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. Alan J. Porter, guest on the Content Content podcast Alan is also an accomplished author and critic of comics, pop culture, sci-fi, and more. Mentioned during this episode: XyWrite Grif S1000D Circuit of the Americas Word2DITA plug-in by Eliot Kimber Caterpillar Concorde Alan's Open Wheel podcast Napoleons and Shakespeares featuring Teresa Meek – Content Content podcast episode 14 Experiences have to be assembled with Cruce Saunders – Content Content podcast