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 and included in my podcast feed. I’ve been recording and sharing podcasts for more than a decade, with varying formats. For example, I started out mostly interviewing people, then transitioned to recording presentations, experimented with some individual monologue podcasts, explored discussion podcasts with co-hosts, and more. I like experimenting with different approaches.

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2026

1. Jun 28, 2026. AI Book Club discussion of The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby
2. May 31, 2026. Judging beautiful docs, AI fatigue, and tool slop -- podcast with Fabrizio
3. May 17, 2026. AI Book Club discussion recording of 'Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence', by Max Tegmark
4. Apr 23, 2026. AI Book Club discussion recording of 'Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future', by Dan Wang
5. Apr 12, 2026. Podcast: How valuable are agent skills? Conversation with Larah Vasquez and Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti
6. Apr 5, 2026. The Emerging Picture of a Changed Profession: Cyborg Technical Writers — Augmented, Not Replaced, by AI
7. Mar 21, 2026. Will tech writers survive AI? Perspectives from two professors, Nupoor Ranade and Jeremy Merritt
8. Mar 17, 2026. AI Book Club recording of 'If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies'
9. Mar 8, 2026. Podcast: Doc testing, skills files, and the guardians of knowledge -- with Manny Silva
10. Feb 25, 2026. World Brain: No Experts podcast - Three tech writers and a photographer walk into a bar (with Tom Johnson and Floyd Jones) guest
11. Feb 16, 2026. AI Book Club recording, notes, and transcript for Sarah Wynn-Williams's Careless People
12. Jan 25, 2026. Podcast: Tech comm predictions for 2026 (Phase One)
13. Jan 24, 2026. AI Book Club recording of God, Human, Animal, Machine
14. Jan 4, 2026. Podcast: Writing as telepathy: AI tools, automation, and an intentionally offline life -- conversation with CT Smith

2025

1. Dec 17, 2025. AI Book Club recording, notes, and transcript for Ethan Mollick's Co-Intelligence
2. Nov 30, 2025. Documentation theater and the acceleration paradox -- podcast episode 3 with Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti
3. Nov 22, 2025. Recording, transcript, and notes for AI Book Club discussion of Yuval Noah Harari's Nexus
4. Oct 26, 2025. Recording of AI book club session of 'Hands-On Large Language Models: Language Understanding and Generation', by Jay Alammar and Maarten Grootendorst
5. Oct 26, 2025. MCP servers and the role tech writers can play in shaping AI capabilities and outcomes -- podcast with Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti and Anandi Knuppel
6. Sep 28, 2025. Podcast: How AI is changing the role of technical writers to context curators and content directors
7. Sep 22, 2025. Recording of AI Book Club discussion of Karen Hao's Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
8. Aug 19, 2025. Recording of AI Book Club discussion about Kai-fu Lee's AI Superpowers
9. Aug 10, 2025. Recording of Coffee and Content episode: What's wrong with AI-generated docs? guest
10. Jul 5, 2025. Will our next users be AI agents? The future of content delivery with Fabrice Lacroix, founder of Fluid Topics (podcast)
11. Jun 15, 2025. AI Book Club recording and notes for The Singularity is Nearer, by Ray Kurzweil
12. May 17, 2025. Notes and discussion for Suleyman's The Coming Wave: AI, Power, and Our Future + AI Book Club recording and transcript
13. Apr 15, 2025. Notes and discussion for John Warner's More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI + AI Book Club recording
14. Feb 17, 2025. Rethinking traditional approaches to release notes -- recording of WTD Australia presentation WTD
15. Feb 17, 2025. Rethinking traditional approaches to release notes -- recording of WTD Australia presentation WTD
16. Jan 5, 2025. My 2025 trends predictions for tech comm

2024

1. Oct 6, 2024. [Podcast] GenAI and Document360: Conversation with Saravana Kumar
2. Jul 28, 2024. Podcast: Task decomposition and complex tree diagrams
3. Jul 28, 2024. Podcast: Using long-token contexts to quality check an entire API doc set
4. Jul 28, 2024. Podcast: Using file diffs for better release notes in reference docs
5. Jul 28, 2024. Podcast: Populating documentation templates using AI
6. Jul 28, 2024. Podcast: Gathering source material for context input
7. Jul 28, 2024. Podcast: Creating high-fidelity, thematically organized notes from engineering meetings using AI
8. May 30, 2024. [Podcast] Uncovering and communicating the value of your tech comm teams' work, with Keren Brown
9. Jan 5, 2024. [Podcast] Breaking ground: New API documentation course at UW, with Bob Watson
10. Jan 1, 2024. My 2024 technical writing trends and predictions

