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Technical Writing | WTR 37

chris — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:45:13 +0000

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ANGELA: This is Women’s Tech Radio.
PAIGE: A show on the Jupiter Broadcasting Network, interviewing interesting women in technology. Exploring their roles and how they’re successful in technology careers. I’m Paige.
ANGELA: And I’m Angela.
PAIGE: So Angela, today we’re joined by Jami. She’s a technical writer with a company in Boston. She does a lot of interesting work trying to translate developers and in her position for developers. So we talk a little bit about that and we get into what it means to be a technical write and kind of dig into that whole career path.
ANGELA: And before we get into this interview, I would just like to say that you can support the network and the ongoingness of this show, Women’s Tech Radio, by going to pateron.com/today. And that is where you will find that we put out a podcast specifically to thank the patrons that are supporting the network. It’s Tech Talk Today. It’s a quick show that we do four days a week of the top headlines. And it’s just a thank you. It’s something that we’re able to launch because we are getting funding that way. So, again, you can support Women’s Tech Radio through patreon.com/jupitersignal.
PAIGE: And to get started, we asked Jami what she’s doing in technology today.
JAMI: I’m currently a tech writer. I work for Agency Port Software in Boston. We are a technology company that offers web-based software and tools to P&C insurance companies, and I’m pretty much responsible for creating and maintaining all of their product documentation and as well as the developer documentation site where all that documentation lives. So mostly my responsibilities are related to actual documentation. So I document any updates to the products and the release notes whenever releases go out. And then the other half is I’m actually dealing with the technical aspects of the site. So we make sure everything is up and running, everything is displaying properly, the styles look good, the features looks good. I”m working mostly in a tool called MadCap Flare. It’s an authoring tool. But I also work heavily in CSS and a little bit of Javascript and now learning a little bit more about Bootstrap.
PAIGE: So are you working in MadCap Flare? Is that like your internal program and then you’re also starting to author some of the stuff for the web and that’s why you’re diving into CSS and HTML and stuff?
JAMI: Yeah. So, MadCap Flare, it’s an external software component that you can use to actually build documentation sites. So you kind of organize everything and it builds HTML files that then compile out that you can build an actual site with. But we wanted something a little bit more modern and that we can customize a lot more than what’s built into the product. So that’s why we kind of bring in the CSS and the Javascript and the Bootstrap so that we can make it a little bit more modern and trendy to kind of meet our company’s branding.
PAIGE: So is this something — technical writing is actually — we haven’t had a technical writer on the show yet.
ANGELA: Uh-uh.
PAIGE: So this is kind of fun. What does it mean to do technical writing? I think you kind of grazed over it, but what do you do as a technical writer, like in the nitty gritty?
JAMI: Well, in my position now you’re working with the developers. You’re working with the engineers to find out exactly what is done on a project as related to a product. So whenever they make changes, we have to make sure that we’re relaying that information to whoever the audience is. So in my current case, our audience is actual developers who are customizing our software for clients. So they need to learn how to customize everything. So those updates go in for the content and we also relay the updates as for release notes. So we’re constantly keeping communication to our clients to what we’re being, what’s being done into the product.
PAIGE: So you’re kind of translating developers, and in your position, for developers?
JAMI: Yes. In prior positions where I’ve worked as a tech writer it was kind of the opposite. Where I was interpreting developers notes and trying to decipher it into a language that any man could understand, like they have no technical background but they need to understand. But in my current case it’s, I’m actually relaying developer information for another developer, if that makes sense.
ANGELA: Yeah.
PAIGE: Totally. So are you super technical? Are you a developer yourself? How does that work for you to kind of translate like that?
JAMI: I’m not really a developer per say. I mean, I’m starting to learn a lot more, especially in the past year or so. But I’m more of the content side of it. So I can understand it, but if you give me something to code completely in Javascript, i don’t know how to do that just yet, but I could at least read it and understand what’s going on.
PAIGE: Well, that’s actually a lot farther than some developers I know. So you’re doing really well.
JAMI: Thanks.
PAIGE: Is that something you went to school for? To be — either to understand Javascript or to be a technical writer?
JAMI: Actually, no. I actually don’t have really any formal training as far as even technical writing. My degree was actually in creative writing and journalism and I started working for a small IT company right out of college kind of helping with their help desk and I just gradually made my way up. And now today, I — since working with developers and having to actually look at code, it’s kind of forced me to learn, but also — I’m mean it’s not like a forcing, but — so it’s interesting to finally learn how to do some of this stuff. And then actually to learn more. I’ve been taking classes on Code School and Codecademy and trying to actually dig into code and try to figure it out so that I can understand what they’re talking about.
PAIGE: Very cool. So you’re self-teaching yourself so you can have more understanding at work?
JAMI: Right. Exactly.
PAIGE: And do cool things. Very cool.
JAMI: Right.
PAIGE: That’s actually how I got started.
JAMI: Very nice.
PAIGE: I always like to ask this sort of question, but how does it flip around? Do you feel like you have this creative writing and journalism background and you’re trying to learn code. Do you feel like any of the developers are actually trying to learn how to write more like humans?
JAMI: In some cases, yes. Yes.
PAIGE: Awesome.
JAMI: Or maybe we wish that they did, I guess.
