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Jargon Ninja is a special service of cehwiedel – freelance commercial writing.

Jargon Ninja is me: Shelley Henderson. I graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Southern California (USC) with a bachelor’s degree in computer science. I left California for Cambridge, Massachusetts, and stayed long enough to earn a master’s degree in electrical engineering & computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

I am “the MIT engineer who writes plain English.”

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Infuriation is a more desirable aspiration than debasement.

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Better to be pissed off than pissed on.

— Michel Paul Richard, current-day American writer

I have worked in private business and at private research universities as all manner of technical support, from Unix systems administrator to network research project coordinator. I have programmed every sort of computer from super to micro to parallel cluster. I have written papers and webpages and presentations for audiences ranging from research scientists to elementary school teachers to the general readership of small weekly newspapers.

About three years ago, I went freelance.

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Had awareness of extended life expectancy been granted in youth, self-administered preventive health management would have been deemed more desirable.

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If I’d known I was gonna live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.

— Eubie Blake (1883-1983), American jazz musician

You can throw the densest technical manual at me. I can read it and rewrite it for a target readership.

Need a clearly written user’s manual for a new product? Call on Jargon Ninja.

Need to publish a regular newsletter about your technology company for non-technical readers? Call on Jargon Ninja.

Need a speech written on a technical topic for a non-technical audience? Call on Jargon Ninja.

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Invidiousness invents voluptuousness in the activities of others.

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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

— Erica Jong, present-day American writer

Email me. Let’s talk to find out whether Jargon Ninja is right for you. No obligation, and no charge.

If Jargon Ninja looks like a good fit for your circumstances, I’ll write a bid letter that puts down in black-and-white my understanding of what’s needed and what the cost to you will be.

Sign the bid letter, and we’re good to go. Jargon Ninja will be at your service.

Email me. Let’s talk.