2023

1. Dec 15, 2023. Podcast: Notes and themes from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
2. Dec 13, 2023. Webinar recording: Experiments and use cases for AI from a tech writer’s perspective
3. Dec 4, 2023. 30+ ways I’m using AI in everyday writing life as a technical writer, blogger, and curious human
4. Dec 3, 2023. Webinar: Let's talk API docs: a discussion about issues impacting documentation for APIs guest
5. Dec 3, 2023. Podcast: The evolution of podcasting, with Ed Marsh
6. Nov 18, 2023. Podcast: Tech writing and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, with Dan Grabski
7. Nov 9, 2023. Doing research with AI tools -- avoiding the trap of fabricated URLs
8. Nov 6, 2023. Notes for Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality
9. Oct 25, 2023. My experience trying to write original, full-length human-sounding articles using Claude AI
10. Oct 20, 2023. Chatting about AI trends and tech comm with Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti
11. Oct 14, 2023. [Podcast] AI and APIs: What works, what doesn't
12. Mar 7, 2023. Presentation recording: Specialization myopia syndrome and the content journey
13. Feb 26, 2023. Podcast: All about Redocly, with founder Adam Altman

2022

1. Oct 31, 2022. Podcast about Archbee -- a new documentation tool with a block-based editor, API publishing capability, content re-use, and more
2. Mar 26, 2022. Keynote presentation to STC India 2022
3. Mar 7, 2022. Let's Talk Docs podcast -- episode on measuring API documentation quality guest
4. Feb 21, 2022. [Podcast] Become a technical writer: conversation with Bobby Kennedy about the technical writing courses he offers
5. Feb 10, 2022. MEGAComm recording: How to increase awareness of tech comm inside corporate walls

2021

1. Oct 29, 2021. Presentation recording -- 'Best practices in API docs: Product overviews and getting started tutorials'
2. Sep 16, 2021. tcworld China 2021 keynote: 'Tech comm and marketing: How to make your tech comm group more visible to those within your company'
3. Aug 7, 2021. Recording of 'Product overviews vs. getting started tutorials: striking a balance between read-first and try-first user behaviors'
4. Jun 26, 2021. Write the Docs Podcast Episode 34: Adding personality to documentation, with Fabrizio Ferri WTD
5. Mar 21, 2021. Videocast: Micro content and Flare -- Conversation with Kate Schneider
6. Jan 19, 2021. Write the Docs Podcast episode 33: Simplified user interfaces, with Anton Bollen WTD

2020

1. Dec 2, 2020. Content Strategy Insights podcast with Larry Swanson about API documentation guest
2. Nov 17, 2020. The story behind Document360 -- podcast with founder Saravana Kumar
3. Nov 2, 2020. Write the Docs Podcast episode 32: Self-publishing and AsciiDoc, with Mehmed Pasic WTD
4. Sep 9, 2020. Write the Docs Podcast episode 31: Site search, with Peter Levan WTD
5. Aug 24, 2020. Playing a product design role as a content designer -- podcast with Jonathon Colman
6. Jul 24, 2020. A tip for doc reviews -- bring a list of questions
7. Jul 20, 2020. Write the Docs Podcast episode 30: Documentation templates, with Juan Lara WTD
8. Jun 24, 2020. Developer portal strategies for complex landscapes -- conversation with Kristof van Tomme
9. Jun 4, 2020. API the Docs recording: How Trends in API Documentation Differ from other Tech Comm Trends
10. May 31, 2020. WTD Australia event recording -- 'Remote discussion: Techcomm in the times of pandemic'
11. May 7, 2020. Podcast: Building Great Documentation -- WAPI FM radio hour guest
12. Apr 15, 2020. My Knowledgebase Ninjas podcast episode -- Metrics don't work guest
13. Apr 13, 2020. Write the Docs Podcast episode 29: Salary Survey results and WFH tips, with Eric Holscher WTD
14. Mar 30, 2020. Are technical writers increasingly playing non-technical roles? Some thoughts on the evolution of technical writing roles
15. Mar 29, 2020. Podcast: Users as producers of knowledge -- conversation with Nupoor Ranade about how tech writer roles are changing
16. Mar 24, 2020. Write the Docs Podcast episode 28: UX writing processes and considerations WTD
17. Mar 12, 2020. Webinar recording: How Trends in API Documentation Differ from other Tech Comm Trends
18. Mar 11, 2020. Introduction to API documentation - Recording from Los Angeles API documentation workshop
19. Mar 9, 2020. Podcast: How Paligo is filling a niche in the CCMS market for complex documentation, with Anders Svensson
20. Mar 8, 2020. The Manuscript Podcast, with Breno Barreto -- Episode 2, How technical should a tech writer be? guest
21. Feb 23, 2020. Podcast with Andrew Davis: Hiring API doc writers -- an inside look at fixing broken processes
22. Feb 21, 2020. Write the Docs Podcast episode 27: Starting a doc group/process when you're the first WTD
23. Feb 14, 2020. New podcast: Unifying Technical Content Sets into a Broader Ecosystem, with Cruce Sanders at [A] guest
24. Feb 9, 2020. From API docs to developer portals

