I'd Rather Be Writing podcasts
You can listen to the I'd Rather Be Writing podcast on most podcast platforms. This category page lists all podcasts that I've recorded as part of my site, I'd Rather Be Writing. I've been recording and sharing podcasts for more than a decade, and though my consistency has fluctuated, I've always championed recording and sharing presentations and other conversations whenever possible.
I also used to participated in the Write the Docs Podcast (which since fizzled) and post summaries of each episode here as well — see Write the Docs podcasts.
Tip: See Technical writing podcasts for other podcasts related to technical writing, language, content strategy, and so on.
Recent idratherbewriting.com podcast episodes
Beyond 'parts' documentation: Moving towards systems thinking with developer portals | Mar 26, 2023
Presentation recording: Specialization myopia syndrome and the content journey | Mar 7, 2023
Podcast: All about Redocly, with founder Adam Altman | Feb 26, 2023
Podcast about Archbee -- a new documentation tool with a block-based editor, API publishing capability, content re-use, and more | Oct 31, 2022
Keynote presentation to STC India 2022 | Mar 26, 2022
[Podcast] Become a technical writer: conversation with Bobby Kennedy about the technical writing courses he offers | Feb 21, 2022
MEGAComm recording: How to increase awareness of tech comm inside corporate walls | Feb 10, 2022
Presentation recording -- 'Best practices in API docs: Product overviews and getting started tutorials' | Oct 29, 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
Recording of 'Product overviews vs. getting started tutorials: striking a balance between read-first and try-first user behaviors' | Aug 7, 2021
Videocast: Micro content and Flare -- Conversation with Kate Schneider | Mar 21, 2021
The story behind Document360 -- podcast with founder Saravana Kumar | Nov 17, 2020
Playing a product design role as a content designer -- podcast with Jonathon Colman | Aug 24, 2020
A tip for doc reviews -- bring a list of questions | Jul 24, 2020
Developer portal strategies for complex landscapes -- conversation with Kristof van Tomme | Jun 24, 2020
API the Docs recording: How Trends in API Documentation Differ from other Tech Comm Trends | Jun 4, 2020
WTD Australia event recording -- 'Remote discussion: Techcomm in the times of pandemic' | May 31, 2020
"Building Great Documentation" -- WAPI FM radio hour | May 7, 2020
My Knowledgebase Ninjas podcast episode -- "Metrics don't work" | Apr 15, 2020
API The Docs Virtual Series 2020 -- Upcoming presentations and thoughts on the virtual format | Apr 14, 2020
Are technical writers increasingly playing non-technical roles? Some thoughts on the evolution of technical writing roles | Mar 30, 2020
Podcast: Users as producers of knowledge -- conversation with Nupoor Ranade about how tech writer roles are changing | Mar 29, 2020
Tech comm podcasts are growing -- here's a list | Mar 24, 2020
Webinar recording: How Trends in API Documentation Differ from other Tech Comm Trends | Mar 12, 2020
Introduction to API documentation - Recording from Los Angeles API documentation workshop | Mar 11, 2020
Podcast: How Paligo is filling a niche in the CCMS market for complex documentation, with Anders Svensson | Mar 9, 2020
The Manuscript Podcast, with Breno Barreto -- Episode 2, How technical should a tech writer be? | Mar 8, 2020
Podcast with Andrew Davis: Hiring API doc writers -- an inside look at fixing broken processes | Feb 23, 2020
New podcast: Unifying Technical Content Sets into a Broader Ecosystem, with Cruce Sanders at [A] | Feb 14, 2020
From API docs to developer portals | Feb 9, 2020
Podcast: API Design and Usability with Arnaud Lauret (API Handyman) | Dec 7, 2019
Podcast with Jacob Moses on the Not-Boring Tech Writer: Skill #26: Getting Started with API Documentation | Oct 3, 2019
Podcast: Dealing with Project Overload -- Strategies to Manage Overflowing Documentation Tasks | Oct 2, 2019
Podcast: 10 myths about API documentation | Sep 29, 2019
Recording of Tech Comm Trends Presentation (STC Puget Sound chapter) | Jun 8, 2019
Crash course in API documentation -- a one-hour video | May 16, 2019
