Joseph Medley

• Documented APIs in the form of reference , conceptual articles, and blog posts for the web platform and for Chrome extensions.
• Wrote most of my own code samples. Current expertise is JavaScript, but I've have had reason to learn seven languages over the course of my career.
• Built a node application for generating reference page boilerplates and documentation progress reports based on files in Chromium source code.
• Represented the web platform in Google booths at multiple tech events including Google I/O, Chrome Developer Summit, and Google Developer Expert Summits.
• Represented Google on the MDN Product Advisory Board.
• Pioneered work that led to the creation of dedicated positions, specifically an MDN contributor and a proofreader.
• Co-created the information architecture for Chrome Extensions documentation on Chrome for Developers.
• Assisted in the design of ChromeStatus.com.

Company acquired by Google in August of 2011. I continued with Google in the same position until the product was shut down in June of 2014.

• Sole technical writer for this start-up, making me soley responsible for the content and appearance of all product documentation.
• Products included API reference and installation guides .
• Implemented single sourcing using DITA to deal with complicated content reuse scenarios.
• Developed a corporate look and feel, accomplished by customizing the DITA output chain.
• Because of the company's needs, the output was PDF. I had prototyped web when Google shut down the product.