various times: \(experience.languages.dropLast().joined(separator: ", ")), and \(experience.languages.last!) all at various times.")

Elliot has 12 years programming experience using at various times: C, C++, Java, Javascript, Lua, Objective-C, Python, and Swift.

Teaching 🍎

I've taught tech and various other things

What Else? 🌻

I also work on ✨Copywriting & Creative Strategy✨ as well as ◻️Illustration & Design◼️

While not writing I'm usually: 🌲🏃🧗🍵🧋🎨🥁🎹🎵🪡🧶🌲

Contact 📧

📫 Get in touch!
💼 LinkedIn
🐦 @HiElliotKeeler

Elliot K. Goldman on March 18th, 2022 ↩
Elliot K. Goldman on March 18th, 2022 ↩
Sometimes I go by Elliot Keeler. Keeler is my middle name and my Great-Grandmother's maiden name. ↩

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