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Podcast: Technical Writing in Agile Environments — Interview with Alyssa Fox
December 23, 2008

Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Duration: 28 min. In this podcast, I interview Alyssa Fox, an information development manager at NetIQ, about technical writing in agile environments. Agile environments involve short iter

Podcast: What Is the Technical Writer’s Role in Interface Design? Interview with Bogo Vatovec
December 14, 2008

Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Duration: 38 min. In this podcast, I interview Bogo Vatovec, an expert in change management, user experience, and knowledge engineering, about the technical writer’s role in interfac

Podcast: Debunking the Boredom Myth of Technical Writing
November 03, 2008

Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Duration: 55 min. Several weeks ago I wrote about my trip to Brigham Young University-Idaho and the presentation I gave there titled “Debunking the Boredom Myth of Technical Writing.

Podcast: Personalities of Technical Communicators — Interview with Deborah (Shapiro) Hemstreet
October 29, 2008

Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Duration: 32 min. Deborah (Shapiro) Hemstreet In this podcast, I talk with Deborah (Shapiro) Hemstreet about the personalities of technical communicators, based on research she conducted a

Podcast: Repurposing Content for Multichannel Publishing (Single Sourcing)
September 19, 2008

Download MP3 (right-click and select Save Target As to download) Duration: 60 min. In this podcast, Liz Fraley, founder of Single Sourcing Solutions, talks to the Intermountain STC chapter about “Repurposing Content for Multichannel Publishing.&#82

Podcast: Flare 4 — Ten New Features, Interview with Sharon Burton
September 08, 2008

Download MP3 (right-click and select Save Target As to download) Duration: 60 min. Flare 4 was just released today by Madcap Software. In this podcast, I talk with Sharon Burton — product manager at Madcap Software — about all the main featur

Podcast: What’s New in the Field of Technical Communication?
September 05, 2008

Download MP3 (right-click and select Save Target As to download) Duration: 45 min. Having taken a three-month podcasting break, it feels good to be back. In this podcast, I talk with Charles Jeter and Heidi Hansen about what’s new in the field of t

Interview with Me in TechCraft
July 01, 2008

Rahul Prabhakar, editor of the TechCraft newsletter, which accompanies the Technical Writers of India listserv, published an interview with me in the latest issue (June 2008). You can read it here: Te

Podcast: Using Video in Training and Documentation, Intervie
May 31, 2008

Download MP3 Duration: 20 min. In this podcast, rich media specialist Todd O’Neill explains how to add video to your training and documentation deliverables. Many technical writers are intimidated b

Podcast: Analyzing Your Users and Needs Before Creating the
May 31, 2008

Download MP3 Duration: 10 min. With all the buzz about web 2.0 deliverables, it’s easy to get caught up in the frenzy and think we need to quickly create blogs, wikis, social networks, podcasts, vid

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