# edmar.sh llms.txt

> Ed Marsh: Senior technical writer and content strategist with 30+ years of experience, seeking employment opportunities. Demonstrates AI-enhanced workflows, strategic content leadership, and proven ability to build scalable documentation systems. This portfolio site was built from scratch using AI-assisted development while maintaining full editorial control and quality standards.

- [Ed Marsh Portfolio & Overview](https://edmar.sh): Senior technical writer seeking employment - 30+ years experience in technical writing, content strategy, and AI-enhanced workflows.
- [Contact Ed Marsh](https://edmar.sh/contact/): Direct contact for employment opportunities, interviews, and professional discussions.
- [About Ed Marsh](https://edmar.sh/about/about-ed-marsh/): Professional background demonstrating strategic content leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.

## Podcasts
- [Podcast: Alan Houser](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/content-content-podcast-time-as-a-tool-featuring-alan-houser-episode-2/): Alan Houser, technical communication consultant and former Society for Technical Communication President, drops by on a very cold President's Day holiday to talk about his experiences in STC leadership, web standard steering committees, structured authoring and DITA, Markdown, tools, podcasts, and more.
- [Podcast: Alan Porter](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/xml-is-a-four-letter-word-with-alan-j-porter-content-content-podcast/): Alan J. Porter, Head of Strategic Services Practice at [A], talks to Ed Marsh about why tech writers are now content engineers, why metadata is important, what it's like to document massive hardware, and more.
- [Podcast: Alisa Bonsignore](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/all-the-things-in-my-venn-diagram-with-alisa-bonsignore-content-content-podcast/): Alisa Bonsignore, strategic communications consultant, talks to Ed Marsh about how she fell into things her entire career, global and career sustainability, and how to have a growth mindset during *this*.
- [Podcast: Allie Proff](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/emo-analytics-with-allie-proff-content-content-episode-17/): Allie Proff works for freaking Boeing. We discuss emotive analytics, technical storytelling, technology as a tool for good and bad, and a meta podcast moment.
- [Podcast: Alyssa Fox](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/ok-pause-featuring-alyssa-fox-content-content-podcast-episode-13/): Alyssa Fox, Director of Information Development and Program Management at Micro Focus, tells us that it's OK to pause when processing information.
- [Podcast: Andrea Ames](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/installation-not-user-task-featuring-andrea-ames-content-content-podcast-episode-21/): Andrea Ames and Ed Marsh discuss the evolution of the technical communication field, the number of job titles for technical communicators, the frustrations of proving your value, and laugh a lot.
- [Podcast: Ann Rockley](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/sink-and-swim-situation-with-ann-rockley-content-content-podcast/): The "Mother of Content Strategy" discusses a 30+ year consulting career, pivoting to a new business, and more.
- [Podcast: Ben Woelk](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/off-wall-presentations-featuring-ben-woelk-content-content-podcast-episode-11/): Ben Woelk, technical communicator and Information Security Office Program Manager at the Rochester Institute of Technology talks about being an introverted leader and how it's changed his career and his passion.
- [Podcast: Bernard Aschwanden](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/content-content-podcast-episode-10-featuring-bernard-aschwanden/): Bernard Aschwanden, President of Publishing Smarter, STC Immediate Past President, and Ed's twin talks about certification, why your content is not your own, building a house (literally), process vs process, finding his spouse through STC, social networking, and more.
- [Podcast: Bill Swallow](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/local-needs-content-featuring-bill-swallow-content-content-podcast-episode-12/): "Content requires proper care and feeding", says Bill Swallow, director of operations at Scriptorium. We talk localization, content strategy, local beer, summer's oppressive heat, and more.
- [Podcast: Carlos Evia](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/content-content-podcast-episode-6-wheres-my-flare-featuring-dr-carlos-evia/): Dr. Carlos Evia is featured on a jaw-dropping episode. We discuss cutting-edge developments in the DITA world, the similarities and differences between academicians and practitioners of technical communication, and more.