PAIGE: Maybe somebody should write a Codecademy for technical writing so that we could learn how to write better documentation.
JAMI: That would be nice.
PAIGE: Yeah. I think they’re based out of Boston or New York. I think they’re in New York.
JAMI: I’m not sure. Yeah.
PAIGE: They’re very close. How did you get where you are? It sounds like you started out of college and you had the college degree. Have you always had an interest in tech or was it just kind of that random happenstance?
JAMI: Well, I mean, I’ve always been into computers and tech, and I’m really tech savvy. So just kind of, I kind of fit in right away in the department and I just — I love it. I mean, I’m always learning something new. It’s always evolving. So, I just — I’ve kind of found that happy medium where I’m writing, but I’m also getting the chance to actually work in tech.
PAIGE: I think it’s interesting how the tech — like if we look at it from a broad perspective. It really is a very deep field. It takes a lot of disciplines. You know, we’ve had so many different people on the show; artist, developers, designers, and writers now and there’s really — there’s room for all of us in this field to do good things.
JAMI: Right.
PAIGE: So why tech? You said you’re tech savvy. What does that mean to you and is it — what kind of stokes your fire in the tech end of things?
JAMI: Well, I think it’s kind of — because I have this personality where I like to kind of be a detective and try to figure things out. So I think in tech I kind of get that opportunity. Where it’s like, oh I don’t know why this page isn’t showing up right. Let me see why. Let me try to fix this. Okay, that’s not working. Let me try this. And just trying to find the answer. If it’s either online or talking to people. And it’s like you kind of get the opportunity to see what you did right away.
PAIGE: Yeah. We actually had an interview, a couple of weeks ago by now, where we talked to somebody about failing. And I think that willingness to explore and to fail forward, like oh does this worK? And to break it and then fix it is — that’s that mindset for me. It’s super important.
JAMI: Absolutely. Yeah, and it helps you learn because I mean for me I’m more of a hands on person, so actually digging in and trying to do things is how I’m going to figure out how to do it.
ANGELA: Is there anything tech related that you do outside of work, like hobby wise? Like blogging or?
JAMI: I did for a while. I was — I did blog for a while. I did some side freelance work for Bot.com for a while, for like two years. So I had to maintain their — maintain my — I had my own personal site and I had to do all that stuff. I was into photography for a while. So I was editing photos a lot. Right now I just really — I honestly haven’t had a whole lot of spare time to do a lot of outside tech related stuff, but I mean I’ve been using a computer for the past probably 20 years or so.
ANGELA: Yeah.
J; So it’s like attached to me. It’s just a part of our lives now. Tech is always around me.
PAIGE: Yeah, totally. You can’t get away from it anymore.
JAMI: No. It’s like a — it’s literally attached to you hip.
PAIGE: I guess you could move to Amish country in Pennsylvania.
JAMI: Yeah.
PAIGE: That’s about it.
ANGELA: I heard there’s a really good buffet.
PAIGE: Really?
ANGELA: Yeah, really.
PAIGE: I don’t know. I mean, are they offended-
ANGELA: My mom went to it and so did one of my friends.
PAIGE: I’ve had some of the best pancakes ever in Amish country, so maybe it’s relevant. I don’t know. Very fun. So you’re in the Boston community. How is the — kind of the tech community out there?
JAMI: It’s really booming right now, it seems. I mean, I’ve been here a little over a year, but especially in the area we’re in, we’re kind of near South Boston and just companies are moving in, startups and just everything. It’s very tech heavy right now.
PAIGE: I’m from the Boston area, I will admit.
JAMI: Uh-huh.
PAIGE: What is kind of your favorite thing about — I know you just moved up there. What’s kind of your favorite Boston thing so far?
JAMI: I’d say just being in the city to me is just exhilarating. Because I’m kind of from — I grew up in a small Florida town and kind of moved around Florida a lot where we didn’t really have that metropolitan feel. And of course the weather here. And summer/spring is very nice. Winter is a little bit challenging. But I love public transportation so getting on the train everyday to me is exciting.
PAIGE: Boston public transit, I had no idea how spoiled i was until I moved away from Boston, but it’s pretty much, once you get out of the Boston, New York, DC corridor, once you get out of there the rest of the country does not have the kind of public transport that the northeast has, and I had no idea.
JAMI: No. Yeah.
PAIGE: But I’m surprised you say summer. Well, I guess you’re from Florida. Honestly the worst part of New England weather to me is the hot, sticky summers, but Florida definitely takes the cake on that one.
ANGELA: Yeah.
JAMI: Right. Right. Yeah, it’s not that — I mean it’s been high 80s but it’s not that bad.
PAIGE: We also ask a couple of things that people do. So what else do you do with your free time?
JAMI: Well, I have a little dog named Penny so I like to spend time a lot with her. I like to research old train stations, which is kind of silly, but it’s kind of like a new thing since I’ve moved up here to New England. There’s a lot of — obviously a lot of history, a lot of hold history. But a lot of old train stations that have either been renovated into other things or they’re just kind of missing and you just kind of see pieces of them and you want to know why. Like why, what happened? And things like that.
PAIGE: That’s really fascinating. You should blog about that.
JAMI: It’s such a random thing. I don’t know why I’m so obsessed with it.
ANGELA: Yeah, no, seriously. Yeah, if you started a blog I bet you could get-
PAIGE: I would follow that.
ANGELA: Click revenue, because trains and stuff like that is really a popular thing.
JAMI: Probably.
PAIGE: Even if you’re in a for a casual ride, the Rail to Trail project that has happened through most of New England is fascinating.
JAMI: Yes.
PAIGE: And you get to go by a lot of those old train stations and things.
JAMI: Yes, we have one that actually runs right by our house. We haven’t been since fall, but we take the dog and it’s very interesting. Some of the old signals are even still there. And the old crossover bridges. It’s very cool.
