Vita of David A. McMurrey

This is the photo on my IBM badge. I've got on a white shirt, tie and jacket. I look pretty serious.

The IBM Years

Just resigned from IBM. No, IBM never treated me badly, it was just a very narrow existence.

Recovering . . .

Here I am with a teeshirt on looking pretty happy. I think I just resigned from IBM.

The ACC Years

Yes, I'm looking pretty crazy weird: what two heart surgeries and a close encounter with the after life will do.

Moving along . . .

Cruising for Nontextual Possibilities. Article in Communicator: Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators, spring 2022.
11 years in publications for new products at IBM Corporation as writer and editor. Freelance writing, online-help authoring, HTML work, indexing, and editing for Dell, Tivoli, Texas Department of the American Legion, and individuals.
30 years as full- and part-time instructor in writing courses at the University of Texas at Austin, Baker University in Kansas, Austin Community College, and IBM Corporation and its suppliers.
Writing-skills seminar presenter for IBM Corporation, Analysts International Corporation, Century Design, Wayne Dresser, Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission, Tivoli Systems, Broadjump.com, Texas Department of Health, Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Texas Bureau of Radiation Control, Texas Department of Human Services, Samsung Austin Semiconductor.
Author of Processes in Technical Writing (Macmillan 1988); with M. Sue Campman, co-author of Writing Fundamentals (Macmillan, 1985); with David Beer, co-author of Guide to Writing as an Engineer (Wiley, 2008–2018); author of Power Tools for Technical Communication (Heinle, 2001); author of a free online textbook in technical writing available on the web.
Instructor and former department chair: Business Government & Technical Communications Program at Austin Community College, teaching courses in technical writing, online and traditional hardcopy documentation of software and hardware computer information.
Developer of online writing courses presented over the World Wide Web, including:

Technical & Business Writing Austin Community College (Austin, Texas) version
Technical & Business Writing Kinneavy modes version
Technical & Business Writing nontechwriter version
APIs for for Technical Writers
AI Prompts for Technical Writers
Confluence for Content Creation and Collaboration
Essential Utilities for Technical Writers
MadCap Flare for Content Creation
Basic JavaScript for Technical Writers
Technical Publishing with Adobe FrameMaker
Training Videos (Camtasia): Technical Writers
Git/GitHub/Markdown for Technical Writers
Technical Editing
Web-Based Content Management (Drupal)
XML for Structured Authoring (oXygen)
DITA for Structured Authoring (oXygen)
DITA for Structured Authoring (Heretto)
Sublime Text IDE
Visual Studio Code IDE
Founder and former coordinator of Austin Community College's Webmaster Certificate Program.

I still retain a strong interest in literature:

European Novels
Bachelors in English from University of Texas at Austin; masters in English from Indiana University—Bloomington; doctorate from University of Texas at Austin in Comparative Literature; dissertation entitled The Populist Romance: A Study of Michelet's Le Peuple and Selected Novels of Hugo, Zola, James, and Galdós.

Contact me at admin@mcmassociates.io