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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
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
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
Podcast with Andrew Davis: Hiring API doc writers -- an inside look at fixing broken processes
| Feb 23, 2020
From API docs to developer portals
| Feb 9, 2020
Podcast: API Design and Usability with Arnaud Lauret (API Handyman)
| Dec 7, 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
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
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
I'd Rather Be Writing is now an Alexa Flash Briefing skill
| Nov 5, 2018
Upcoming full-day API documentation workshop in Menlo Park
| Oct 31, 2018
Preferring technical acuity over specialized knowledge
| Oct 24, 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
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
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
The key to writing good documentation: Testing your instructions
| Jul 7, 2015
API Documentation presentation to East Bay STC chapter -- slides and recording
| May 16, 2015
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