2019

1. Dec 31, 2019. Write the Docs Podcast episode 26: Technical writing and Reddit, with Alan Bowman WTD
2. Dec 7, 2019. Podcast: API Design and Usability with Arnaud Lauret (API Handyman)
3. Oct 27, 2019. Write the Docs Podcast episode 25: Researching how developers use API docs, with Andrew Head WTD
4. Oct 3, 2019. Podcast with Jacob Moses on the Not-Boring Tech Writer: Skill #26: Getting Started with API Documentation guest
5. Oct 2, 2019. Podcast: Dealing with Project Overload -- Strategies to Manage Overflowing Documentation Tasks
6. Sep 29, 2019. Podcast: 10 myths about API documentation
7. Sep 25, 2019. Write the Docs Podcast episode 24: Conference chatter and the Australian scene, with Swapnil Ogaler WTD
8. Sep 10, 2019. Write the Docs Podcast episode 23: How to write inclusive tech documentation, by Lucie Le Naour WTD
9. Jul 28, 2019. Write the Docs Podcast episode 22: Managing multiple doc projects across Git repositories, with Giles Gaskell WTD
10. Jun 8, 2019. Recording of Tech Comm Trends Presentation (STC Puget Sound chapter)
11. May 16, 2019. Crash course in API documentation -- a one-hour video
12. Mar 31, 2019. Write the Docs Podcast episode 21: On career growth, leadership, and mentoring in Tech Writing WTD
13. Mar 3, 2019. Write the Docs podcast episode 20: Minimum requirements for good tech docs, with Matt Reiner WTD
14. Mar 1, 2019. Corporate exodus narratives: A close look at the tension between the corporation and academia
15. Feb 24, 2019. Recording and slides for my trends presentation at the Symposium for Communicating Complex Information (SCCI)
16. Feb 7, 2019. How to become a 10X technical writer in the workplace
17. Feb 1, 2019. How to motivate users to provide feedback: Show that you're listening to their input
18. Jan 31, 2019. Write the Docs Podcast episode 19: Static site generators, with Jessica Parsons WTD
19. Jan 14, 2019. Site analytics from Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2018 -- are more engineers writing docs now?

2018

1. Dec 13, 2018. My podcast about writing with Ellis Pratt on Cherryleaf guest
2. Dec 4, 2018. Recording for Menlo Park API documentation workshop now available -- and some thoughts on using cardioid versus omnidirectional microphones for recording
3. Nov 30, 2018. New post in Simplifying Complexity series -- Principle 11: Be both a generalist and specialist at the same time
4. Nov 25, 2018. Write the Docs Podcast episode 18: Recap and thoughts on the WTD Australia 2018 conference WTD
5. Nov 19, 2018. How to avoid being a secretary for engineers
6. Oct 31, 2018. Upcoming full-day API documentation workshop in Menlo Park
7. Oct 24, 2018. Preferring technical acuity over specialized knowledge
8. Oct 23, 2018. Write the Docs Podcast Episode 17: Structured Writing -- reasons and approaches, with Mark Baker WTD
9. Sep 6, 2018. Write the Docs Podcast episode 16: An open-source Grammarly for tech docs? WTD
10. Aug 9, 2018. If writing is no longer a marketable skill, what is?
11. Aug 6, 2018. My conflicted thoughts about the decentralized web (while taking the Census of Technical Communicators survey)
12. Jul 31, 2018. Articulating stories that influence product adoption (new article in Simplifying Complexity series)
13. Jul 22, 2018. Write the Docs Podcast episode 15: User research, tech writer stereotypes, and conversations WTD
14. Jul 11, 2018. Reducing the complexity of technical language (new article in Simplifying Complexity series)
15. Jul 11, 2018. The relationship between academics and practitioners -- Podcast with Kirk St. Amant
16. Jun 18, 2018. Evaluating the user experience of documentation -- Podcast with Bob Watson
17. Mar 23, 2018. Write the Docs Podcast episode 14: Humanizing your documentation WTD
18. Mar 12, 2018. Recording of API documentation workshop in Denver
19. Mar 8, 2018. Recording of STC San Francisco presentation: Beyond mere endpoint reference — the overlooked content in API documentation
20. Feb 14, 2018. Recording of OpenAPI and Swagger presentation (for STC and WTD San Diego)
21. Jan 22, 2018. Write the Docs Podcast episode 13: Postman for API development and docs — Interview with Postman Founder WTD
22. Jan 19, 2018. Recording of WTD South Bay presentation: Publishing tools for API documentation

