I'd Rather Be Writing Podcast

I'd Rather Be Writing Podcast


Latest Episodes

Slides and recording for “Perfecting the audio narration in instructional video” at Info Dev World
October 24, 2014

Yesterday at Information Development World I presented “Perfecting the audio narration in instructional video.” Here are my slides and recording. Length: 50 min. Download MP3 (right-click and select Save As) Perfecting the audio narration in i

API Doc presentation slides and recording (San Francisco STC chapter)
October 16, 2014

Yesterday I presented “Publishing strategies for API documentation” to the San Francisco STC chapter. Here are my slides and recording. Length: 60 min. Download MP3 (right-click and select Save As) Publishing strategies for API documentation f

Information Development World and the Customer Experience — A Podcast with Scott Abel and Val Swisher
June 19, 2014

Length: 26 min. Download MP3 (right-click and select Save As) In this podcast, I talk with Scott Abel and Val Swisher, organizers for the Information Development World conference, about the technical writer’s role in the customer experience. The cus

Introduction to API documentation: Interview with Scot Marvin
June 16, 2014

Length: 30 min. Download MP3 (right-click and select Save As) In this podcast, I talk with Scot Marvin, an API technical writer based in Oregon, about some introductory topics with API documentation. Topics covered in the podcast include the following: Th

Lessons learned as a novice API technical writer — Interview with Mary Linderman (podcast)
June 08, 2014

Length: 30 min. Download MP3 (right-click and select Save As) In this podcast, I talk with Mary Linderman, a technical writer in Chicago who has been doing API documentation for the past couple of years, about her experiences in the API documentation spac

Creating code samples for API/SDK documentation (webinar recording, slides, and audio)
May 30, 2014

Yesterday I gave a presentation to the soap! conference group on creating code samples. Here’s the video recording: And here’s just the audio. (Note that the audio here is crisper than the audio in the video.) Your browser does not support the

Recording of my STC Sacramento presentation — Why users can’t find answers in help material
May 18, 2014

A few months ago I gave a presentation to the STC Sacramento chapter on findability of help content. Here’s a link to the audio recording, slides, and other material: Your browser does not support the audio element. Download MP3 (right-click, then S

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