Talking about APIs and Maps at STC Summit 2017

I’m excited to be speaking soon at STC Summit 2017, the annual conference of the Society for Technical Communication. The event happens in Washington, DC, on 7-10 May. My presentation is about APIs, maps, developers, and a tech writer’s foray into the world of app development.

The conference theme is “gaining the edge”. So I decided to talk about my experiences developing an app, and why I tried my hand at app development. The app, Tech Comm on a Map, is an interactive web-based map that shows events of interest to technical communicators.

In this presentation, you’ll see some code and understand the nuts and bolts of the app – where the data is stored, how it gets there, how it ends up on a map for everyone to see.

Follow me on a tech writer’s odyssey into app development.

Tread in dangerous territory.

We may even see a dragon or two.

Emerge a little triumphant, and certainly well travelled.

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Q: Why does the journey on this map start in Sydney and end up on the east coast of the US?

A: Because that’s the trip I’ll make to give this presentation at STC Summit.