New video recordings of Raleigh API documentation workshop now available | Apr 21, 2019
Corporate exodus narratives: A close look at the tension between the corporation and academia | Mar 1, 2019
Recording and slides for my trends presentation at the Symposium for Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) | Feb 24, 2019
How to become a 10X technical writer in the workplace | Feb 7, 2019
How to motivate users to provide feedback: Show that you're listening to their input | Feb 1, 2019
Site analytics from Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2018 -- are more engineers writing docs now? | Jan 14, 2019
My podcast about writing with Ellis Pratt on Cherryleaf | Dec 13, 2018
Recording for Menlo Park API documentation workshop now available -- and some thoughts on using cardioid versus omnidirectional microphones for recording | Dec 4, 2018
New post in Simplifying Complexity series -- Principle 11: Be both a generalist and specialist at the same time | Nov 30, 2018
How to avoid being a secretary for engineers | Nov 19, 2018
Upcoming full-day API documentation workshop in Menlo Park | Oct 31, 2018
Preferring technical acuity over specialized knowledge | Oct 24, 2018
Tech comm podcasts roundup and survey | Sep 15, 2018
If writing is no longer a marketable skill, what is? | Aug 9, 2018
My conflicted thoughts about the decentralized web (while taking the Census of Technical Communicators survey) | Aug 6, 2018
Articulating stories that influence product adoption (new article in Simplifying Complexity series) | Jul 31, 2018
The relationship between academics and practitioners -- Podcast with Kirk St. Amant | Jul 11, 2018
Reducing the complexity of technical language (new article in Simplifying Complexity series) | Jul 11, 2018
Evaluating the user experience of documentation -- Podcast with Bob Watson | Jun 18, 2018
Recording of API documentation workshop in Denver | Mar 12, 2018
Recording of STC San Francisco presentation: Beyond mere endpoint reference — the overlooked content in API documentation | Mar 8, 2018
Recording of OpenAPI and Swagger presentation (for STC and WTD San Diego) | Feb 14, 2018
Recording of WTD South Bay presentation: Publishing tools for API documentation | Jan 19, 2018
How to become a voracious reader | Dec 1, 2017
How do you communicate user progress in a course without a Learning Management System (LMS)? | Nov 28, 2017
Intro to API Documentation -- recording of presentation to STC Silicon Valley chapter on 11/20/2017 | Nov 19, 2017
The Untold Story of Techwriter.pl: A Polish website about technical communication for technical writers, trainers, and translators | Oct 31, 2017
SwaggerHub: A collaborative platform for working on OpenAPI/Swagger specification files, and more | Oct 5, 2017
Has plain language deepened or ruined our delight in language? | Sep 20, 2017
Discoveries and realizations while walking down the Docs-as-Code path | Aug 23, 2017
Why Stack Overflow's Documentation effort failed -- a few thoughts from a technical writer's perspective | Aug 5, 2017
Tech docs and Agile: Alternatives to integrating into engineering Scrums (Part 2) | Aug 4, 2017
Tech docs and Agile: Problems with integrating tech writers into engineering Scrums (Part 1) | Aug 4, 2017
Why simple language isn't so simple: the struggle to create plain language in documentation | Jul 27, 2017
When the pain of ignorance exceeds the pain of learning | Jul 23, 2017
Transparency in documentation: dealing with limits about what you can and cannot say | Jul 13, 2017
Recording of my WTD Portland 2017 presentation on Building navigation for your doc site -- 5 best practices | Jun 8, 2017
Recording of User-Centered Design Principles for Organizing Documentation | Feb 18, 2017
Recording: Modern Technical Writing, by Andrew Etter (STC Silicon Valley chapter) | Jan 24, 2017
Recording: Writing tech docs like a hacker with Jekyll | Jan 18, 2017
Recording of Open Authoring -- Collaboration Across Disciplines presentation, by Ralph Squillace | Nov 15, 2016
Saving Your Sanity Through Better Client Relations -- with Alisa Bonsignore | Oct 18, 2016
How can technical writers thrive in agile environments? Event recording and details | Sep 20, 2016
