I'd Rather Be Writing Podcast

I'd Rather Be Writing Podcast


Latest Episodes

Recording of my WTD Portland 2017 presentation on Building navigation for your doc site -- 5 best practices
June 08, 2017

Audio only If you just want the audio, here it is: Listen to this presentation: You can also download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. Slides Here are the slides: Presentation description Write the Docs 2017: Building navigatio

Recording of User-Centered Design Principles for Organizing Documentation
February 18, 2017

Video recording Here’s the recording for User-Centered Design Principles for Organizing Documentation: Audio only If you just want the audio, here it is: Listen to this presentation: You can also download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with

Recording of User-Centered Design Principles for Organizing Documentation
February 15, 2017

Video recording Here’s the recording for User-Centered Design Principles for Organizing Documentation: Audio only If you just want the audio, here it is: Listen to this presentation: You can also download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with

Write the Docs Podcast #3 - Trends for 2017
February 03, 2017

To subscribe to the Write the Docs podcast, see http://podcast.writethedocs.org/. You might also want to join the Write the Docs Slack group. The Write the Docs Newsletter and blog are highly engaging. Also, check out the upcoming Write the Docs confe

Recording: Modern Technical Writing, by Andrew Etter (STC Silicon Valley chapter)
January 24, 2017

You can read Andrew’s book here: Modern Technical Writing: An Introduction to Software Documentation . (I also posted a review of his book earlier last year.) Presentation Description Here’s a description of the presentation: In Modern Technical Writing:

Recording: Writing tech docs like a hacker with Jekyll
January 18, 2017

Slides You can view the slides here. Video recording Here’s the recording: Audio only If you just want the audio, here it is: Listen to this presentation: You can also download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. Description Here’s

Recording of Open Authoring -- Collaboration Across Disciplines presentation, by Ralph Squillace
November 15, 2016

Audio Here’s the audio from Ralph’s presentation: Listen to this presentation: You can download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. The slides are here: Open Authoring: Content Collaboration Across Disciplines with Ralph Squillace

Saving Your Sanity Through Better Client Relations -- with Alisa Bonsignore
October 18, 2016

You can learn more about Alisa Bonsignore from her site, clarifyingcomplexideas.com. Presentation description Here’s the description of Alisa Bonsignore’s presentation, “Saving Your Sanity Through Better Client Relations”: Is work craziness creeping over

Recording of Open Authoring -- Collaboration Across Disciplines presentation, by Ralph Squillace
October 18, 2016

Audio Here’s the audio from Ralph’s presentation: Listen to this presentation: You can download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. The slides are here: Open Authoring: Content Collaboration Across Disciplines with Ralph Squillace

How can technical writers thrive in agile environments? Event recording and details
September 20, 2016

Audio Recording Listen to the recording: You can download the MP3 file, subscribe in iTunes, or listen with Stitcher. Agile panel event description Here’s a description of the agile panel event: How can technical writers can thrive in agile environments?