If you’re an ISTC member, then you already get the ISTC Communicator, and you can read my article in print or by logging into the ISTC site. You can view the table of contents for the Autumn 2016 here (but not the article content unless you log in as a m

Listen to this post: You can download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. Although most days are the same, they are a little different. My kids have returned to school, and so my summer routine of waking up “when I wake up” and ri

Presentation description Here’s the description of Matt Ness’ presentation, “Let’s Tell a Story: Scenario-Based Documentation”: To new users, complex software products can seem like dark woods on a stormy day. As tech writers, we often spend a lot of time

Listen to this post: You can download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. I mentioned in previous posts that I was tackling translation with static site generators, and that I would circle back around on this topic to provide more

Presentation description Andrew gave a presentation titled “Hunting for Dev Doc Work Around the Bay” on August 15, 2016 at the STC Silicon Valley chapter in Santa Clara, California. Here’s a description of Andrew’s presentation: The job market for develop

Listen to this post: You can download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. Beginnings Up until two years ago, Anders Svensson and his colleagues, based in Sweden, provided DITA and XML consulting full-time to European companies loo

Listen to this post: You can download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. Responses to Review Post were enormous The number of comments on my recent post, Review of Andrew Etter’s ebook on Modern Technical Writing showed an overwh

Listen to this post: You can download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. Background Recently to try to get better sleep, I switched from reading my iPhone at night to a Kindle E-reader. It turns out I really like reading from the

Listen to this post: You can download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. I’ve written previously about the inefficiency of context-switching and how Kanban can regulate the flow of tasks. To give you a sense of my day, last week

Listen to this post: You can download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. You can watch the Transforming Your Documentation Process presentation here: The panelists were Leon Barnard (@leonbarnard), Zach Corleissen (@zachorsarah),