PAIGE: New England is a really fascinating place for history. Definitely. Highly recommend. So you’re teaching yourself right now. What are some of the things that are hardest for you, even just learning like — is it jus getting your head around the logic of it? Like understanding terms? Like what is a variable? What is a function? Like what’s your sticking points and how are you getting over them or how are you not?
JAMI: I think it’s more the logic, because I’m kind of still in the midst of doing some of the online courses for Javascript. And it’s just — I don’t know if it’s the math portion or it’s just kind of all of it at once, like the, you know, if L statements and things like that. Sometimes it kind of throws me around. It’s just trying to figure it out. They give you a sample. Okay. Here’s some code, now try to fix it. Or you’ve got to write this yourself. here’s your variables and write it. So it’s just digging in and trying to figure it out is the best way how I get through it.
PAIGE: I like that. I also usually encourage people who are new to programming to write it out in plain English first.
JAMI: Uh-huh.
PAIGE: And then try to make it into code.
JAMI: Right.
PAIGE: Because if you write the logic in a way that you understand it and then translate, it can kind of help that step. Are you just doing stuff online? Are you going to meetups or anything?
JAMI: I haven’t gone to any meetups yet. I know there are a lot in the Boston area. I know there are couple of, especially for women they’re actually creating — there’s a lot of groups that are actually for women that want to code and you could actually get involved in these groups and they do meetups. And basically at any level you could just want to learn and you could get into the groups and start working with them and learn more. And that’s something I’d love to do. I just haven’t had the chance right now, unfortunately.
PAIGE: I definitely encourage you to check that out. I’m actually the director for Women Who Code Portland and I know that we have a Boston chapter.
JAMI: NIce.
PAIGE: And I think Girl Develop It is out there if you want something more workshoppy.
JAMI: Right.
PAIGE: I highly recommend both of those.
ANGELA: Do you have, at your job, are you the only technical writer or is there somebody else that you — that also does that?
JAMI: No, I am the sole technical writer. I was actually hired on last year to help their documentation section. They were using and old Drupal platform and they wanted something more robust and more modern that could actually kind of help users navigate it through better. So that’s kind of where I came along. I’ve had a little over six years’ experience as a tech writer so I kind of brought my expertise in and helped them find the MadCap Flare tool to build their documentation set. So I’m the sole person on that — in that full team right now.
ANGELA: Job security.
JAMI: Yes.
ANGELA: Have you ever met another technical writer? Like with either a partnering company or a client that has a technical writer?
JAMI: Yes.
ANGELA: Yeah? Is that-
JAMI: Yes.
ANGELA: Are you guys able to like share hidden jokes and — I don’t know.
JAMI: Sometimes. Yeah, so my last job before this one I was actually on a technical writing team. We had — I think at one time we had about five writers and a supervisor that we’d all been — you know, we were all tech writers. So we all knew the jokes, whether it be about a specific programmer or just the logic of things. Of, oh like, oh your authoring tool is doing something weird again. Oh no. You know, things like that. It’s mostly just weird little quirks.
ANGELA: Uh-huh.
PAIGE: Did you ever put easter eggs inside technical documentation like we do with programs?
JAMI: Uh, no I haven’t.
PAIGE: You should consider it.
ANGELA: Yeah. You work on that. We’ll check back with you in six months.
JAMI: Okay. Yeah.
ANGELA: No, just kidding.
PAIGE: So, if someone was listening to the show and is a writer currently, they’re freelance or whatever they’re doing, or maybe they’re finishing a degree or something and they wanted to get into technical writing, what kind of advice would you give them?
JAMI: I would just say to get out there and read as much as you can about it. I mean, from my perspective, I didn’t have an actual formal tech writing training. I didn’t go to school for it. So you kind of have to be tech savvy in some sense, and you have to be willing to learn. You have to be open minded that things are going to change and that you have to kind of be up and current and to — you know, whether it be the current authoring tools platforms that are available or the other kinds of ways that you can make your documentation better. And it’s just to get out there and try to create something. Take online courses or tutorials and just do what you can. Because this is just how you can learn.
PAIGE: Do you have any courses you might recommend for technical writing?
ANGELA: Maybe not yet. I think you’re probably in the early stages of figuring out what it is that would have been helpful?
JAMI: Yeah. And I mean, back when I was starting to learn six years ago there wasn’t — I don’t think there was a whole lot free online, you know, tutorials like there are now. But there are books out there that you could look in technical writing. I believe there’s a site called technicalwriting.com, if that’s still available. I”m not sure. BUt I think that’s a community so you can share ideas and things like that.
PAIGE: We’ve had some people give the advice before of people who are even just looking to get into development to — if they wanted to kind of dip their toes in open source that actually doing documentation work for open source projects is valuable. Do you think that would be valuable for a technical writer as well?
JAMI: Yes, definitely. If you really want to just get your experience, get your foot in the door, and if you’re willing to either volunteer your time or something like that, it definitely — definitely find — or a startup. Or something like that, that really could use some documentation help. ANd if you’re open to learning along the way with them.
PAIGE: So just like development, just get your feet in and do the work and it will pay off.
JAMI: Correct.
ANGELA: Thank you for listening to this episode of Women’s Tech Radio. Don’t forget you can find the full transcription either in the YouTube description or on JupiterBroadcasting.com. Find the Women’s Tech Radio dropdown and you can also listen to our back catalogs. We have a lot of amazing shows on there.
PAIGE: So many great women have been on this show. You can also find us on iTunes. If you have a moment, leave us a review. We’d love to hear what you think. You can also contact us by dropping us a line at WTR@JupiterBroadcasting.com or followng us on Twitter, @heywtr. Thanks so much for listening.