Recording of Let's Tell a Story -- Scenario-Based Documentation, by Matt Ness (STC Silicon Valley Presentation) | Sep 2, 2016
Balancing the never-ending list of documentation to write with your natural interests and passions | Sep 2, 2016
Presentation recording: Hunting for API developer documentation jobs in the San Francisco Bay area, by Andrew Davis | Aug 15, 2016
The complexities of translation and the need for dynamic variables in the build process | Aug 15, 2016
Will the docs-as-code approach scale? Responding to comments on my Review of Modern Technical Writing | Aug 1, 2016
The Story of Paligo: A new browser-based CCMS with all the features you'd ever want | Aug 1, 2016
Review of Andrew Etter's ebook on Modern Technical Writing | Jul 26, 2016
Applying Tim Ferriss' 4-hour work week rules to tech comm projects | Jul 20, 2016
Thoughts on Transforming Documentation Processes presentation at WTD: Evaluating the trend to treat documentation as code | Jul 15, 2016
Context switching and efficiency -- Kanban to the rescue? | Jul 13, 2016
Why Programming Sucks and the fallacy of documentation in the context of code chaos | Jul 12, 2016
Thoughts on Documentation Avoidance for Programmers | Jul 9, 2016
Presentation recording: Move Fast And ... Document Things? Lessons learned in building documentation culture at a startup, by Ruthie Bendor | May 22, 2016
Presentation recording: Two Great Teams that Work Great Together: Bridging the Gap Between Documentation and Support | May 22, 2016
Recording of 'Two great teams that work great together: Bridging the gap between documentation and support,' by Neal Kaplan at Write the Docs | May 22, 2016
Recording of WTD presentation on Video Documentation, by Alicia Avrach | Apr 24, 2016
Recording of STC-SV presentation on the Shape of a Modern Technical Communication Organization, by Sanborn Hodgkins | Apr 24, 2016
10 minute podcast on API technical writing with Ryan Weber on Stitcher | Mar 12, 2016
Spec-driven Development with RAML -- presentation by Michael Stowe to STC Silicon Valley chapter | Jan 9, 2016
Recording of Creating Documentation for Startups: Panel Discussion -- Write the Docs San Francisco | Dec 22, 2015
Recording of Version Control, Writers, and Worfklows by Richard Mateosian | Dec 17, 2015
Podcast: Spec-driven Development of REST APIs, with a focus on RAML -- interview with Michael Stowe | Oct 12, 2015
Udemy podcast (with me) and infographic on technical writing | Oct 6, 2015
Podcast: The divide between academics and practitioners -- Interview with Lisa Meloncon | Aug 10, 2015
Podcast: How do design, length, and relevance affect how people use API reference docs -- interview with Bob Watson | Jul 30, 2015
Listen to Ed Marsh's Content Content podcast with me as a guest | Jul 8, 2015
The key to writing good documentation: Testing your instructions | Jul 7, 2015
Introduction to technical writing -- slides and audio recording | May 16, 2015
API Documentation presentation to East Bay STC chapter -- slides and recording | May 16, 2015
Recording and slides from "Jekyll vs. DITA: Bridging the Gap Between Tech Comm and the Web" presentation | May 14, 2015
Recording of API documentation workshop (REST and Javadoc) at tcworld India 2015 | Mar 19, 2015
Recording of Innovation in Technical Communication keynote at tcworld India 2015 | Mar 18, 2015
Podcast: The upcoming tcworld India conference on March 12-13, with Akash Dubey | Feb 9, 2015
Best practices for API documentation -- podcast with Andrya Feinberg | Feb 4, 2015
Survival strategies for API documentation -- slides and recording | Feb 3, 2015
API workshop video + audio + slides + workshop files from TC Camp | Jan 27, 2015
Moving from passive to reactive documentation -- recording of presentation by Greg Koberger, ReadMe.com founder | Jan 19, 2015
Podcast: Unifying the API doc publishing toolchain, with Mark Baker | Jan 8, 2015
Podcast: Automating REST API documentation, with Peter Gruenbaum | Jan 5, 2015
Learning how developers think, and other API doc insights: Podcast with Joe Malin | Dec 22, 2014
Getting a job in API documentation: Podcast with Andrew Davis | Dec 17, 2014
The Author Experience -- Interview with Rick Yagodich | Nov 5, 2014
