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On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I may have an opportunity to join a pre-IPO startup involved in
> enterprise-level cloud computing. My job would entail documenting APIs, one
> of the few things I've never done during my 20+ year career as a tech
> writer.
>
> Looking for something a step beyond "Dummies" books, I'm in need of some
> primers and am asking for your suggestions. These could be books or
> websites. Given that I need to quickly get ramped up, hopefully there are
> some quick-reads available on both topics:
>
> - An executive overview: Enterprise level cloud computing
> - Documenting APIs
>
> I'm wanting to avoid propeller-head volumes that might get bogged down in
> daunting geekspeak, for that would be beyond my level of comprehension at
> this juncture (later=OK).
>
> Thanks for your suggestions.
>
> > Chris
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