I'd Rather Be Writing Podcast

I'd Rather Be Writing Podcast


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Recording of API documentation workshop in Denver
March 12, 2018

Workshop activities The activities we followed in the workshop are listed on the Workshop activities page in my API documentation course. Video recordings The recording of the workshop is divided into three parts. Each of these sections includes a video r

Recording of API documentation workshop in Denver
March 12, 2018

Workshop activities The activities we followed in the workshop are listed on the Workshop activities page in my API documentation course. Video recordings The recording of the workshop is divided into three parts. Each of these sections includes a video r

Recording of STC San Francisco presentation: Beyond mere endpoint reference — the overlooked content in API documentation
March 08, 2018

Slides Here are the slides: Audio Here’s the audio: Listen to this post: You can download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. (Note that due to a crash with Camtasia, the screen video didn’t record.) Event description Here’s the pr

Recording of STC San Francisco presentation: Beyond mere endpoint reference — the overlooked content in API documentation
March 08, 2018

Slides Here are the slides: Audio Here’s the audio: Listen to this post: You can download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. (Note that due to a crash with Camtasia, the screen video didn’t record.) Event description Here’s the pr

Recording of OpenAPI and Swagger presentation (for STC and WTD San Diego)
February 14, 2018

Video You can watch two versions of the video. If you want the STC San Diego version that includes my talking head and the STC / WTD intro remarks, see this video: I didn’t like how my talking head seemed to squish the video over to the left, so I also up

Recording of OpenAPI and Swagger presentation (for STC and WTD San Diego)
February 14, 2018

Video You can watch two versions of the video. If you want the STC San Diego version that includes my talking head and the STC / WTD intro remarks, see this video: I didn’t like how my talking head seemed to squish the video over to the left, so I also up

Recording of WTD South Bay presentation: Publishing tools for API documentation
January 19, 2018

Slides Here are the slides: Audio Listen to this post: You can download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. Video Event Description The description is as follows: Publishing tools for API documentation In developer documentation sp

How to become a voracious reader
December 01, 2017

Listen to this post: You can download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. Since my last post on balancing writing, editing, and learning, I’ve been trying to read more. The problem is, despite the tradition of writers being “vorac

How to become a voracious reader
December 01, 2017

Listen to this post: You can download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. Since my last post on balancing writing, editing, and learning, I’ve been trying to read more. The problem is, despite the tradition of writers being “vorac

How do you communicate user progress in a course without a Learning Management System (LMS)?
November 28, 2017

Listen to this post: You can download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. Differences in the idea of “learning” between tech comm and eLearning One difference between tech comm and eLearning is how each discipline approaches the i