2017

1. Dec 14, 2017. Write the Docs Podcast episode 12: Founding ideas behind Write the Docs WTD
2. Dec 1, 2017. How to become a voracious reader
3. Nov 28, 2017. Write the Docs Podcast episode 11: Exploring the Mozilla Developer Network's Web Docs project WTD
4. Nov 28, 2017. How do you communicate user progress in a course without a Learning Management System (LMS)?
5. Nov 19, 2017. Intro to API Documentation -- recording of presentation to STC Silicon Valley chapter on 11/20/2017
6. Oct 10, 2017. Write the Docs Podcast episode 10: What's going on in our lives as documentarians and product owners WTD
7. Oct 5, 2017. SwaggerHub: A collaborative platform for working on OpenAPI/Swagger specification files, and more
8. Sep 20, 2017. Has plain language deepened or ruined our delight in language?
9. Sep 19, 2017. Write the Docs Podcast episode 9: Chatbots in Documentation WTD
10. Aug 23, 2017. Discoveries and realizations while walking down the Docs-as-Code path
11. Aug 22, 2017. Write the Docs Podcast episode 8: Stack Overflow's Documentation Failure and Open Source Challenges WTD
12. Aug 5, 2017. Why Stack Overflow's Documentation effort failed -- a few thoughts from a technical writer's perspective
13. Aug 4, 2017. Tech docs and Agile: Problems with integrating tech writers into engineering Scrums (Part 1)
14. Aug 4, 2017. Tech docs and Agile: Alternatives to integrating into engineering Scrums (Part 2)
15. Jul 27, 2017. Why simple language isn't so simple: the struggle to create plain language in documentation
16. Jul 23, 2017. When the pain of ignorance exceeds the pain of learning
17. Jul 13, 2017. Transparency in documentation: dealing with limits about what you can and cannot say
18. Jul 6, 2017. Write the Docs Podcast episode 7: Let The Robots Do The Work WTD
19. Jun 8, 2017. Write the Docs Podcast episode 6: Metadata and UI copy WTD
20. Jun 8, 2017. Recording of my WTD Portland 2017 presentation on Building navigation for your doc site -- 5 best practices
21. May 1, 2017. Write the Docs Podcast episode 5: Where do we belong? WTD
22. Mar 6, 2017. Write the Docs Podcast Episode 4 -- Continuous Integration and Docs as Code WTD
23. Feb 18, 2017. Recording of User-Centered Design Principles for Organizing Documentation
24. Feb 3, 2017. Write the Docs Podcast episode 3: Trends for 2017 WTD
25. Jan 24, 2017. Recording: Modern Technical Writing, by Andrew Etter (STC Silicon Valley chapter)
26. Jan 18, 2017. Recording: Writing tech docs like a hacker with Jekyll

2016

1. Dec 18, 2016. Write the Docs Podcast Episode 2 (which Focuses on Findability) Now Available WTD
2. Nov 23, 2016. Write the Docs Podcast episode 1: New podcast from the Write the Docs community WTD
3. Nov 15, 2016. Recording of Open Authoring -- Collaboration Across Disciplines presentation, by Ralph Squillace
4. Oct 18, 2016. Saving Your Sanity Through Better Client Relations -- with Alisa Bonsignore
5. Sep 20, 2016. How can technical writers thrive in agile environments? Event recording and details
6. Sep 2, 2016. Balancing the never-ending list of documentation to write with your natural interests and passions
7. Sep 2, 2016. Recording of Let's Tell a Story -- Scenario-Based Documentation, by Matt Ness (STC Silicon Valley Presentation)
8. Aug 15, 2016. The complexities of translation and the need for dynamic variables in the build process
9. Aug 15, 2016. Presentation recording: Hunting for API developer documentation jobs in the San Francisco Bay area, by Andrew Davis
10. Aug 1, 2016. The Story of Paligo: A new browser-based CCMS with all the features you'd ever want
11. Aug 1, 2016. Will the docs-as-code approach scale? Responding to comments on my Review of Modern Technical Writing
12. Jul 26, 2016. Review of Andrew Etter's ebook on Modern Technical Writing
13. Jul 20, 2016. Applying Tim Ferriss' 4-hour work week rules to tech comm projects
14. Jul 15, 2016. Thoughts on Transforming Documentation Processes presentation at WTD: Evaluating the trend to treat documentation as code
15. Jul 13, 2016. Context switching and efficiency -- Kanban to the rescue?
16. Jul 12, 2016. Why Programming Sucks and the fallacy of documentation in the context of code chaos
17. Jul 9, 2016. Thoughts on Documentation Avoidance for Programmers
18. 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
19. May 22, 2016. Presentation recording: Move Fast And ... Document Things? Lessons learned in building documentation culture at a startup, by Ruthie Bendor
20. Apr 24, 2016. Recording of STC-SV presentation on the Shape of a Modern Technical Communication Organization, by Sanborn Hodgkins
21. Apr 24, 2016. Recording of WTD presentation on Video Documentation, by Alicia Avrach
22. Jan 9, 2016. Spec-driven Development with RAML -- presentation by Michael Stowe to STC Silicon Valley chapter

