335 Episodes

  1. Corporate exodus narratives: A close look at the tension between the corporation and academia

    Published: 3/1/2019
  2. Recording and slides for my trends presentation at the Symposium for Communicating Complex Information (SCCI)

    Published: 2/24/2019
  3. How to become a 10X technical writer in the workplace

    Published: 2/7/2019
  4. How to motivate users to provide feedback: Show that you're listening to their input

    Published: 2/1/2019
  5. Site analytics from Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2018 -- are more engineers writing docs now?

    Published: 1/14/2019
  6. My podcast about writing with Ellis Pratt on Cherryleaf

    Published: 12/13/2018
  7. Recording for Menlo Park API documentation workshop now available -- and some thoughts on using cardioid versus omnidirectional microphones for recording

    Published: 12/4/2018
  8. New post in Simplifying Complexity series -- Principle 11: Be both a generalist and specialist at the same time

    Published: 11/30/2018
  9. How to avoid being a secretary for engineers

    Published: 11/19/2018
  10. Upcoming full-day API documentation workshop in Menlo Park

    Published: 10/31/2018
  11. Preferring technical acuity over specialized knowledge

    Published: 10/24/2018
  12. Tech comm podcasts roundup and survey

    Published: 9/15/2018
  13. If writing is no longer a marketable skill, what is?

    Published: 8/9/2018
  14. My conflicted thoughts about the decentralized web (while taking the Census of Technical Communicators survey)

    Published: 8/6/2018
  15. Articulating stories that influence product adoption (new article in Simplifying Complexity series)

    Published: 7/31/2018
  16. The relationship between academics and practitioners -- Podcast with Kirk St. Amant

    Published: 7/11/2018
  17. Reducing the complexity of technical language (new article in Simplifying Complexity series)

    Published: 7/11/2018
  18. Evaluating the user experience of documentation -- Podcast with Bob Watson

    Published: 6/18/2018
  19. Recording of API documentation workshop in Denver

    Published: 3/12/2018
  20. Recording of STC San Francisco presentation: Beyond mere endpoint reference — the overlooked content in API documentation

    Published: 3/8/2018

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