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> For AI agents: a documentation index is available at https://idratherbewriting.com/llms.txt. Markdown versions of all pages are available by appending .md to any page URL.

# Series

The following are a list of series-based posts that I’ve written. Each series has different lengths / numbers of posts based on my interest in the series and what the series covers.

- [Reflections on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance](https://idratherbewriting.com/zamm/why-reread-zen-and-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance.html)
- [Sitting, standing, and walking](https://idratherbewriting.com/blog/sitting-standing-walking-introduction/)
- [Trends to follow or forget](https://idratherbewriting.com/trends/trends-to-follow-or-forget-intro.html)
- [Journey away from smartphones](https://idratherbewriting.com/smartphones/index.html)
- [A hypothesis about influence on the web and the workplace](https://idratherbewriting.com/web-and-workplace-influence/part1-introduction-to-influencers.html)
- [Mobility](https://idratherbewriting.com/blog/bike-commuting-from-renton-to-seattle/)
- [Reflecting seven years later about why we were laid off](https://idratherbewriting.com/blog/reflecting-seven-years-later-about-layoff-intro/)
- [Simplifying complexity](https://idratherbewriting.com/simplifying-complexity/index.html)
- [Value arguments for docs and tech comm](https://idratherbewriting.com/2017/12/28/value-of-tech-comm-in-company-part1/)
- [Visual communication](https://idratherbewriting.com/2016/03/12/new-series-on-visual-communication/)
- [Basketball](https://idratherbewriting.com/2018/04/19/why-watching-nba-can-make-you-a-worse-pickup-ball-player)
- [Biking](https://idratherbewriting.com/blog/biking-the-santa-clara-loop/)
- [Testing documentation](https://idratherbewriting.com/2015/07/07/testing-your-instructions/)
- [Voiceover techniques](https://idratherbewriting.com/2008/11/14/finding-a-conversational-voice-in-video-tutorials/)
- [Seven deadly sins of blogging](https://idratherbewriting.com/2009/09/15/seven-deadly-sins-of-blogging-1-being-fake/)
- [API documentation survey](https://idratherbewriting.com/2014/12/12/i-need-your-responses-to-my-api-documentation-survey/)
- [Author in DITA and Publish with WordPress](https://idratherbewriting.com/2013/01/21/how-to-import-webhelp-from-a-help-authoring-tool-into-wordpress/)
- [DITA journey](https://idratherbewriting.com/2014/04/16/my-dita-journey-begins/)
- [Dallas STC Summit videocasts](https://idratherbewriting.com/2010/05/11/a-few-ways-to-make-the-next-stc-summit-better/)
- [Get a Job in Technical Writing](https://idratherbewriting.com/2009/09/22/how-to-get-a-job-in-technical-writing-a-7-step-guide-for-students/)
- [Innovation in tech comm](https://idratherbewriting.com/2015/02/10/sustaining-and-disruptive-innovations/)
- [Jekyll versus DITA](https://idratherbewriting.com/2015/03/23/new-series-jekyll-versus-dita/)
- [Quick reference guides](https://idratherbewriting.com/2008/07/06/quick-reference-guides-the-poetry-of-technical-writing/)
- [Search engine optimization](https://idratherbewriting.com/2013/09/22/how-to-search-engine-optimize-your-help-content-or-documentation/)
- [User-centered documentation](https://idratherbewriting.com/2008/05/30/podcast-how-to-create-user-centered-documentation-interview-with-joe-sokohl/)
- [User-centered documentation principles](https://idratherbewriting.com/ucd-introduction/)
- [My journey to and from wikis](https://idratherbewriting.com/2012/06/11/essay-my-journey-to-and-from-wikis-why-i-adopted-wikis-why-i-veered-away-from-them-and-a-new-model-for-collaboration/)
- [Findability / organizing content](https://idratherbewriting.com/2010/05/17/new-series-organizing-content-organizing-content-1/)
- [From overlooked to center stage](https://idratherbewriting.com/2010/04/11/if-youre-in-atlanta-next-week-be-sure-to-check-out-currents/)
- [Java notes](https://idratherbewriting.com/java-introduction/)
- [JavaScript notes](https://idratherbewriting.com/javascript/)
- [DITA notes](https://idratherbewriting.com/ditaqrg/)