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# Is Technical Writing Boring? Tech Writers as Information Architects

**Listen here:**

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In this week's podcast, Heidi and I consider a probing question: Is technical writing boring? We discuss a post that spawned a lot of comments and exchanges. We also talk about an article on information architecture in the Tech Comm journal.

We talk about the following topics in this podcast:

- ["Is technical writing boring?"post](https://idratherbewriting.com/2007/02/13/is-technical-writing-boring/)
- [Information Architecture article](http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/stc/tc/2007/00000054/00000001/art00002) in Tech Comm Journal
- [Grammar Girl podcast](http://grammar.qdnow.com/)
- [Web 2.0 podcast](http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail1639.html)
- [Music from podshow](http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=52beacf399f1b6bff28a8f0d3e5bf24f)
- [Tom's blog](https://idratherbewriting.com/)
- [Heidi's blog](https://heidilhansen.blogspot.com/index.html)

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**About Tech Writer Voices**Tech Writer Voices is a podcast specifically for technical communicators. The weekly show features interviews, conversations, tips, and other information for those who write help content. To stay updated with the latest podcasts on technical writing, be sure to subscribe to Tech Writer Voices using the e-mail subscription feature in the top-right corner of the site.