Many of you know that Scott Rifenbark has been the technical writer that AGL employed to reorganize and re-write the AGL documentation site. Unfortunately, Scott passed away last week after a battle with cancer.
Scott was also well-known for his work on the Yocto project documentation site. Richard Purdie posted this on the Yocto mailing list.
"I remember interviewing Scott over 10 years ago when forming a team at
Intel to work on what became the Yocto Project, he was with it from the
start. He warned me he wasn't an entirely traditional tech writer but I
warned we weren't aiming to be a traditional project either. It was a
great match. He stayed with the project ever since in one way or
another, he enjoyed working on the project and we enjoyed working with
him.
The concept of having a tech writer as part of the team was a decision
I'm proud of and it shows in the material supporting the project today
but that success belongs to Scott and his approach to it. Someone else
put that best, "He would first try the procedure or instructions before
documenting it, I was really impressed". He was hands on and wanted
things to be understandable and correct, a huge challenge with some of
the complexities we deal with.
Outside of the project he had interesting hobbies and travelled quite a
bit, those stories were good over beer and I have many fond memories.
Our documentation stands in his memory and its fitting some of his
character will always be in those words.
Scott will be hugely missed by us all."
Intel to work on what became the Yocto Project, he was with it from the
start. He warned me he wasn't an entirely traditional tech writer but I
warned we weren't aiming to be a traditional project either. It was a
great match. He stayed with the project ever since in one way or
another, he enjoyed working on the project and we enjoyed working with
him.
The concept of having a tech writer as part of the team was a decision
I'm proud of and it shows in the material supporting the project today
but that success belongs to Scott and his approach to it. Someone else
put that best, "He would first try the procedure or instructions before
documenting it, I was really impressed". He was hands on and wanted
things to be understandable and correct, a huge challenge with some of
the complexities we deal with.
Outside of the project he had interesting hobbies and travelled quite a
bit, those stories were good over beer and I have many fond memories.
Our documentation stands in his memory and its fitting some of his
character will always be in those words.
Scott will be hugely missed by us all."
Regards,
Walt
Walt Miner
AGL Community Manager
The Linux Foundation
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