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The Sociopath Code | CR 149

chris — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:31:18 +0000

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We discuss the top stories submitted by the audience this week. From the ultimate bridge burn to Stack Overflow’s developer survey & being ok with a little sociopathy.

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Heather Griswold | WTR 12

chris — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 05:35:51 +0000

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Heather discusses her background in technology starting with her mom making their first family computer!

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Sabayon Revisited | LAS s31e07

chris — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 13:54:34 +0000

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We revisit Sabayon Linux, a Gentoo based rolling distribution. Find out the how this distribution has leapfrogged the competition, and where we feel it could use some extra work.

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Sabayon Linux or Sabayon (formerly RR4 Linux and RR64 Linux), is a Gentoo-based Linux distribution. Sabayon follows the “out of the box” philosophy, aiming to give the user a wide number of applications ready to use and a self-configured operating system.

Sabayon Linux features a rolling release cycle, its own software repository and a package management system called Entropy. Sabayon is available in both x86 and AMD64 distributions and there is support for ARMv7 in development for the BeagleBone.

The installer feels a bit dated.

Uses systemd not OpenRC
Does not assume a tone of big and corporate. Dialogs are clear, and honest. Even a little fun.
Install and Download Process feels dates, download is not user friendly.

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Ubuntu One falls from the clouds

But as of June 1st, 2014, syncing will stop. On July 31st, 2014, all data will be wiped. Ubuntu One will be no more.

Ubuntu One storage and music service shut down by Canonical

“As of today, it will no longer be possible to purchase storage or music from the Ubuntu One store,” Canonical CEO Jane Silber wrote. “The Ubuntu One file services will not be included in the upcoming Ubuntu 14.04 LTS release, and the Ubuntu One apps in older versions of Ubuntu and in the Ubuntu, Google, and Apple stores will be updated appropriately. The current services will be unavailable from 1 June 2014; user content will remain available for download until 31 July, at which time it will be deleted.”

“Additionally, the free storage wars aren’t a sustainable place for us to be, particularly with other services now regularly offering 25GB–50GB free storage,” Silber wrote. “If we offer a service, we want it to compete on a global scale, and for Ubuntu One to continue to do that would require more investment than we are willing to make.”

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Two French Presses | CR 79

chris — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 11:49:57 +0000

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After discussing our caffeine regimes, we take a crack at getting Q&A right. We’ll share some personal experiences with Q&A gone wrong, and our tips for fixing it.

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Code Your Enthusiasm | CR 78

chris — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 13:56:43 +0000

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It’s a mailbag special with a hidden message. Mike and Chris discuss burnout a bit more, the pitfalls of bad Q&A, automated UI testing, and the open source projects we’re thankful for this year.

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Just Ship | CR 33

chris — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:50:11 +0000

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When is the time right to launch your project? Mike and Chris discuss how understanding your market can be key to answering that question, building a community, advertising, and when to just ship it.

Plus: Things to tell your IT guy, QA war stories, and a batch of your feedback!

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New Coder wants to when he is considered to “know” a language.
Luke asks:

“How is it you come to figure out the right tools (languages) for the right job, and once you do that, what\’s the anticipated \’study time\’ that needs to go into learning to use the language well enough to feel like you can actually do what you\’ve set out to do?”

Eric shares a development contest
Hayden wants to know what I think of JavaFX
mdominick.com – Give Duke a Break

Brian’s War Story

Hello Michael and Chris,

I work in a medium sized development shop with about 20 developers working on what\’s essentially an enterprise client side app. I have always considered our process for releasing bug fix updates as being rather backwards and poorly executed. Essentially our head of \”QA\” will send an e-mail one morning to all developers that the code is \”frozen\”.

He will then do a build, test it for 4 or 5 days and then send an e-mail to everyone that the code is \”unfrozen\”. During this \”frozen\” time the developers are still expected to continue fixing bugs but rather than check in their changes they are supposed to \”sit\” on them, usually for several days, until the \”unfrozen\” e-mail is sent out. At this point a free-for-all of code check in commences with all sorts of conflict and collision shenanigans.

That said, there is nothing physically restricting the checking in of code. If a developer doesn\’t see the \”fr eeze\” e-mail or simply forgets after a few days then \”QA\” unleashes their wrath on the poor sod. I\’m sure you can see all sorts of problems with this joke of a build/test/release process and I am even a little embarrassed just describing it. I would like to offer some suggestions to my superiors about ways to improve this and was wondering if you guys had any thoughts or suggestions.

