Simplifying complexity is the name of a series of posts I wrote following this thread. The posts aim to dig deeper into this core motto that many technical writers herald as their prime goal and value to technical projects: reducing the complexity of information into language that is easy to read, steps that are easy to follow, so that users can have success.

The following content is in the simplifying-complexity category:

New post in Simplifying Complexity series -- Principle 11: Be both a generalist and specialist at the same time | Nov 30, 2018

Tech comm trends -- why tech writers will be collaborating more with engineers | Oct 9, 2018

Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part I) | Oct 2, 2018

Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part II) | Oct 2, 2018

Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part III) | Oct 2, 2018

Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part IV) | Oct 2, 2018

Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part V) | Oct 2, 2018

Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part VI) | Oct 2, 2018

Tech comm trends: Providing value as a generalist in a sea of specialists (Part VII) | Oct 2, 2018

Pages at a glance -- the importance of the first two sentences of any topic | Sep 15, 2018

New article in Simplifying Complexity series -- Iterate and increment on content following an agile approach | Aug 31, 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

Reducing the complexity of technical language (new article in Simplifying Complexity series) | Jul 11, 2018

Hiding Complexity -- A new Simplifying Complexity article | Jun 12, 2018

New article in Simplifying Complexity: Reconstructing the absent user | May 31, 2018

New Simplifying Complexity article on shaping information into familiar schemas, especially story | Apr 18, 2018

New article on Simplifying Complexity: Reduction, layering, and distillation as a strategy for simplicity | Mar 28, 2018

New article in Simplifying Complexity -- Ensuring information harmony in the larger documentation landscape | Mar 7, 2018

New Simplifying complexity tutorial: Discoverability through metadata | Feb 5, 2018

New section on my site: Simplifying complexity | Jan 24, 2018

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