PDF and eBook formats available for API doc course | Dec 29, 2021
One year later after moving to Seattle | Dec 22, 2021
Broadcasting your meeting notes (API documentation topic) | Dec 11, 2021
Barefoot shoes, basketball, and how to avoid recurring calf strains | Nov 28, 2021
"The writing process"-- a new section in my API doc course | Nov 19, 2021
HastyDocs: A new approach to keeping API documentation up-to-date, by Jarek Piotrowski | Nov 15, 2021
Urban sprawl and car dependence -- some thoughts on solutions | Oct 31, 2021
Write the Docs Podcast Episode 35: Docs for Developers book, with Jared Bhatti and Zachary Sarah Corleissen | Oct 31, 2021
Presentation recording -- 'Best practices in API docs: Product overviews and getting started tutorials' | Oct 29, 2021
The existentialism of technical writing | Oct 22, 2021
New article in API doc course: Using Oxygen XML in docs-as-code workflows | Oct 14, 2021
Biking and public transportation in Renton and Seattle: Solving the first-mile and last-mile problems | Oct 7, 2021
tcworld China 2021 keynote: 'Tech comm and marketing: How to make your tech comm group more visible to those within your company' | Sep 16, 2021
New article in API doc course: 'Ensuring documentation coverage with each software release' | Aug 31, 2021
Sending doc status reports -- a tool for visibility and relationship building [API doc course] | Aug 15, 2021
Recording of 'Product overviews vs. getting started tutorials: striking a balance between read-first and try-first user behaviors' | Aug 7, 2021
Review of "Hashtag #TechComm: An Overview of Members, Networks, and Themes from 2016-2019" | Jul 22, 2021
New sections in API doc course exploring causes for poor product overviews and getting started tutorials | Jul 12, 2021
Five basketball strategies and how they might apply to tech comm | Jul 7, 2021
Balancing product overviews with getting started tutorials | Jul 6, 2021
Write the Docs Podcast Episode 34: Adding personality to documentation, with Fabrizio Ferri | Jun 26, 2021
Five project management responsibilities of senior technical writers | Jun 4, 2021
Trying to get back to normal | Jun 2, 2021
Paligo: Structured Authoring and Component Content Management made easy | Jun 2, 2021
Experiments: Leaving reviews on Google Maps | May 27, 2021
10 characteristics of ambiguous content | May 19, 2021
Experiments: Will reading a physical newspaper improve the way I consume news? | May 18, 2021
Experiments: What would happen if I exercised 2 hours a day? | May 15, 2021
Balancing action with narration: Creating product overviews and getting started tutorials to satisfy both try-first and read-first learning modes | May 3, 2021
An in-depth look at MadCap Flare 2021’s New Markdown Import Feature | May 2, 2021
Finding a focus | Apr 29, 2021
Updated API Getting Started tutorial | Apr 19, 2021
Technical writing course Q&A -- 'Become a Technical Writer', with Bobby Kennedy | Apr 18, 2021
Updated Stoplight tutorial | Apr 12, 2021
Switching from Skype to Zoom for podcasting tools | Mar 23, 2021
Videocast: Micro content and Flare -- Conversation with Kate Schneider | Mar 21, 2021
Updated glossary article with technical examples [API doc course] | Mar 18, 2021
My life story, or reflections on what shaped my life's career trajectory | Mar 18, 2021
Analyzing doc portals by looking at developer journeys -- recommended podcast episode from Cherryleaf | Mar 18, 2021
Who can make documentation requests | Feb 18, 2021
Some good decisions and minor mistakes | Feb 17, 2021
10 observations after using my API documentation checklist in a real scenario | Feb 15, 2021
Adding last modified timestamps to content | Feb 15, 2021
Product overviews -- a tricky space where documentation and marketing overlap | Feb 3, 2021
Q&A about Xeditor -- online XML editor -- with founder Matthias Kraus | Feb 2, 2021
Write the Docs Podcast episode 33: Simplified user interfaces, with Anton Bollen | Jan 19, 2021
Site analytics for 2020 -- trends, reflections, and thoughts | Jan 18, 2021
Measuring documentation quality -- a rubric for developer docs | Jan 12, 2021