Michael McCallister

Current

Document Architect at PKWARE
President, Wisconsin Chapter at Society for Technical Communication
Technical Communications Consultant and Book Author at ProTek Writing Services

Past

Information Management & Delivery Consultant at Compuware Corp.
Contract Technical Writer at ProTek Writing Services
Senior Documentation Specialist at Kroll Ontrack Inc.

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Education

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Industry

Writing and Editing

Michael McCallister’s Summary

Mike McCallister is devoted to the idea that technology need not be feared, and can be mastered by anyone. After all, he grew up in the days when computers filled entire rooms, and spent 13 years as a civil service clerk doing nothing more technical than recording WordPerfect macros.

Technical communicator with experience in software documentation, online help and book publishing. Freelance technology writer with many credits.

He writes for, and on behalf of, users from the freshest newbie to the experienced professional.

He is devoted to making computing easier for the full spectrum of user levels and experience. As a technical communication consultant, freelance computer magazine writer, and book author, he understands that ordinary people can and should make the most of their tools.

Besides Linux and open source software, interests include tools for communicating via the Web (blogs, social networks, wikis, and the like) and bridging the digital divide.

Michael McCallister’s Specialties:

Book Authoring: "openSUSE Linux Unleashed"
Linux desktop applications
Adobe FrameMaker, Acrobat
OpenOffice
Microsoft Office
RoboHelp
Arbortext XML Editor
Windows utilities: Zip archives, file management, registry tools