Slides and recording for "Perfecting the audio narration in instructional video" at Info Dev World | Oct 23, 2014
API Doc presentation slides and recording (San Francisco STC chapter) | Oct 16, 2014
Information Development World and the Customer Experience -- A Podcast with Scott Abel and Val Swisher | Jun 18, 2014
Introduction to API documentation: Interview with Scot Marvin | Jun 16, 2014
Lessons learned as a novice API technical writer -- Interview with Mary Linderman (podcast) | Jun 8, 2014
Creating code samples for API/SDK documentation (webinar recording, slides, and audio) | May 30, 2014
Recording of my STC Sacramento presentation -- Why users can't find answers in help material | May 18, 2014
Videos and reflections from the 2014 Intelligent Content Conference | Mar 3, 2014
Tobi Crabtree on Virtual Agents (Intelligent Content 2014) | Mar 3, 2014
Val Swisher on Translation Without Borders at Intelligent Content 2014 | Mar 3, 2014
Noz Urbina on The Biological Imperative for Intelligent Content (Intelligent Content 2014) | Mar 3, 2014
Mark Baker on Every Page Is Page One (Intelligent Content 2014) | Mar 3, 2014
Rahel Bailie on the Language of Content Strategy (Intelligent Content 2014) | Mar 3, 2014
Don Day on Connecting Intelligent Content with Micropublishing (Intelligent Content 2014) | Mar 3, 2014
Theresa Putkey on Diagnosing and Solving Content Problems (Intelligent Content 2014) | Mar 3, 2014
Kyle Wiens on gamification and iFixit / Dozuki at Intelligent Content 2014 | Mar 3, 2014
Sarah O'Keefe on The Many Facets of Content Strategy (Intelligent Content 2014) | Mar 3, 2014
Marcia Riefer Johnston on Writing (Intelligent Content 2014) | Mar 3, 2014
Tom Johnson on Blogging (Intelligent Content 2014) | Mar 3, 2014
Recording of STC Berkeley presentation on why users can't find answers in help | Jan 8, 2014
Recording and slides for "Why users can't find answers in help" presentation to STC Silicon Valley | Oct 23, 2013
Recording of "Video Tutorials for User Assistance" (UA Europe Presentation) | Jun 24, 2013
Recording of "Making Content More Findable When Users Browse and Search" (UA Europe Presentation) | Jun 24, 2013
Podcast: Include It All, Filter It Afterwards -- Interview with Mark Baker | Dec 11, 2012
Webinar Recording: Designing Quick Reference Guides | Feb 18, 2012
Webinar Recording -- Organizing Help Content: Breaking Out of Topic-Based Hierarchies | Feb 18, 2012
Podcast: Organizing Help Content: Breaking Out of Topic-based Hierarchies | May 18, 2011
Podcast: Content Strategy and Agility, with Noz Urbina | Apr 5, 2011
Podcast: A Practical Guide to Information Architecture, with Donna Spencer | Mar 18, 2011
Podcast -- Visual Composing: Document Design for Print and Digital Media, with Jo Mackiewicz | Mar 14, 2011
Podcast with Alan Houser -- Candidate for STC Vice President | Mar 7, 2011
Podcast with Victoria Koster-Lenhardt -- Candidate for STC Vice President | Mar 7, 2011
Podcast: Educational Programs and Workplace Practices | Nov 23, 2010
Technical Writing Is More Than "Click This, Select That" [Podcast] | Oct 21, 2010
Podcast: Finding and Creating Relevant Content -- Strategies for Social Media | Oct 8, 2010
Podcast: Developing a Personal Voice in Audio (Intermountain-STC event) | Oct 6, 2010
More Students Questions about Technical Writing | Sep 7, 2010
Answers About the Field of Technical Writing for Students | Sep 6, 2010
Podcast: From Overlooked to Center Stage (Overlooked) | Apr 28, 2010
Podcast: “Anyone Can Write”: Changing Roles for Technical Communicators | Apr 26, 2010
Podcast: Trends in Technical Communication | Apr 25, 2010
Podcast: Ten Voiceover Techniques (PodcampSLC) | Apr 11, 2010
Podcast: What's New in Flare 6 — Interview with Mike Hamilton | Mar 2, 2010
Podcast: Documentation in the Cloud | Mar 1, 2010
Podcast: Riding the Tide of Technical Communications Consulting | Jan 21, 2010
Podcast on getting a job in technical writing (TW Job) | Dec 26, 2009
Podcast: The Myth of Single Sourcing | Dec 21, 2009
Podcast about the Podcast Poll | Nov 18, 2009
Podcast on the seven deadly sins of blogging | Nov 5, 2009
Podcast from BYU Idaho Professional Writing Panel | Oct 15, 2009
