Writing Samples For Michael Bennett Cohn

Technical Writing — AWS (2020–present)

AWS documentation is not publicly bylined. I was the lead or sole writer for the following:

• Amazon Q Developer User Guide — Lead writer. Launched the documentation independently for re:Invent when no writer was assigned.
• Kiro User Guide — Lead writer for GA launch.
• Amazon CodeWhisperer User Guide — Original documentation author for AWS’s first AI code-generation service. (now part of Q Developer)
• Amazon Monitron and Amazon Lookout for Equipment — Documentation author, 2021–2022.
• Data Center Engineering “Basis of Design” documentation — Vendor-facing technical docs for architects and construction teams building AWS data centers, 2020–2021.

Branded Content / Marketing

• Why Aren’t There More “Smart” Devices In Our Lives Yet? (Ericsson)
• First Impressions: Why Your Brand Needs A Cross-Channel Onboarding Strategy (Braze)
• Ensure data integrity with blockchain (Ericsson)
• Three Ways GDPR Will Make Us All Smarter (Braze)
• Marvin The Hyperscale Android (Ericsson)
• Industrialized Blockchain And Data Integrity (a co-authored ebook for Ericsson)

Journalism - Politics

• Dakota Access Pipeline Standing Rock Standoff: Behind The Front Lines (Newsweek, also in print)
• Anti-DAPL Activists Call For Return To Battle At Standing Rock (Newsweek)
• Would Talmudic Rabbis Approve of Hillary Clinton’s Wall Street Money? (The Forward)

Journalism - Media

• Why Steven Spielberg’s Promised Land Is Stuck In The 1980s (The Forward)
• Why Westworld Is a 21st Century Golem Story (The Forward)
• This Movie Masterpiece Will Make You Rethink the Ten Commandments (The Forward)
• Why The New Ben Hur Is the Least Successful Adaptation Of All (The Forward)
• Biggering And Biggering: The Real Problem With The Lorax Movie Tie-Ins (originally on The Faster Times)
• The Secret Jewish History Of Pokemon Go (The Forward)

Personal Essay

• How I Found Myself Living Out A 1980s Video Game (The Forward)

Satire

• An HBO Exec Explains Recent Layoffs at Sesame Street to the Muppets

Professional Commentary

• Taking The “-ility” Out Of Viewability (LinkedIn)