2015

1. Dec 22, 2015. Recording of Creating Documentation for Startups: Panel Discussion -- Write the Docs San Francisco
2. Dec 17, 2015. Recording of Version Control, Writers, and Worfklows by Richard Mateosian
3. Oct 12, 2015. Podcast: Spec-driven Development of REST APIs, with a focus on RAML -- interview with Michael Stowe
4. Oct 6, 2015. Udemy podcast (with me) and infographic on technical writing
5. Aug 10, 2015. Podcast: The divide between academics and practitioners -- Interview with Lisa Meloncon
6. Jul 30, 2015. Podcast: How do design, length, and relevance affect how people use API reference docs -- interview with Bob Watson
7. Jul 8, 2015. Listen to Ed Marsh's Content Content podcast with me as a guest guest
8. Jul 7, 2015. The key to writing good documentation: Testing your instructions
9. May 16, 2015. Introduction to technical writing -- slides and audio recording
10. May 16, 2015. API Documentation presentation to East Bay STC chapter -- slides and recording
11. May 14, 2015. Recording and slides from "Jekyll vs. DITA: Bridging the Gap Between Tech Comm and the Web" presentation
12. Mar 19, 2015. Recording of API documentation workshop (REST and Javadoc) at tcworld India 2015
13. Mar 18, 2015. Recording of Innovation in Technical Communication keynote at tcworld India 2015
14. Feb 9, 2015. Podcast: The upcoming tcworld India conference on March 12-13, with Akash Dubey
15. Feb 4, 2015. Best practices for API documentation -- podcast with Andrya Feinberg
16. Feb 3, 2015. Survival strategies for API documentation -- slides and recording
17. Jan 27, 2015. API workshop video + audio + slides + workshop files from TC Camp
18. Jan 19, 2015. Moving from passive to reactive documentation -- recording of presentation by Greg Koberger, ReadMe.com founder
19. Jan 8, 2015. Podcast: Unifying the API doc publishing toolchain, with Mark Baker
20. Jan 5, 2015. Podcast: Automating REST API documentation, with Peter Gruenbaum

2014

1. Dec 22, 2014. Learning how developers think, and other API doc insights: Podcast with Joe Malin
2. Dec 17, 2014. Getting a job in API documentation: Podcast with Andrew Davis
3. Nov 5, 2014. The Author Experience -- Interview with Rick Yagodich
4. Oct 23, 2014. Slides and recording for "Perfecting the audio narration in instructional video" at Info Dev World
5. Oct 16, 2014. API Doc presentation slides and recording (San Francisco STC chapter)
6. Jun 18, 2014. Information Development World and the Customer Experience -- A Podcast with Scott Abel and Val Swisher
7. Jun 16, 2014. Introduction to API documentation: Interview with Scot Marvin
8. Jun 8, 2014. Lessons learned as a novice API technical writer -- Interview with Mary Linderman (podcast)
9. May 30, 2014. Creating code samples for API/SDK documentation (webinar recording, slides, and audio)
10. May 18, 2014. Recording of my STC Sacramento presentation -- Why users can't find answers in help material
11. Mar 3, 2014. Videos and reflections from the 2014 Intelligent Content Conference
12. Mar 3, 2014. Tobi Crabtree on Virtual Agents (Intelligent Content 2014)
13. Mar 3, 2014. Val Swisher on Translation Without Borders at Intelligent Content 2014
14. Mar 3, 2014. Noz Urbina on The Biological Imperative for Intelligent Content (Intelligent Content 2014)
15. Mar 3, 2014. Mark Baker on Every Page Is Page One (Intelligent Content 2014)
16. Mar 3, 2014. Rahel Bailie on the Language of Content Strategy (Intelligent Content 2014)
17. Mar 3, 2014. Don Day on Connecting Intelligent Content with Micropublishing (Intelligent Content 2014)
18. Mar 3, 2014. Theresa Putkey on Diagnosing and Solving Content Problems (Intelligent Content 2014)
19. Mar 3, 2014. Kyle Wiens on gamification and iFixit / Dozuki at Intelligent Content 2014
20. Mar 3, 2014. Sarah O'Keefe on The Many Facets of Content Strategy (Intelligent Content 2014)
21. Mar 3, 2014. Marcia Riefer Johnston on Writing (Intelligent Content 2014)
22. Mar 3, 2014. Tom Johnson on Blogging (Intelligent Content 2014)
23. Jan 8, 2014. Recording of STC Berkeley presentation on why users can't find answers in help

2013

1. Oct 23, 2013. Recording and slides for "Why users can't find answers in help" presentation to STC Silicon Valley
2. Jun 24, 2013. Recording of "Video Tutorials for User Assistance" (UA Europe Presentation)
3. Jun 24, 2013. Recording of "Making Content More Findable When Users Browse and Search" (UA Europe Presentation)

2012

1. Dec 11, 2012. Podcast: Include It All, Filter It Afterwards -- Interview with Mark Baker
2. Feb 18, 2012. Webinar Recording: Designing Quick Reference Guides
3. Feb 18, 2012. Webinar Recording -- Organizing Help Content: Breaking Out of Topic-Based Hierarchies

2011

1. May 18, 2011. Podcast: Organizing Help Content: Breaking Out of Topic-based Hierarchies
2. Apr 5, 2011. Podcast: Content Strategy and Agility, with Noz Urbina
3. Mar 18, 2011. Podcast: A Practical Guide to Information Architecture, with Donna Spencer
4. Mar 14, 2011. Podcast -- Visual Composing: Document Design for Print and Digital Media, with Jo Mackiewicz
5. Mar 7, 2011. Podcast with Alan Houser -- Candidate for STC Vice President
6. Mar 7, 2011. Podcast with Victoria Koster-Lenhardt -- Candidate for STC Vice President