Choosing Between Academic and Corporate Life: Did I Make the Wrong Choice? | Oct 10, 2009
My STC Summit Blogging Presentation Is Free | Oct 1, 2009
Information Overload -- Conversation with Ricardo Amigo | Sep 23, 2009
Podcast with Anne Gentle about her Conversation and Community book | Aug 26, 2009
Carcast: Friday Thoughts on Reading, Publish2, and Writer River | Aug 14, 2009
Podcast on Content Strategy: Interview with Rahel Bailie | Jul 27, 2009
Forms that Work – Interview with Caroline Jarrett (podcast) | Jun 20, 2009
Blogging, Podcasting, and Screencasting: Eight Characteristics to Attract Devoted Followers [Part 2] | Jun 14, 2009
Blogging, Podcasting, and Screencasting: Eight Characteristics to Attract Devoted Followers [Part I] | Jun 14, 2009
Anne Gentle on her Forthcoming Book, Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation | May 27, 2009
STC Toronto's New Five-and-Five Chapter Model | May 25, 2009
Richard Hamilton's XML Press Imprint | May 25, 2009
Converting Readers from Casual Subscribers to Devoted Followers | May 21, 2009
Madcap's Flare-DITA Solution (podcast) | May 20, 2009
The State of Structured Authoring in Technical Communication (podcast) | May 19, 2009
John Hedtke on Disaster Preparedness and Book Publishing | May 16, 2009
GUI Magnets -- Prototyping User Interfaces with Simple Magnets | May 13, 2009
James Bond: The History of the Illustrated 007 (Podcast with Alan Porter) | May 11, 2009
Ginny Redish -- Letting Go of the Words (Podcast Interview at STC Summit) | May 5, 2009
Introduction to Technical Writing (podcast) | Mar 24, 2009
Managing Writers: Interview with Richard Hamilton (podcast) | Mar 23, 2009
Jane's Presentation, Twitter for Business (podcast) | Mar 15, 2009
Podcast -- Blogging for Technical Communicators Webinar (Part 2) | Mar 4, 2009
Podcast -- Blogging for Technical Communicators Webinar (Part 1) | Mar 3, 2009
Documentation Review Techniques (videocast) | Feb 5, 2009
Podcast: Make Your Help Indispensable, Safeguard Your Job | Jan 31, 2009
Screencasting -- Workflow and Presentation, by Collin Turner (Podcast) | Jan 17, 2009
A Technical Writer with Extra Privileges? Responding to a Question about Roles (Videocast) | Jan 15, 2009
Top Technical Communication News for January 2009 | Jan 11, 2009
Podcast: Help Authoring with Doc-To-Help 2009, Interview with Nicky Bleiel | Jan 5, 2009
Podcast: Technical Writing in Agile Environments -- Interview with Alyssa Fox | Dec 23, 2008
Podcast: What Is the Technical Writer's Role in Interface Design? Interview with Bogo Vatovec | Dec 14, 2008
Podcast: Debunking the Boredom Myth of Technical Writing | Nov 3, 2008
Podcast: Personalities of Technical Communicators -- Interview with Deborah (Shapiro) Hemstreet | Oct 29, 2008
Podcast: Repurposing Content for Multichannel Publishing (Single Sourcing) | Sep 19, 2008
Podcast: Flare 4 -- Ten New Features, Interview with Sharon Burton | Sep 8, 2008
Podcast: What's New in the Field of Technical Communication? | Sep 5, 2008
Podcast: Using Video in Training and Documentation, Interview with Todd O'Neill | May 31, 2008
Podcast: Analyzing Your Users and Needs Before Creating the Help Deliverables; Interview with Nicky Bleiel | May 31, 2008
Podcast: How to Create User-Centered Documentation, Interview with Joe Sokohl | May 30, 2008
Thinking About a More Personal Style of Podcasting | May 27, 2008
Podcast: Workspaces, Collaboration, and Information Sharing -- Interview with Emma Hamer | May 25, 2008
Podcast: Why Content Management Projects Fail, Interview with Rahel Bailie | May 25, 2008
Podcast: How XML Enables Information Sharing and Reuse -- Interview with Joe Gollner | May 25, 2008
Podcast: XSL, Flash, and Live Blogging -- Interview with Sarah O'Keefe | May 17, 2008
Podcast: Document Engineering, Interview with Robert Glushko | May 17, 2008
Podcast: Living Multiple Lives -- The New Technical Communicator, Interview with Noz Urbina | May 11, 2008
Podcast: Embracing Wikis -- Interview with Stewart Mader | May 10, 2008
Podcast: Moving 50,000 Pages of Unstructured Content to DITA | May 6, 2008
Podcast: Leading Your Company into the Wikis, Blogs, and Social Networks of Web 2.0 | May 6, 2008