One, perhaps obvious idea would be to switch to using Git as we are still using the ancient CVS for source control. However I\’m still very much a novice and trying to learn it better in my spare time. How would you suggest to use Git in a way that we can improve our build/test/release cycle? Do you have any other thoughts or suggestions to bring our release cycle up to a more sane and reasonable, not to mention modern process?

Thanks for your thoughts and thank you for the awesome show you do each week.

Sincerely,
Brian M.

Launch!

How do you know when your project is ready to launch?
Is this really a bug?
- Bug? or new feature?
Do I have to be 100% bug free to ship?
- Is that even possible
What market?

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Spectre of the Gun | TORked 6

chris — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:54:42 +0000

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We go under the Spectre Of The Gun and delve into the seedy underbelly of the galaxy where the Imperial Agent observes from the shadows through a sniper scope.

Then we’ll jump to light-speed and cross the galaxy to visit the front lines of the war where we will observe the heroics of the Republic Troopers doing what they do best….blow s**t up!

PLUS: We’ll round out the show with a lively discussion of the latest Bioware Q&A and take a look at some upcoming patch 1.3 information.

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Show Notes:

Imperial Agent

Fitting into the MMO Trinity
- DPS Both Sniper & Operative Advanced Class
- Healer Operative Advanced Class Medic Tree
Advanced Class Variants
Operative
- Stealth DPS, Concealment Tree
- Lethality Shared DPS Tree
- Healing Medic Tree
Sniper
- Marksmanship Sniper Rifle Damage
- Engineering Tech Damage Probes and other devices
- Lethality Shared Damage Tree
Hybrid
- Operative Combining Medic & Concealment Tree
- Operative Combining Medic & Lethality Tree
Complimentary Companions
Kaliyo D’Jannis
+Range Tank (Male Romance)
Vector Hyllus
- Melee DPS (Female Romance)
Dr. Lokin
- Healer/DPS (Transforms Into Rakghoul)
Ensign Raina Temple
- Range DPS (Male Romance)
Scorpio
Melee Tank (Psychotic Droid)
Storyline Overview
- You are an Agent fresh out of training, using guile and deception to forward the Imperial Agenda… Just remember, as an Imperial Agent, Conscience is optional
Equipment / Stats Overview
- Cunning, Cunning and more Cunning
- Agents of any Advanced Class or Spec will want to focus on: Critical Rating, Surge Rating, & Alacrity.
Iconic Moves
- Snipe
- Vibro Knife Stabbyness
- Orbital Strike
- Explosive Probe
- Cover Mechanic

Republic Trooper

Fitting into the MMO Trinity
- Tank – Vanguard Class
- DPS – Either Advanced Class
- Healer – Commando Advanced Class
Advanced Class Variants
Vanguard
- Tank Shield Specialist Tree
- DPS Tactics or Assault Specialist Tree
Commando
- Healer Combat Medic Tree
- DPS Gunnery or Assault Specialist Tree
Hybrid
- Commando Combining Combat Medic & Gunnery Tree
- Vanguard Combining Shield Specialist & Assault Specialist Tree
Complimentary Companions
Special Note All Trooper Companions use Heavy Armour and Aim/End as their primary stats which is great for hand me down gear.
Aric Jorgan
- Range DPS (Cathar, Female Romance)
Elara Dorne
- Healer (Imperial Defector, Male Romance)
M1–4X
- Range Tank (Prototype Battle Droid)
Tanno Vik
- Melee Tank (The Loose Cannon Soldier)
Yuun
- Melee DPS (The Philosophical Soldier)
Storyline Overview
- You are a Republic Trooper from Special Forces Division, joining the most elite unit in the Republic Military, “Havoc Squad”
  +You take on the missions that no one else can.
Equipment / Stats Overview
- Aim for Commando’s and DPS Vanguards along with Power, Crit, Surge, & Alacrity
- Endurance for Tanking Vanguards, along with Defense, Shield, & Absorption Ratings.
Iconic Moves
- Full Auto
- Sticky Grenade
- Mortar Volley

Star Wars: The Old Republic not losing subscribers, says dev

Speaking to GameSpot in a recent article, BioWare’s Daniel Erickson claims subscriber numbers have not dipped, but concurrent users during peak playtimes have.
He says that this is why players may have experienced “light” server populations and that BioWare is considering merging servers in response the lessened concurrent user population, but this action is not a priority.

Georg Zoeller explains the PvP changes in 1.2

The formula for Expertise (a stat found only on PvP gear) has been changed so that is more important in PvP than any other stat bonus. Because of this even the base Recruit gear is better than Columi gear for PvP. He goes on to say that since burst damage is “slightly higher than we are targeting” more changes will likely be coming.
Source

TV Campaign / Expansion into New European and Middle Eastern Countries

Bioware is now expanding into Europe and the Middle East, for a full list of countries
There are also new commercials coming out for The Legacy, Jedi, and Sith

Action being taken against exploits and cheats

With Game Update 1.2, new measures were put in place to improve our detection of exploits, particularly in relation to ‘speed hacking’ and teleport cheats. With the help of this improved detection, we recently took action against hundreds of game accounts."These speed hacks and teleport cheats were something that I saw people QQing about in the PvP zones.
+ Source