- [Podcast: Chris Blocher](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/chris-blocher-july-2026/): In this episode, Ed talks to content strategist and technical writer Chris Blocher. Chris' background spans academia, publishing, instructional design, technical writing, and content strategy. They discuss how technical communicators are navigating the rapid evolution of generative AI, building "second brains", local vs. cloud LLMs, Ed rants about his rabbit holes, and why human expertise remains irreplaceable.
- [Podcast: Cruce Saunders](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/experiences-have-to-be-assembled-with-cruce-saunders-content-content-podcast/): In an intense episode focused on intelligent content, Cruce Saunders of [A] and Ed Marsh discuss content in the enterprise and how to make it an asset in the C-suite, job titles in the content world, lightweight markup languages, and much more.
- [Podcast: Danielle Villegas](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/content-content-podcast-fire-fingers-featuring-danielle-villegas-episode-3/): Fellow New Jerseyan Danielle Villegas, the TechCommGeekMom, talks to us about transitioning into technical communication, social media, her blog at TechCommGeekMom, content curation, going back to school, and managing it all (or not).
- [Podcast: David Dylan Thomas](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/content-content-podcast-episode-7-curious-about-content-featuring-david-dylan-thomas/): A free-wheeling show starts off 2016 starring David Dylan Thomas, Senior Content Strategist. Our topics include what a content strategist does, the future of content and work, getting noticed on social media, and even a few movies to see.
- [Podcast: Hannah Kirk](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/fluffy-experience-with-hannah-kirk-content-content-podcast/): Hannah Kirk (@pinkhairedCS), the Pink-haired Content Strategist, talks to Ed Marsh about conference experiences, how academia compares to Silicon Valley, how kids interact with technology, and reminds Ed how old he is.
- [Podcast: Jack Molisani](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/users-or-people-with-jack-molisani-content-content-episode-15/): Jack Molisani, president of ProSpring Staffing and Executive Director of The LavaCon Content Strategy Conference talks about technical communication hiring, rebranding, content strategy, and how he's seized opportunities his entire career.
- [Podcast: Keith Schengili-Roberts](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/i-can-eat-glass-with-keith-schengili-roberts-content-content-podcast-episode-22/): Keith Schengili-Roberts, market researcher and DITA Evangelist for IXIASOFT, and Ed Marsh discuss the old days of HTML, Archie, Veronica, fax software, and more. We also talk about what the hell a DITA evangelist does.
- [Podcast: Liz Fraley](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/same-mess-different-tools-with-liz-fraley-content-content-episode-19/): Elizabeth Fraley runs Single-Sourcing Solutions in Sunnyvale, Ca. We geek out about the history of structured authoring, how her opinions have changed in 17 years of technical writing, and how many books a year are too many to read.
- [Podcast: MJ Babic](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/clarity-over-consistency-with-mj-babic-content-content-podcast/): "The best term to use to call what I was doing was UX writing" says UX Writer MJ Babic.
- [Podcast: Marcia Riefer-Johnston](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/content-content-podcast-episode-5-undefinable-me-featuring-marcia-riefer-johnston/): Tech writer turned content marketer and strategist Marcia Riefer Johnston discusses her career transitions, her two highly rated books, and her strong love of Strunk and White.
- [Podcast: Michael Miller](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/four-engineers-and-an-english-major-with-michael-miller-content-content-podcast/): Michael Miller, an Indianapolis, IN-based technical writer, shares what it's like to be new to the field, his passion for it, the struggles he faces, his goals, and more.
- [Podcast: Noz Urbina](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/1000-or-100000-meetings-with-noz-urbina-content-content-podcast/): If you want to hear a great story about a great career, you need to listen to Noz Urbina, the best-dressed man in content strategy. Noz talks to Ed Marsh about making content a business asset, *literally* writing the book on content strategy, and the path to his own consultancy and conference.
- [Podcast: Patrick Bosek](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/a-really-fancy-webform-with-patrick-bosek-content-content-podcast/): The Heretto CEO explains why "pure" techcomm is going away, why being a CEO is like being an eight year-old with a lemonade stand, and more.
