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Videocast: Micro content and Flare — Conversation with Kate Schneider

In this videocast, I chat with Kate Schneider about micro content and Flare. Kate shares micro content examples from her current documentation and explains the strategies she considers when creating micro content. She shows specifically how to leverage analytics in… Continue Reading →

My Knowledgebase Ninjas podcast episode — "Metrics don't work"

I recently appeared on the Knowledgebase Ninjas podcast in an episode titled Metrics Don’t Work. In the podcast, I chat with Gowri Ramkumar about documentation processes, why metrics are problematic, advantages and disadvantages of docs-as-code models, why measuring doc traffic… Continue Reading →

API The Docs Virtual Series 2020 — Upcoming presentations and thoughts on the virtual format

I’m giving a presentation on May 27 in the API The Docs Virtual series titled How Trends in API Documentation Differ from Other Tech Comm Trends. You can register for free on EventBrite. API The Docs is typically a one-day… Continue Reading →

WTD Episode 29: Salary Survey results and WFH tips, with Eric Holscher

In this episode, we chat with Eric Holscher, co-founder of both Read the Docs and Write the Docs, about the recent Salary Survey that the WTD group conducted. This survey was launched in Fall 2019, and the results published were… Continue Reading →

Are technical writers increasingly playing non-technical roles? Some thoughts on the evolution of technical writing roles

How is the role of the technical writer evolving? It seems we’re moving away from writing and more towards other roles, such as reviewer/convener, user champion, editor, publisher, and promoter. However, it’s difficult to gauge change, especially across different job… Continue Reading →

Podcast: Users as producers of knowledge — conversation with Nupoor Ranade about how tech writer roles are changing

How can users shape and influence the documentation you’re producing? In this podcast, I chat with Nupoor Ranade, PhD candidate at North Carolina State University, about how the roles of technical writers are changing. Instead of writers authoring content for… Continue Reading →

Tech comm podcasts are growing — here's a list

Podcasts seem to be growing now more than ever. Here’s a list of more than ten technical writing podcasts that you can listen to. Source: I’d Rather Be Writing Feed

UX writing processes and considerations — WTD podcast episode 28

Write the Docs podcast episode 28 is a recording of a Berlin WTD meetup focused on UX writing processes and considerations. The event was live streamed on March 9, 2020 at the Humanitec in Berlin by Chris Ward. Source: I’d… Continue Reading →

Podcast with Jacob Moses on the Not-Boring Tech Writer: Skill #26: Getting Started with API Documentation

Jacob Moses has a podcast called The Not-Boring Tech Writer. Recently, he interviewed me for an episode titled Skill #26: Getting Started with API Documentation. Source: I’d Rather Be Writing Feed

Podcast: Dealing with Project Overload — Strategies to Manage Overflowing Documentation Tasks

In this podcast, I talk about how to deal with project overload, specifically covering strategies to manage tasks. Scrum is one framework for dealing with project work by allowing you to limit the work you have before you in a… Continue Reading →

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