Dave Lonning, Documentation Wrangler

Full transcript and show notes at <a href='https://theomnishow.omnigroup.com/episode/dave-lonning-documentation-wrangler/'>theomnishow.omnigroup.com</a> <p>Dave Lonning — world-traveler, world-<em>builder</em> — joins the show to talk about writing documentation for Omni apps — and about how the tools and formats have changed over the years.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Dave’s hobbies include role-playing games — running <em>and</em> creating — and painting miniatures. And, most importantly, he’s a cat person who’s learned to love the office canids.</p> <p>You can find Dave <a href="https://twitter.com/zroundbls">@zroundbls</a> on Twitter.</p> <p>Some other people, places, and things mentioned:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Carbon/Conceptual/ProvidingUserAssitAppleHelp/authoring_help/authoring_help_book.html">Apple Help format</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Help_Viewer">Apple Help Viewer</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omnioutliner/">OmniOutliner</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.python.org/">Python</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/webkit/webview">WebView</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB">EPUB</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.apple.com/ibooks/">iBooks</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format">PDF</a></li> <li><a href="http://fletcherpenney.net/multimarkdown/">MultiMarkdown</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omnigraffle">OmniGraffle</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus">OmniFocus</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omniplan/">OmniPlan</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/graphsketcher/GraphSketcher">OmniGraphSketcher</a></li> <li><a href="https://kingcounty.gov/depts/transportation/metro/schedules-maps/040.aspx">The bus to work</a></li> <li><a href="https://support.omnigroup.com/manuals/">Documentation at support.omnigroup.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_128">Apple-II-compatible Laser 128</a></li> <li><a href="https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_performa/specs/mac_performa_405.html">Performa 405</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silo_(store)">Silo</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.macalester.edu/">Macalaster College</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_samurai/">The Last Samurai</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us">All your base are belong to us</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer">PCs</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.livescience.com/39110-japan-2011-earthquake-tsunami-facts.html">2011 Japanese Earthquake</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/fet">William Van Hecke</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.seattle.gov/">Seattle</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interbay,_Seattle">Interbay</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/caffe-appassionato-seattle-8">Caffe Appassionato</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_video_game">Role-playing games (RPGs)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons">Dungeons &amp; Dragons (D&amp;D)</a></li> <li><a href="http://paizo.com/pathfinder/rpg">Pathfinder</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.how-to-paint-miniatures.com">Painting miniatures</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat">Cat</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_constructed_languages">Made-up languages</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocketeer_%28film%29">The Rocketeer</a></li> </ul>