Jim Foley

A technical writer since 2003, producing docs for engineers and others at companies including Meta, Google, Disney, Thomson Reuters, E-Trade, Dolby Labs, and several startups. Documented AR/VR, self-driving cars, APIs, big data, cloud computing, hardware, security, and more. Have also worked as a software developer, IT/support technician, supervisor, and trainer. ackground in linguistics, philosophy, psychology, and history.

This portfolio page is a sampling of documentation, code, and creative projects.

Documentation

Most of my work has been on internal docs that can't be shared. Here are a few other samples or mockups.

Code

FOVisor (Field of View Visualizer)

A JavaScript app for visualizing overlapping fields of view. Useful for designing camera or sensor arrays.

View Source Code on GitHub | Launch App

Other Writing

Original Music

Some instrumental music I wrote, performed, and produced in Windows 98 on a Pentium computer, acoustic guitar, and MIDI keyboard.