Podcast -- DITA: From the Perspective of Someone Actually Using It | Apr 21, 2008
Podcast -- Social Networking and the Value of User Communities for Technical Communicators | Apr 12, 2008
Podcast -- Transitioning from Technical Writing into Usability | Apr 2, 2008
Podcast -- Tackling Godzilla: A Writer/Usability Consultant Reflects on the Largest Project of her Career | Mar 26, 2008
My Blogging and Podcasting Presentation -- the MP3 and Video Recording | Mar 2, 2008
Jing Screencast: Getting Up and Running with Jing | Feb 12, 2008
Interview with STC President Linda Oestreich: Directions the STC Is Heading | Feb 5, 2008
Going Beyond Technical Writing: Practical Advice for Diversifying Your Skillset -- Podcast Interview with Mark Hanigan | Jan 29, 2008
All About Madcap Flare: Podcast Interview with Paul Pehrson, MVP in Madcap Software Forums | Jan 19, 2008
The Impact of Social Media on Technical Communication -- Podcast Interview with Bill Albing | Jan 14, 2008
Technical Communication Suite from Adobe -- Interview with RJ Jacquez | Dec 10, 2007
Show Me Demos and Captivate -- Interview with Kevin Siegel | Dec 5, 2007
Special DMN Communications Podcast with Tech Writer Voices (me): Are you Hurting Your Career By Not Blogging or Podcasting? | Nov 19, 2007
Top 10 Worst Things SMEs Say or Do -- Interview with Brenda Huettner | Nov 12, 2007
Building Online Communities: Interview with Svi Ben-Elya about Elephant.org.il | Nov 6, 2007
Answering Tough Questions About Wikis -- Interview with Anne Gentle | Oct 16, 2007
Usability Research Behind Microsoft's Ergonomic Keyboard | Oct 5, 2007
Location is everything when it comes to getting information from SMEs — Carcast | Sep 20, 2007
Virtual Ways of Communicating — Char James-Tanny | Sep 17, 2007
Information Architecture: Organizing Chaos, Metadata, Taxonomy vs. Folksonomy, and the Dublin Core | Jun 21, 2007
A New Approach: Tech Comm News | Jun 14, 2007
Vista and Office 2007: Presentation by David McNamee from Microsoft | May 31, 2007
Podcasting at the STC Conference: Reasons, Methods, and Reflections | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Jack Molisani on Trends in Technical Communication | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Geoff Sauer on tc.eserver.org, the Largest Tech Comm Index Online | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Rob Houser on Creating Nontraditional E-Learning | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Scott Abel on Web 2.0 | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Ann Rockley on the Rockley Group Blog and a New CMS Report | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Chris Thompson on Searching for a Content Management System | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Caroline Jarrett on User Interface Design | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Whitney Quesenbery on the Five E's of Usability | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Harry Miller on Multimedia Documentation | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Stephanie Bryant on Videoblogging | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Mike Brazill on Writing for Developers | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: John Daigle on RoboHelp 7 | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Debbie Kennedy on Modular Writing and Reusability | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Joan Lasselle on Adopting Content Management | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Cindy Skawinski on Activity Diagrams (Uniform Modeling Language Artifacts) | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Adrienne Escoe on Recruiting | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Teresa Lipus, Snake River chapter, Southern Idaho and Eastern Oregon | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Deanne Levander, Twin Cities, Minnesota Chapter, and John Garison, Vermont | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Laurel Bowen, Oakridge Tennessee Chapter | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Brad Simmons, Ames, Iowa | May 19, 2007
STC Conference: Michael Gernes, Central Iowa STC Community | May 19, 2007