- [Podcast: Pawel Kowaluk](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/like-thomas-pynchon-pawel-kowaluk-content-content-episode-16/): Pawel Kowaluk, a technical writer, self-proclaimed DITA geek, and recruiter at 3di, joins us from Krakow, Poland. He talks about the rise of technical communication in Poland, starting a conference, and how to balance a team when hiring.
- [Podcast: Phylise Banner](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/i-like-the-ms-with-phylise-banner-content-content-podcast/): Phylise Banner, learning experience designer, talks to Ed Marsh about being a digital native, why eLearning and forms are so bad, what it's like coordinating the online community at a major conference, and her passion for education theory and transportation.
- [Podcast: Rahel Bailie](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/not-acting-like-slow-computers-with-rahel-bailie-content-content-podcast/): Rahel talks about an uneven history of content strategy, object-oriented content, how her career has led her across two continents, and the history of women in technical communication.
- [Podcast: Sara Feldman](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/value-oriented-outcomes-with-sara-feldman-content-content-podcast/): Sara Feldman, customer success enablement advocate, talks with Ed Marsh about job hunting during a pandemic, achieving outcomes, "pre-charging" before conferences, and more.
- [Podcast: Sarah O'Keefe](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/content-content-podcast-episode-8-fairly-random-events-featuring-sarah-okeefe/): Content strategy business owner Sarah O'Keefe talks about working with a CMS, content metrics, tekom, packing for flights, and her aversion to the nightshade family.
- [Podcast: Scott Abel](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/i-have-issues-with-slide-decks-with-scott-abel-content-content-podcast/): Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler and the host of Information Development World, talks to Ed Marsh about the parallels between music and single sourcing, smooth segues between paragraphs, intelligent content, and content strategy in the medical field.
- [Podcast: Sean Heckman](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/holding-somebody-elses-place-with-sean-heckman-content-content-podcast/): Sean Heckman was a racer, a figure skater, a TV writer and producer, almost a lawyer, and finally owner of The Media Barons and a podcast mogul.
- [Podcast: Sharon Burton (2015)](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/introducing-the-content-content-podcast/): In the inaugural Content Content podcast, technical communication and customer experience consultant Sharon Burton tells us about California law, offices without tarantulas, documenting the obvious, the file name field, buying buckets of DITA at the DITA Store, and the renaissance of content.
- [Podcast: Sharon Burton (2026)](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/sharon-burton-march-2026/): The Content Content podcast returns where it started with Sharon Burton. We discuss what we've been up to in the 11 years since our first episode, her new book *Women in Technical Communication*, and pay the cat tax.
- [Podcast: Teresa Meek](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/napoleons-shakespeares-teresa-meek-content-content-podcast-14/): Content Marketer Teresa Meek's career path includes journalism, real estate, and more, but always focused on writing. She joins Ed Marsh from Seattle, WA, where we talk about how content marketing and technical writing have similarities, her brief career in technical writing, how to transition to content marketing, and more.
- [Podcast: Tim Esposito](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/price-right-tim-esposito-content-content-podcast-episode-20/): Timothy Esposito is a principal technical writer for Oracle, and current STC Philadelphia Metro chapter President. We talk about a career of service, Y2K, what it takes to run a successful volunteer organization, hiking, and, of course, beer. Tim is also an STC Associate Fellow.
- [Podcast: Todd DeLuca](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/complimentary-sandwich-featuring-todd-deluca-content-content-episode-9/): Todd DeLuca, a Pennsylvanian who manages a remote tech writing team, shares with us how volunteering and presenting has elevated his career, what it's like to manage a technical communication team, volunteering with intention, and how to promote yourself and your team within your company.
- [Podcast: Tom Johnson (2015)](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/content-content-podcast-episode-4-curse-of-knowledge-with-tom-johnson/): A truly great and fun conversation with prolific and influential technical writer Tom Johnson. Tom joins us from Silicon Valley to talk about his interesting path to technical communication, failed Career Day booths, being a leader in techcomm, content management systems, DITA, static site generators, and much more.