2010

1. Nov 23, 2010. Podcast: Educational Programs and Workplace Practices
2. Oct 22, 2010. Why Help Content Fails and #contentstrategy
3. Oct 21, 2010. Technical Writing Is More Than "Click This, Select That" [presentation]
4. Oct 8, 2010. Podcast: Finding and Creating Relevant Content -- Strategies for Social Media
5. Oct 6, 2010. Podcast: Developing a Personal Voice in Audio (Intermountain-STC event)
6. Sep 7, 2010. More Students Questions about Technical Writing
7. Sep 6, 2010. Answers About the Field of Technical Writing for Students
8. Apr 28, 2010. Podcast: From Overlooked to Center Stage (Overlooked)
9. Apr 26, 2010. Podcast: “Anyone Can Write”: Changing Roles for Technical Communicators
10. Apr 25, 2010. Podcast: Trends in Technical Communication
11. Apr 11, 2010. Podcast: Ten Voiceover Techniques (PodcampSLC)
12. Mar 2, 2010. Podcast: What's New in Flare 6 — Interview with Mike Hamilton
13. Mar 1, 2010. Podcast: Documentation in the Cloud
14. Jan 21, 2010. Podcast: Riding the Tide of Technical Communications Consulting

2009

1. Dec 26, 2009. Podcast on getting a job in technical writing (TW Job)
2. Dec 21, 2009. Podcast: The Myth of Single Sourcing
3. Nov 18, 2009. Podcast about the Podcast Poll
4. Nov 5, 2009. Podcast on the seven deadly sins of blogging
5. Oct 15, 2009. Podcast from BYU Idaho Professional Writing Panel
6. Oct 10, 2009. Choosing Between Academic and Corporate Life: Did I Make the Wrong Choice?
7. Oct 1, 2009. My STC Summit Blogging Presentation Is Free
8. Sep 23, 2009. Information Overload -- Conversation with Ricardo Amigo
9. Aug 26, 2009. Podcast with Anne Gentle about her Conversation and Community book
10. Aug 14, 2009. Carcast: Friday Thoughts on Reading, Publish2, and Writer River
11. Jul 27, 2009. Podcast on Content Strategy: Interview with Rahel Bailie
12. Jun 20, 2009. Forms that Work – Interview with Caroline Jarrett (podcast)
13. Jun 14, 2009. Blogging, Podcasting, and Screencasting: Eight Characteristics to Attract Devoted Followers [Part 2]
14. Jun 14, 2009. Blogging, Podcasting, and Screencasting: Eight Characteristics to Attract Devoted Followers [Part I]
15. May 27, 2009. Anne Gentle on her Forthcoming Book, Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation
16. May 25, 2009. STC Toronto's New Five-and-Five Chapter Model
17. May 25, 2009. Richard Hamilton's XML Press Imprint
18. May 21, 2009. Converting Readers from Casual Subscribers to Devoted Followers
19. May 20, 2009. Madcap's Flare-DITA Solution (podcast)
20. May 19, 2009. The State of Structured Authoring in Technical Communication (podcast)
21. May 16, 2009. John Hedtke on Disaster Preparedness and Book Publishing
22. May 13, 2009. GUI Magnets -- Prototyping User Interfaces with Simple Magnets
23. May 11, 2009. James Bond: The History of the Illustrated 007 (Podcast with Alan Porter)
24. May 5, 2009. Ginny Redish -- Letting Go of the Words (Podcast Interview at STC Summit)
25. Mar 24, 2009. Introduction to Technical Writing (podcast)
26. Mar 23, 2009. Managing Writers: Interview with Richard Hamilton (podcast)
27. Mar 15, 2009. Jane's Presentation, Twitter for Business (podcast)
28. Mar 4, 2009. Podcast -- Blogging for Technical Communicators Webinar (Part 2)
29. Mar 3, 2009. Podcast -- Blogging for Technical Communicators Webinar (Part 1)
30. Feb 5, 2009. Documentation Review Techniques (videocast)
31. Jan 31, 2009. Podcast: Make Your Help Indispensable, Safeguard Your Job
32. Jan 17, 2009. Screencasting -- Workflow and Presentation, by Collin Turner (Podcast)
33. Jan 15, 2009. A Technical Writer with Extra Privileges? Responding to a Question about Roles (Videocast)
34. Jan 11, 2009. Top Technical Communication News for January 2009
35. Jan 5, 2009. Podcast: Help Authoring with Doc-To-Help 2009, Interview with Nicky Bleiel