James Ohlen, SWTOR Game Director, on In-game-events

“The Rakghoul Plague was a very popular event. You’re going to see more surprises like it in the future. I want to hear your thoughts on why you thought the Rakghoul plague was fun. Also, what kind of stuff would you like to see in the future?” Source
Erickson said that the events may be one-off events in a recent PCGamer article
- “Events are, by their very nature, transient things that build a sense of history within the game”
- “Later you’ll pull out your red rakling pet and say, ‘remember when the rakghoul plague hit.’”
- James Ohlen @JamesOhlen

EA Stock Soars With Nexon Buyout Rumors

Free-to-play developer/publisher Nexon could be looking to buy Electronic Arts. According to Bloomberg, which picked up on the news from a Korean newspaper, Nexon “has contacted EA about making an offer.” No word on whether this would see EA absorbed or merged.
EA’s shares are, as of press time, up almost six percent following the alleged approach, which is the highest they’ve been in six weeks. Source

Mr. Mars Base “The idea of Nexon buying out EA is a little preposterous given the amount of cash Nexon would have to come up with, if anything a merger is more likely… Furthermore there is a possibility that the US government might not allow a merge due to monopoly laws.”

Math Segment – Rested XP

Intended to provide casual players with a boost to XP gain that would help them to make up for not being able to spend more time playing the game.
By leaving your character in a rest zone (cantina / fleet / personal ship) when you log off you will receive the XP boost which can be seen as your XP bar becoming green.
The longer you remain in a rested area, the greater the XP boost you receive.
The boost provides double XP for the amount of “rested XP” you have saved up.
You can get up to a maximum of 100% of the XP cost of your current level.
- You gain this at a rate of 14.3% of your current level total per day.
Once the rested xp boost is consumed, the xp returns to normal colouring.

Community Q&A: April 27th, 2012

Events

Expect different formats to future events to avoid becoming predictable
Event sizes will vary from server wide, highly publicised events to stealthy additions
Overall, the Rakghoul event is considered to have been a great success

Dual Spec

Intended as being within your advanced class
Example: Sith Warrior cannot swap between Juggernaut and Marauder but could swap between the 3 available skills trees within each advanced class
Tentatively scheduled for path 1.4

Datacrons & Legacy System

Currently need to be collected on every character to gain the benefits
Proposal to have them benefit across all characters in a Legacy is being considered

Crafting Math

Baseline crit chance is derived from your current crew skill level compared to item difficulty
Orange difficulty means 10% crit chance / Yellow,Green, Grey means 15% crit chance
Companions with bonuses specified as +1 or +5 mean + 1% and +5% respectively
Affection level is crucial here too as using a companion with +2 bonus on a green level crafting mission with maximum affection means a 22% bonus [15+2+5]
This means that every 2,000 affection points grants a 1% bonus

Social Gear

At present, armours from social vendors are locked as light / medium / heavy
In patch 1.3, these armours will adapt to the armour proficiency for your class
Example – Imperial Trooper Helmet when purchased by an Inquisitor is a Light Armour item but when purchased by a Warrior it becomes a Heavy Armour item

Commendation Mods While Levelling

Not intended to be optimal for your class while levelling
Designed to encourage you to seek out a crafter for custom orders

Unify Colour For Companions

Not currently scheduled but being planned for future inclusion
Will likely include the option to hide the head slot also

Loot Drop Bias For End Game Flashpoints

All loot tables are biased towards dropping items for classes present in the group
Levelling Flashpoints are also subject to this loot bias
End Game Flashpoints have not been using this loot bias thus far
This is intended to “almost” guarantee a high level drop that will be useful to one of the classes in the group during that specific end game flashpoint

Character Transfer /Low Population Servers

Rolling out early this summer
At first there will be free transfers from/to specific servers, to allow players to move onto higher population servers
Later, promotional transfers and paid services will be available

RE’ing Armour Set Bonuses

Items with set bonuses can have those extracted and moved to an equivalent “orange” item
Only applies to the armoring modification in affected items
This only works with new armours added to the game with 1.2 and anything added later
Older items cannot be handled in this way because the set bonus is attached to the “shell item” rather than the armoring modification

Patch 1.3

Group finding system
Next stage of the Legacy system (already advertised in game from the Legacy menu)

Next Episode Teaser

*Next week on TORked: *
- We visit with the Guardians of peace and justice in The Old Republic – the Jedi Knight & the Jedi Consular to learn how they intend to keep the Sith Empire from dominating the galaxy.
- We’ll have a new Math segment with Nikki – “The Hard-Mode Flashpoint & Operation Preparation Guide” where she will share the secrets of forging your level 50 into a viable, hard-mode Flashpoint, & Operation ready machine! AWWWWW YEAH!

May the Force Be With You!

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Science Q&A | SciByte 11

chris — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:00:38 +0000

This week’s Scibyte features a mini-episode in which we introduce a brand new format for the show. We will be occasionally hosting Q&A sessions, to answer some of YOUR burning questions about Science and the mysteries of the universe.

Today, we introduce you to our first request for Qs to A in a future episode, along with an example to get your brain juices flowing!

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Show Notes:

This week, we’d like to introduce the first of our Q&A episodes.

