RE: the dearth of documents on documenting APIs and SDKs

[Monica Cellio <cellio -at- pobox -dot- com>]

I've toyed with this idea from time to time.  For me, the barriers are:
  - time
  - the tens-of-dollars aspect
  - lack of marketing skill

I've been doing API documentation for a while, and I think I'm pretty
good at it.  I've given a couple of workshops at STC gatherings and
they've been well-received.  But I've never been an independent
contractor and don't (currently) know squat about how to actually get a
book out there in the popular press.  And right now, I'm feeling a little
too busy to climb that particular learning curve.  (I've been trying to
carve the problem up into some article-sized pieces, and I think the time
is better spent writing those articles, even if they don't pay much or at
all.)

Monica


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