2008

1. Dec 23, 2008. Podcast: Technical Writing in Agile Environments -- Interview with Alyssa Fox
2. Dec 14, 2008. Podcast: What Is the Technical Writer's Role in Interface Design? Interview with Bogo Vatovec
3. Nov 3, 2008. Podcast: Debunking the Boredom Myth of Technical Writing
4. Oct 29, 2008. Podcast: Personalities of Technical Communicators -- Interview with Deborah (Shapiro) Hemstreet
5. Sep 19, 2008. Podcast: Repurposing Content for Multichannel Publishing (Single Sourcing)
6. Sep 8, 2008. Podcast: Flare 4 -- Ten New Features, Interview with Sharon Burton
7. Sep 5, 2008. Podcast: What's New in the Field of Technical Communication?
8. May 31, 2008. Podcast: Using Video in Training and Documentation, Interview with Todd O'Neill
9. May 31, 2008. Podcast: Analyzing Your Users and Needs Before Creating the Help Deliverables; Interview with Nicky Bleiel
10. May 30, 2008. Podcast: How to Create User-Centered Documentation, Interview with Joe Sokohl
11. May 27, 2008. Thinking About a More Personal Style of Podcasting
12. May 25, 2008. Podcast: Workspaces, Collaboration, and Information Sharing -- Interview with Emma Hamer
13. May 25, 2008. Podcast: Why Content Management Projects Fail, Interview with Rahel Bailie
14. May 25, 2008. Podcast: How XML Enables Information Sharing and Reuse -- Interview with Joe Gollner
15. May 17, 2008. Podcast: XSL, Flash, and Live Blogging -- Interview with Sarah O'Keefe
16. May 17, 2008. Podcast: Document Engineering, Interview with Robert Glushko
17. May 11, 2008. Podcast: Living Multiple Lives -- The New Technical Communicator, Interview with Noz Urbina
18. May 10, 2008. Podcast: Embracing Wikis -- Interview with Stewart Mader
19. May 6, 2008. Podcast: Moving 50,000 Pages of Unstructured Content to DITA
20. May 6, 2008. Podcast: Leading Your Company into the Wikis, Blogs, and Social Networks of Web 2.0
21. Apr 21, 2008. Podcast -- DITA: From the Perspective of Someone Actually Using It
22. Apr 12, 2008. Podcast -- Social Networking and the Value of User Communities for Technical Communicators
23. Apr 2, 2008. Podcast -- Transitioning from Technical Writing into Usability
24. Mar 26, 2008. Podcast -- Tackling Godzilla: A Writer/Usability Consultant Reflects on the Largest Project of her Career
25. Mar 2, 2008. My Blogging and Podcasting Presentation -- the MP3 and Video Recording
26. Feb 5, 2008. Interview with STC President Linda Oestreich: Directions the STC Is Heading
27. Jan 29, 2008. Going Beyond Technical Writing: Practical Advice for Diversifying Your Skillset -- Podcast Interview with Mark Hanigan
28. Jan 19, 2008. All About Madcap Flare: Podcast Interview with Paul Pehrson, MVP in Madcap Software Forums
29. Jan 14, 2008. The Impact of Social Media on Technical Communication -- Podcast Interview with Bill Albing

