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Top 5 Free Ad-Blocking Extensions & Plugins in 2021
According to Backlinko, “42.7% of internet users worldwide report using an ad blocker.” If you happen to be an individual looking for ad-blocking options, you’re… The post Top 5 Free Ad-Blocking Extensions & Plugins in 2021 appeared
Learning how developers think, and other API doc insights: Podcast with Joe Malin
Length: 45 min. Download MP3 (right-click and select Save As) In this podcast, I talk with Joe Malin about a variety of topics within API documentation, including how developers think, best practices, and more. Joe is a former software engineer who turne
Getting a job in API documentation: Podcast with Andrew Davis
Length: 45 min. Download MP3 (right-click and select Save As) Getting a job in API documentation can be tricky. What programming skills do you need to know? How in-depth does your technical knowledge need to be? What kind of authoring tools and methods ar
The Author Experience — Interview with Rick Yagodich
Length: 26 min. Download MP3 (right-click and select Save As) While I was at Information Development World, I had a conversation with Rick Yagodich about his new book, Author Experience. This is one of the first books in The Content Strategy series of bo
Slides and recording for “Perfecting the audio narration in instructional video†at Info Dev World
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 (SF STC chapter)
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
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
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)
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)
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