I'd Rather Be Writing Podcast Feed
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A technical writing podcast about the latest trends and practices in the field of technical communication. Technical communication includes topics like technical writing (software help), information architecture, usability, API documentation, information design, web design, illustration, DITA, structured authoring, visual communication, and more. If youre a technical writer or interested in technical writing, this is the one of few podcasts in this niche. I also have a blog at http://idratherbewriting.com where the podcasts and other blog topics are published.
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Podcast: The divide between academics and practitioners -- Interview with Lisa Meloncon
10/08/2015 Duración: 57minIn this podcast, I talk with Lisa Meloncon, an associate professor at the University of Cincinnatti, about the academic-practitioner divide.
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Podcast: How do design, length, and relevance affect how people use API reference docs -- interview with Bob Watson
30/07/2015 Duración: 52minBob Watson recently finished a PhD with research that examined how the design and content of API reference docs affects the user's performance. In this podcast, I talk with Bob about his findings and his other research interests, primarily around goal testing to measure documentation's effectiveness.
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The key to writing good documentation: Testing your instructions
07/07/2015 Duración: 23minWriting good documentation requires you to set up a test environment and test all of your instructions -- testing the instructions yourself and against a user. Testing instructions can be time consuming and tricky, especially with developer documentation. It's hard to see past personal blind spots and assumptions. But testing instructions gives you access to insight that makes your documentation much more accurate and useful.
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API Documentation presentation to East Bay STC chapter -- slides and recording
16/05/2015 Duración: 01h50sThe other week I gave a introductory presentation on API documentation to the East Bay STC chapter in Silicon Valley. Here are the slides and recording.
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Slides and recording for "Perfecting the audio narration in instructional video" at Info Dev World
23/10/2014 Duración: 52min -