Dave Lonning, Documentation Wrangler

Full transcript and show notes at theomnishow.omnigroup.com

Dave Lonning — world-traveler, world-builder — joins the show to talk about writing documentation for Omni apps — and about how the tools and formats have changed over the years.

He also talks about moving, after college, to Japan — where he taught English and later worked on video game localization. He was there in 2011 when a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit.

Dave’s hobbies include role-playing games — running and creating — and painting miniatures. And, most importantly, he’s a cat person who’s learned to love the office canids.

You can find Dave @zroundbls on Twitter.

Some other people, places, and things mentioned:

• Apple Help format
• Apple Help Viewer
• OmniOutliner
• Python
• WebView
• EPUB
• iBooks
• PDF
• MultiMarkdown
• OmniGraffle
• OmniFocus
• OmniPlan
• OmniGraphSketcher
• The bus to work
• Documentation at support.omnigroup.com
• Apple-II-compatible Laser 128
• Performa 405
• Silo
• Macalaster College
• Japan
• The Last Samurai
• All your base are belong to us
• PCs
• 2011 Japanese Earthquake
• William Van Hecke
• Seattle
• Interbay
• Caffe Appassionato
• Role-playing games (RPGs)
• Dungeons & Dragons (D&D)
• Pathfinder
• Painting miniatures
• Cat
• Made-up languages
• The Rocketeer