2007

1. Dec 10, 2007. Technical Communication Suite from Adobe -- Interview with RJ Jacquez
2. Dec 5, 2007. Show Me Demos and Captivate -- Interview with Kevin Siegel
3. Nov 19, 2007. Special DMN Communications Podcast with Tech Writer Voices (me): Are you Hurting Your Career By Not Blogging or Podcasting?
4. Nov 12, 2007. Top 10 Worst Things SMEs Say or Do -- Interview with Brenda Huettner
5. Nov 6, 2007. Building Online Communities: Interview with Svi Ben-Elya about Elephant.org.il
6. Oct 16, 2007. Answering Tough Questions About Wikis -- Interview with Anne Gentle
7. Oct 5, 2007. Usability Research Behind Microsoft's Ergonomic Keyboard
8. Sep 20, 2007. Location is everything when it comes to getting information from SMEs — Carcast
9. Sep 17, 2007. Virtual Ways of Communicating — Char James-Tanny
10. Jun 21, 2007. Information Architecture: Organizing Chaos, Metadata, Taxonomy vs. Folksonomy, and the Dublin Core
11. Jun 14, 2007. A New Approach: Tech Comm News
12. May 31, 2007. Vista and Office 2007: Presentation by David McNamee from Microsoft
13. May 19, 2007. Podcasting at the STC Conference: Reasons, Methods, and Reflections
14. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Jack Molisani on Trends in Technical Communication
15. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Geoff Sauer on tc.eserver.org, the Largest Tech Comm Index Online
16. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Rob Houser on Creating Nontraditional E-Learning
17. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Scott Abel on Web 2.0
18. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Ann Rockley on the Rockley Group Blog and a New CMS Report
19. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Chris Thompson on Searching for a Content Management System
20. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Caroline Jarrett on User Interface Design
21. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Harry Miller on Multimedia Documentation
22. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Stephanie Bryant on Videoblogging
23. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Mike Brazill on Writing for Developers
24. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: John Daigle on RoboHelp 7
25. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Debbie Kennedy on Modular Writing and Reusability
26. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Joan Lasselle on Adopting Content Management
27. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Cindy Skawinski on Activity Diagrams (Uniform Modeling Language Artifacts)
28. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Adrienne Escoe on Recruiting
29. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Teresa Lipus, Snake River chapter, Southern Idaho and Eastern Oregon
30. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Deanne Levander, Twin Cities, Minnesota Chapter, and John Garison, Vermont
31. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Laurel Bowen, Oakridge Tennessee Chapter
32. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Brad Simmons, Ames, Iowa
33. May 19, 2007. STC Conference: Michael Gernes, Central Iowa STC Community
34. May 19, 2007. Leadership Day: Jackie Damrau, Dallas, Texas, and Rachel Houghton, Willamette Valley, Oregon
35. May 19, 2007. Leadership Day: Jeanette Rogers, Seattle, Instructional Design & Learning SIG
36. May 19, 2007. Leadership Day: Lorrie Corbett, Philadelphia Metro Chapter
37. May 19, 2007. Leadership Day: Hillary Hart, Austin Chapter
38. May 19, 2007. Leadership Day: Todd Race, Toronto chapter, Canadian Issues Group
39. May 19, 2007. Leadership Day: Dan Dornbrook, Chicago Chapter
40. May 19, 2007. Leadership Day: Melanie G. Flanders, China; Beau Cain, Director 8
41. May 19, 2007. Leadership Day: Paul Sinasohn, Berkeley Chapter, California
42. May 19, 2007. Leadership Day: Holly Harkness, Al Hood, and Howard Speck — Atlanta Chapter
43. May 19, 2007. Leadership Day: Rhevati Sampath and Wendy Tung, Berkeley Chapter, California
44. May 19, 2007. Leadership Day: Kelly Schrank & Lou Martindale — Mid-South Chapter in Memphis and Suncoast Chapter in Tampa
45. May 19, 2007. Leadership Day: Sue Kloster, Willamette Valley Chapter, Oregon
46. May 10, 2007. Creating Help in the Web 2.0 Age — Presentation by Neil Perlin
47. May 8, 2007. Special Announcements: Add your blog to techwriterblogs.com wiki, and also support Tech Writer Voices
48. May 8, 2007. Presentation on Writing and Web 2.0 by Keith Hoffman — Given at the University of Wisconsin
49. May 6, 2007. Wikis Are Coming: An In-Depth Exploration of Using Wikis in Documentation — Interview with Katriel Reichman (Israel)
50. May 1, 2007. A Few Conversations at Doc Train — User Personas, Data Conversion, and Simplified Technical English
51. Apr 30, 2007. My First Carcast: Driving Home from Vancouver After the Doc Train Conference
52. Apr 29, 2007. Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools — Interview with the authors
53. Apr 25, 2007. Interview with George Hayhoe, editor of Technical Communication Journal, on Technical Writing in China and Korea
54. Apr 8, 2007. Defining Experiences: Five STC Candidates Share Influential Stories from the Tech Comm Field
55. Apr 7, 2007. Making Help More Human, and other discussions
56. Apr 2, 2007. Susan Burton Provides an Inside, In-Depth Look at STC's Most Pressing Issues
57. Mar 25, 2007. Special STC Elections Podcast: Interview with Nicky Bleiel, Candidate for Director
58. Mar 14, 2007. Is Technical Writing Boring? Tech Writers as Information Architects
59. Mar 7, 2007. Online Communities, Member Maps, Virtual Chats, Sparkpeople, Intercom, and More
60. Feb 27, 2007. Review of Word 2007, Tool vs. Industry Experience, the Slow Movement, E-mail Tips, and More
61. Feb 14, 2007. First Cohost Podcast — A Natural Conversation about Technical Writing
62. Feb 3, 2007. Discussion about RoboHelp 6 — Interview with Rick Stone
63. Jan 23, 2007. How to Create a Site Where Users Can Actually Find Information — Interview with Thom Haller
64. Jan 13, 2007. Ten Lessons Learned as a Technical Communicator — Interview with Rahul Prabhakar
65. Jan 5, 2007. Mike Hamilton Gives Flare Demo to the Suncoast Chapter
66. Jan 3, 2007. The Convergence of Web 2.0 with Help Documentation — Tom Johnson
67. Jan 1, 2007. Understanding Principles of Usability, Part 2 — Karen Bachmann

2006

1. Dec 18, 2006. Understanding Principles of Usability, Part 1 — Karen Bachmann
2. Nov 27, 2006. Web 2.0, CMS, and DITA — Interview with Ann Rockley
3. Nov 13, 2006. How to Increase Collaboration and Performance — Interview with Emma Hamer
4. Oct 30, 2006. Technical Writing in India — Interview with Sandeep Balakrishna
5. Oct 23, 2006. Another Perspective on Single-Sourcing — Interview with Sarah O'Keefe
6. Oct 20, 2006. How To Create a Usable Index — Interview with John McGhie
7. Oct 17, 2006. Podcasting 101 — by Tom Johnson
8. Oct 9, 2006. How to Implement Single Sourcing — Interview with Neil Perlin
9. Oct 9, 2006. Joomla, an Open-Source Content Management System Solution — Interview with Sean Wheller about Joomla
10. Oct 9, 2006. Knowledge Management and Technical Writing — Janet Foley
11. Oct 9, 2006. Flare 2.0 and MadCap Software — Interview with Mike Hamilton
12. Oct 9, 2006. Content Management Professionals — Interview with Scott Abel
13. Oct 9, 2006. Writing for the Web — Ian Koss, Founder of Ink19.com

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