We hope to do these on a pretty regular basis, to cover some of the sciencey topics that may interest YOU, our audience, specifically.
This concept was born from some of the topic suggestions we’ve been receiving via email, twitter and forum posts, that just aren’t quite enough on their own to constitute an entire episode.
We want to address them, since our audience asked for them, but finding a way to do so wasn’t fitting in our current format.
And… POOF! A new episode format was born!

The Q&A Mini Show

So what we’re doing here on this mini-show, is asking for a specific type of question so that we have a theme for this particular Q&A episode.

The way science works …

The time between when we ask for a specific type of feedback, and when we respond, will lag a little bit.
This is because once we’ve gathered a batch of questions to answer, we then have to go research the answers! It’s very unlikely that we’ll know the answer to even a small portion of what you will ask, off the top of our heads.

Near-Earth Asteroids will be NEXT week.

This week and next week

So, this week we ask. Then next week, we’ll do our Near-Earth Asteroid episode, then the following week we’ll answer your questions!
Simple, eh?

The Q&A theme this time around … “Old Wives’ Tales”

Specifically, are there any of these old folksey stories and remedies that you’d like to hear more about, that we can help you get to the bottom of?

Lets get the ball rolling

NOTE : Since we hope to answer as many questions in a single episode as we can, our answers may be somewhat less-than-thorough and may fail to explain some intricacies of whatever process is at work behind the scenes.

And so our first question from the bin of “Old Wives’ Tales” is…

(From this point, we just ask the question, answer it, then wrap up by once more requesting folks to send in their questions. And BOOOOM! Episode done.)

We use only 10 percent of our brains.

WRONG
Origins : Unknown precisely
Earliest Mention : In 1936, American writer Lowell Thomas summarized this idea (in a foreword to Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People) by adding a falsely precise percentage: “Professor William James of Harvard used to say that the average man develops only ten per cent of his latent mental ability.”
It is sometimes said that only 10% of the neurons in your brain fire at any given time. The truth of that statement seems a bit hazy however.
Brain imaging: Technologies such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) allow the activity of the living brain to be monitored. They reveal that even during sleep, all parts of the bra

What are your ideas?

Email, call in, twitter, comment …

Resources
* Animaniacs – Parts of the Brain
* bigthink.com
* webmd.com
* howstuffworks.com
* snopes.com
* Mayo Clinic

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Backups & Server Hardware | TechSNAP 6

chris — Mon, 23 May 2011 00:20:31 +0000

Every six hours the NSA collects as much data that exists in the entire lib of congress and we have a few practical notes on how a system like that could even function.

We follow up on Dropbox, and what looks like the FTC is getting involved with their recent snafus.

Plus we answer a big batch of your emails, and our backup tips for home, small business, and the enterprise!

Please send in more questions so we can continue doing the Q&A section every week! techsnap@jupiterbroadcasting.com

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Show Notes:

Topic: NSA collects data on a massive scale

NSA Gathers 4x the Amount of Info than the Library of Congress, Daily

NSA gathers data at an incredible rate, equivalent to the entire content of the US Library of Congress every 6 hours.
The Library of congress contains nearly 150,000,000 catalogued entries.
The Library of congress ‘American Memory’ site contains tens of petabytes of public domain images and audio/video recordings.
The NSA has the ability to apply for patents under a gag-order, if and only if another entity tries to patent the same process, do the NSA patents become public. NSA patents never expire.
https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F6947978 – the NSA patented the geo-location by pinging a series of routers technique we discussed a few weeks ago during the iPhone GPS story.

Topic: new US Internet censorship bill, the ‘PROTECT IP’ Act

Revised ‘Net censorship bill requires search engines to block sites, too
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/04/google-private-web-censorship-lawsuits-would-create-trolls.ars

Law is in part about attacking foreign sites that US law enforcement currently cannot target
Proposes to require search engines to remove results for sites as the request of not only the government, but also of rights holders. Have we not seen enough false positives and trolling via the DMCA?
rights holders would not have to seek government assistance to have sites censored, but could seek court orders directly against payment processors and advertising networks (but not ISPs or search engines)
actively encourages search engines and other sites to take action without any sort of court order
Act will protect ad networks and payment processors from being sued by the customers they spurn if they “voluntarily cease doing business with infringing websites, outside of any court ordered action”. The definition of infringing is left up to the rights holder.

Book recommendation: The Master Switch (Audio Book / Audible Sign up)

Topic: Lieing about security for a competitive edge

https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/05/dropbox-ftc/
https://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2011/05/dropbox-ftc-complaint-final.pdf

A complaint has been filed with the Federal Trade Commission claiming that Dropbox engaged in Deceptive Trade Practices by claiming to securely store your data when they in fact do not store it according to industry best practices.
It is the belief of the complainant that the security claims made by dropbox gave them a competitive advantage over other services, specifically, users might have chosen a more secure service if they were aware of the problems with dropbox
At issue is a specific claim from the dropbox website that has since been retracted when it was discovered that it was false. “All files stored on Dropbox servers are encrypted (AES-256) an are inaccessible without your account password.”
Because Dropbox uses only a single AES-256 key, rather than a separate one for each user, employees and others at Dropbox may access your files at any time without your password. The Dropbox page has been updated to reflect the fact that Dropbox will turn over your files if requested by law enforcement or possibly other parties.