Leadership Day: Jackie Damrau, Dallas, Texas, and Rachel Houghton, Willamette Valley, Oregon | May 19, 2007
Leadership Day: Jeanette Rogers, Seattle, Instructional Design & Learning SIG | May 19, 2007
Leadership Day: Lorrie Corbett, Philadelphia Metro Chapter | May 19, 2007
Leadership Day: Hillary Hart, Austin Chapter | May 19, 2007
Leadership Day: Todd Race, Toronto chapter, Canadian Issues Group | May 19, 2007
Leadership Day: Dan Dornbrook, Chicago Chapter | May 19, 2007
Leadership Day: Melanie G. Flanders, China; Beau Cain, Director 8 | May 19, 2007
Leadership Day: Paul Sinasohn, Berkeley Chapter, California | May 19, 2007
Leadership Day: Holly Harkness, Al Hood, and Howard Speck — Atlanta Chapter | May 19, 2007
Leadership Day: Rhevati Sampath and Wendy Tung, Berkeley Chapter, California | May 19, 2007
Leadership Day: Kelly Schrank & Lou Martindale — Mid-South Chapter in Memphis and Suncoast Chapter in Tampa | May 19, 2007
Leadership Day: Sue Kloster, Willamette Valley Chapter, Oregon | May 19, 2007
Creating Help in the Web 2.0 Age — Presentation by Neil Perlin | May 10, 2007
Special Announcements: Add your blog to techwriterblogs.com wiki, and also support Tech Writer Voices | May 8, 2007
Presentation on Writing and Web 2.0 by Keith Hoffman — Given at the University of Wisconsin | May 8, 2007
Wikis Are Coming: An In-Depth Exploration of Using Wikis in Documentation — Interview with Katriel Reichman (Israel) | May 6, 2007
A Few Conversations at Doc Train — User Personas, Data Conversion, and Simplified Technical English | May 1, 2007
My First Carcast: Driving Home from Vancouver After the Doc Train Conference | Apr 30, 2007
Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools — Interview with the authors | Apr 29, 2007
Interview with George Hayhoe, editor of Technical Communication Journal, on Technical Writing in China and Korea | Apr 25, 2007
Defining Experiences: Five STC Candidates Share Influential Stories from the Tech Comm Field | Apr 8, 2007
Making Help More Human, and other discussions | Apr 7, 2007
Susan Burton Provides an Inside, In-Depth Look at STC's Most Pressing Issues | Apr 2, 2007
Special STC Elections Podcast: Interview with Nicky Bleiel, Candidate for Director | Mar 25, 2007
Is Technical Writing Boring? Tech Writers as Information Architects | Mar 14, 2007
Online Communities, Member Maps, Virtual Chats, Sparkpeople, Intercom, and More | Mar 7, 2007
Review of Word 2007, Tool vs. Industry Experience, the Slow Movement, E-mail Tips, and More | Feb 27, 2007
First Cohost Podcast — A Natural Conversation about Technical Writing | Feb 14, 2007
Discussion about RoboHelp 6 — Interview with Rick Stone | Feb 3, 2007
How to Create a Site Where Users Can Actually Find Information — Interview with Thom Haller | Jan 23, 2007
Ten Lessons Learned as a Technical Communicator — Interview with Rahul Prabhakar | Jan 13, 2007
Mike Hamilton Gives Flare Demo to the Suncoast Chapter | Jan 5, 2007
The Convergence of Web 2.0 with Help Documentation — Tom Johnson | Jan 3, 2007
Understanding Principles of Usability, Part 2 — Karen Bachmann | Jan 1, 2007
Understanding Principles of Usability, Part 1 — Karen Bachmann | Dec 18, 2006
Keith Hoffman Interviews Susan Burton, Exec. Director of the STC | Dec 1, 2006
Web 2.0, CMS, and DITA — Interview with Ann Rockley | Nov 27, 2006
How to Increase Collaboration and Performance — Interview with Emma Hamer | Nov 13, 2006
Technical Writing in India — Interview with Sandeep Balakrishna | Oct 30, 2006
Another Perspective on Single-Sourcing — Interview with Sarah O'Keefe | Oct 23, 2006
How To Create a Usable Index — Interview with John McGhie | Oct 20, 2006
Podcasting 101 — by Tom Johnson | Oct 17, 2006
How to Implement Single Sourcing — Interview with Neil Perlin | Oct 9, 2006
Joomla, an Open-Source Content Management System Solution — Interview with Sean Wheller about Joomla | Oct 9, 2006
Knowledge Management and Technical Writing — Janet Foley | Oct 9, 2006
Flare 2.0 and MadCap Software — Interview with Mike Hamilton | Oct 9, 2006
Content Management Professionals — Interview with Scott Abel | Oct 9, 2006
Writing for the Web — Ian Koss, Founder of Ink19.com | Oct 9, 2006
About Tom Johnson
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