- [Podcast: Viqui Dill](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/were-gonna-do-this-together-with-viqui-dill-content-content-podcast/): Viqui Dill, Senior Technical Writer at American Woodmark in Virginia, talks to Ed Marsh how everyone is a project manager in some form, life in the (literal) hardware industry, her day of 500 hugs, what is just-in-time documentation, and more.
- [Podcast Series Index](https://edmar.sh/podcasts/): Interviews with professionals in technical communication.

## Professional Skills & Capabilities
- [Core Skills Portfolio](https://edmar.sh/skills/): Content is easy to create, but it's complex to coordinate, organize, and maintain.
- [AI usage](https://edmar.sh/skills/artificial-intelligence/): I run LLMs locally to understand how they work and how I can best leverage it for my clients and users.
- [Coding experience](https://edmar.sh/skills/code-development/): I've dabbled in code throughout my career to feed my curiosity, add value, and translate developers' language into high-quality content.
- [Community building](https://edmar.sh/skills/community/): I excel at engaging the people in your organization who understand the benefits of good content to retain institutional knowledge.
- [Content reviews](https://edmar.sh/skills/website-reviews/): Is your website and its content working for you? Here's a free checklist to help you find out.
- [Content strategy](https://edmar.sh/skills/content-strategy/): Is your content working for your organization? I can help you find out, and improve your entire content experience.
- [Information architecture](https://edmar.sh/skills/information-architecture/): Like a house, content needs architecture and structure. I can guide you toward effective information architecture.
- [Metrics and data](https://edmar.sh/skills/metrics/): Every organization wants to know how its content performs. I have extensive experience implementing and monitoring content metrics.
- [Podcasting](https://edmar.sh/skills/podcasting/): As a host, producer, and guest, I've learned the importance of podcasting as part of your content offerings.
- [Technical writing](https://edmar.sh/skills/technical-writing/): Technical writers are a Venn diagram of detective, translator, and librarian.

## AI-Enhanced Development & Modern Technical Skills
- [Static Site Transformation](https://edmar.sh/blog/static-site-transformation/): This series documents my experience moving my legacy self-hosted WordPress site to a static site generator (SSG).
- [Building the structure](https://edmar.sh/blog/static-site-transformation/the-how/): I started my information architecture with my existing WordPress site architecture. Then I started to put all the content pieces together.
- [Choosing a Static Site Generator](https://edmar.sh/blog/static-site-transformation/choosing-static-site-generator/): I knew what I wanted (ease-of-use) and didn't want ("ease of use") when building a site with static site generators (SSGs).
- [Creating a website in a VM](https://edmar.sh/blog/static-site-transformation/using-a-vm/): Developing my technical writing portfolio in a virtual environment helped me focus, learn, and detach from my everyday Windows environment.
- [Creating the content strategy](https://edmar.sh/blog/static-site-transformation/content-strategy-for-ssgs/): It's critical to structure, plan, and maintain your content. Working as writer, content strategist, and developer helped me understand how to orchestrate between the three roles.
- [Creating website templates using AI](https://edmar.sh/blog/static-site-transformation/creating-templates-using-ai/): I used Google Gemini, GitHub Copilot, and locally running large language models (LLMs) to help create templates for my static site.
- [Reusing content with SSGs](https://edmar.sh/blog/static-site-transformation/content-reuse/): I modularized my content to display it in the right place at the right time — a major tenet of content strategy.
- [When the content strategy goes wrong](https://edmar.sh/blog/static-site-transformation/when-things-go-wrong/): Writing this blog post wasn't part of my plan.
- [Why I did this SSG conversion project](https://edmar.sh/blog/static-site-transformation/why/): I put myself in *every* role of building out a website to better understand how content is programmatically consumed and displayed.
- [Writing documentation with AI](https://edmar.sh/blog/static-site-transformation/writing-with-ai/): I decided to see if AI was going to take my job.
- [LLMs](https://edmar.sh/blog/llms/): A collection of blog posts and resources related to Large Language Models and their application in technical communication and development.