Topic: Q&A

Q: (akito) What do data centers use for fire suppression now that Halon is frowned upon?
A: Some data centers still use Halon, however most have switched to using ‘clean agents’ such as FM-200 that are designed to remove the ‘heat’ from a fire. Unlike other agents, FM-200 does not leave an oily residue or otherwise degrade your equipment. Some systems use CO2 to displace the oxygen in the space and suppress the fire that way. Also 3M has developed a non-conductive fluid that can be used in place of Halon without damaging equipment.
https://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Novec/Home/Product_Information/Fire_Protection/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iz4o3W6IJM

War Story: No means none, not even a little bit

(Allan) Interesting story from when I worked at Ontario Power Generation. There was a problem with one of the CRAC (Computer Room Air Conditioner) units in the on-site data center, and a refrigeration technician was dispatched. Before we let him into the server room we specifically told him that he must come to us before he started any kind of soldering or welding, as it would set off the fire suppression system, which thankfully no longer flooded the room with Halon, but still triggered an emergency shutdown of all electrical systems in the entire IT wing of the North Admin building. Basically, when a fire is detected by the system, the klaxon sounds and you have 30 seconds to silence the alarm before it is escalated, at which time the power is cut and Halon (if it had not been disabled) would be deployed. I was down the hall from the server room in one of the test labs, working on the windows NT4 to Win2000 migration. Out of nowhere, the fire alarm goes off; At first I was startled, then it clicked, the repairman had forgotten to warn us that he was going to begin soldering. I took off at a dead run towards the alarm panel, as I got closer I heard the alarm tone change, I only had 10 seconds left before the power to every server would be cut and the UPS system would be bypassed. We’d spend hours cleaning up the mess, and explaining what went wrong. Thankfully, I reached the panel in time, and jammed the big red silence button, saving the day.

Q: (DreamsVoid) I would like to backup my linux and windows computers to my linux server using rsync. How should I set this up
A: rsync has many advantages, specifically the way it can compute the delta between files and significantly reduce the amount of data that has to be transferred during a backup. However, rsync is not a good backup solution because it only creates a copy of the file, not a true backup. In a true backup system, you retain multiple versions of each file from different dates. Say for example a file is corrupted, if you do not notice this right away, during the next rsync, the ‘backup’ copy of the file will be replaced with the corrupted one, and you will have no recourse. If all of your computers are on a LAN, you don’t have any real worries about the amount of bandwidth you are using transferring the files, and a proper backup solution is best.

rsync for windows: https://itefix.no/cwrsync/
BackupPC – open source backup to disk: https://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Bacula – high end open source network backup system: https://www.bacula.org

Q: (Nean) What are the differences between a server and a normal desktop computer?
A: Generally they are not all that different, but some servers have additional features and capabilities that are not necessary in a regular desktop. Typically, higher end servers have redundant power supplies, either because they need to draw more power than a single power supply can provide, but also to be able to continue operating in the event that one of the power supplies dies. Servers, and some high end desktops also have redundant disks, taking advantage of various RAID configurations to allow the server to continue operating even if one or more disks stop functioning. Servers typically have dedicated RAID controllers that support more exotic forms of RAID than your typical on-board controller found it high end desktops. Servers also tend to have remote management cards that allow an administrator to access the bios and even manipulate the keyboard/mouse remotely, instead of having to be local to the machine.

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Live STO Q&A & Surviving Open Beta | STOked S01E18

chris — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:00:33 +0000

STOked | S01E18: Have Chris & Jeremy figured out STO’s monthly price? What about the rumors of a way to buy into closed beta (and thus open beta)? These questions plus live caller questions answered in this week’s episode of STOked!

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Show Notes:

Discussion:

* How to survive Open Beta
– Pace yourself
– Explore your options
– Group, group, group
– Get math’d!
– Above all else, remember that it is still Beta. Bugs will happen. Roll with it, and report them.
– Stay informed (driver requirements, patch notes, etc)

Favorite moments from Closed Beta:
– Each just give our #1 favorite story, of what we’ve experienced so far.

News:

FilePlanet “selling” closed beta to Founders in the last few days: https://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/star-trek-online/

Amazon Pre-Selling $30 worth of game play: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002X92W8E/?tag=thelinactsho-20

Massively’s Preview: https://www.massively.com/2009/12/31/hands-on-with-star-trek-onlines-early-levels/#continued

Infamous YouTube Leaker: https://www.youtube.com/user/adarons

Suricata’s Ship Chart gets a major content-laden update: https://suricatasblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/stoshiptierchart11.png

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STOked Season 1 Episode 5

chris — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:33:10 +0000

This week on STOked:

We take a hard look at some of the new wave of screen shots that have hit the web, and tell you just what we’ve picked out that we think you’ll find interesting! We cover some revealing tidbits of info in a recent Q&A session held with someone closely involved in Star Trek Online’s development at Cryptic.

Then – We tell you how you can walk the Engineering deck and sit in Captain Picard’s chair next week, plus so much more!

Episode Links:

Star Trek Online Exclusive Curse.com Screenshots!
MMORPG.COM’s Exclusive Screenshots
Ships of the Line
MMORPG.com’s great Ships of the Line Oerview, Roles, and Customization
Star Trek: The Exhibition Beams Into Hollywood
Star Trek, Champions Dev Chats to be Held Thursday

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