• The Not-Boring Tech Writer

  • 著者: Kate Mueller
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The Not-Boring Tech Writer

著者: Kate Mueller
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  • All technical writers have one thing in common: their peers outside of the industry believe technical writing is a boring career. They think we lack creativity; they think we only eat tuna salad for lunch; and they think our work is reserved to instructional manuals that they don't even use. This podcast gives you the tools to prove them wrong! In each episode we talk to the humans behind the docs, sharing stories, experience and expertise to inspire, entertain, and give you knowledge and skills you can use in your life as a not-boring tech writer.
    © 2024 KnowledgeOwl
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All technical writers have one thing in common: their peers outside of the industry believe technical writing is a boring career. They think we lack creativity; they think we only eat tuna salad for lunch; and they think our work is reserved to instructional manuals that they don't even use. This podcast gives you the tools to prove them wrong! In each episode we talk to the humans behind the docs, sharing stories, experience and expertise to inspire, entertain, and give you knowledge and skills you can use in your life as a not-boring tech writer.
© 2024 KnowledgeOwl
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  • Tech Writer Advocacy and Managing Write the Docs with Swapnil Ogale
    2021/06/14

    In this episode I’m talking to Swapnil Ogale, a Technical Writer Advocate for Redocly based in Melbourne, Australia, who is also a Community and Conference Manager for Write the Docs. He gives us the inside scoop on arranging Write the Docs events conferences both in-person and online, and talks to us about the importance of advocacy for technical writers.

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    Twitter - Swapnil Ogale

    LinkedIn - Swapnil Ogale

    Write the Docs

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    38 分
  • Documentarians for Diplomacy: Bringing the Mirth with Kat Stoica Ostenfeld
    2021/05/07

    We’re back after a short and unexpected break! Sorry to keep you waiting!

    This episode you’ll hear Kat Stoica Ostenfeld, an accomplished tech writer living in Copenhagen in Denmark. A linguist by credential, she says diplomacy is the key to being an effective documentarian, and shares how her translation and applied linguistics background helped her find common understanding and success in the world of technical writing.

    Additional topics: Beautiful limestone buildings; puppy chat; spouse sacrifices; documentation as its own pillar; language proficiency vs successful communication; the meaning of “documentation”; linguistics applied; the diplomacy of being a tech writer; full stack teams; writing rage; linguistic detective work.

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    Write the Docs

    Tekom

    Kat's talk from WTD Sweden 2020

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    51 分
  • Marrying skillsets and existential googling with Caity Cronkhite
    2021/03/19

    In this episode, I’m excited to be speaking to Caity Cronkhite, Seattle-based founder and CEO of Good Words LLC.

    We talk about her experience of starting up as a tech writer both in-house and freelancing, before starting and growing her own successful business in the technical writing industry, and the successes and struggles of operating Good Words LLC in these strange and unpredictable pandemic times.

    Additional topics: U-Haul montage; Something Big and Impactful; (not) going the way of the startup; nurturing your network; adult, painstaking colouring.

    Read the full transcript for this episode here.

    Show notes:

    • Good Words LLC
    • Email Good Words LLC
    • LinkedIn - Caity Cronkhite
    • LinkedIn - Good Words LLC
    • Society for Technical Communication
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    36 分

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