What makes docs beautiful?
1904
4/20/26
9:00am
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Episode VII of Phase One: Skills, agentic workflows, and the tinker's burden
1067
4/13/26
5:00am
talk
High fantasy map of tech writing (AI edition)
104
4/11/26
2:00pm
post
In the team of the future, roles are verbs, not nouns
767
3/22/26
2:00pm
post
Episode VI of Phase One: Doc testing, skills files, and the guardians of knowledge
705
3/10/26
9:00am
talk
Skills are docs, and docs need tech writers
1061
3/8/26
2:00pm
post
New habits for tech writers in the age of LLMs
2030
2/28/26
3:00pm
post
The writing was always the cheap part
1096
2/24/26
9:00pm
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Episode V of Phase One: Tech comm predictions for 2026
770
1/26/26
7:00am
talk
The four modes of AI-augmented technical writing
1558
1/25/26
11:00am
post
To those who fired or didn't hire tech writers because of AI
1041
1/12/26
11:00am
post
Episode IV of AI & Docs: AI tools, automation, and an intentionally offline life
518
1/5/26
7:00am
talk
[Experiment] I interviewed Claude and Gemini about my 2025 blog posts
2112
12/21/25
3:00pm
post
My day as an augmented technical writer in 2030
1343
12/13/25
4:00pm
post
Episode III of AI & Docs: Docs theater and the acceleration paradox
47
12/1/25
8:00am
talk
Code wikis are documentation theater as a service
912
11/15/25
12:00pm
post
You need an AI policy for your docs
1445
11/10/25
3:00pm
post
Failing Well: A Practical Guide to Growth for Technical Writers
91
11/6/25
8:00am
talk
Episode II of AI & Docs: MCP and the role of tech writers
59
10/27/25
5:00am
talk
Why I built an MCP server to check my docs (and what it taught me)
844
10/13/25
3:00pm
post
[Podcast] Growing as a technical writer in the AI era
44
10/2/25
2:00pm
talk
First episode of the AI & Docs podcast is out!
85
9/29/25
8:00am
talk
When docs become performance art, everybody loses
796
9/24/25
2:30pm
post
The future is open: Answering the most common tech writing worries
1365
9/14/25
4:00pm
post
Contributing a verse: When users become documentation authors
1230
8/31/25
1:00pm
post
AI must RTFM: Why technical writers are becoming context curators
839
8/8/25
2:00pm
post
Webinar: What's Wrong with AI Generated Docs
733
7/24/25
8:00pm
talk
How I write docs quickly
1686
7/21/25
12:00pm
post
Things technical writers shouldn't care about... yet
2201
6/23/25
1:00pm
post
Conjuring digital companions: How I'm thinking better through AI
670
6/18/25
3:00pm
post
On finding time to write (this is not productivity advice)
716
6/7/25
3:03pm
post
Beyond Content Types: A Human-first Model for Technical Documentation
56
5/28/25
11:00am
talk
How to grow as a technical writer
2042
5/18/25
3:00pm
post
Own the prompt: Build your own tech writing tools using LLMs
1142
4/26/25
1:00pm
post
Update to my tech writing gear and tools
928
4/14/25
11:00am
post
What's wrong with AI-generated docs
1030
4/1/25
2:00pm
post
Technical writing has a depth issue
926
3/13/25
6:00pm
post
Technical English is nobody's mother tongue
918
3/1/25
4:00pm
post
My time machine runs on technical writing
692
2/10/25
12:00pm
post
Should you write documentation differently for LLMs?
909
1/24/25
8:00am
post
The Seven-Action Documentation model
2386
1/9/25
10:00am
post
My technical writing predictions for 2025
1516
12/27/24
8:00pm
post
The best docs are the ones we don’t remember
1120
12/15/24
7:00pm
post
FAQs are not the answer
911
11/30/24
5:00pm
post
[Podcast] Your docs are your infrastructure
73
11/26/24
8:00am
talk
Why I became a Documentation Engineer (and what that even means)
1002
11/24/24
2:00pm
post
How I'm using AI as a technical writer
1353
10/30/24
8:00am
post
What docs as code really means
1061
10/20/24
9:00am
post
Webinar: Contributing to Open Source Documentation Projects
61
9/26/24
4:00pm
talk
TypeSpec reminds us why OpenAPI exists in the first place
920
9/2/24
1:30pm
post
Failing (and surviving failure) as a technical writer
1702
8/18/24
7:00pm
post
Discussing Markdown and structured content with Niklas Begley
58
7/23/24
1:00pm
talk
How to set up your tech writer up for success
1464
7/6/24
2:00pm
post
Contributing to open source docs as a technical writer
1192
6/24/24
4:00pm
post
Review of Technical Writing for Software Developers
1137
6/9/24
2:00pm
post
Technical writing is not a dead-end job, it's a landing pad
759
5/29/24
8:00pm
post
Things I remind myself when working with others
1076
5/12/24
11:00am
post
My favorite books for tech writers
856
4/25/24
11:00am
post
The pros and cons of using Markdown
865
3/27/24
11:00am
post
Technical writing in 2049
1205
3/17/24
4:00pm
post
What to do when you're feeling AI anxiety as a tech writer
944
2/10/24
2:00pm
post
Signs that you need a technical writer
1522
1/17/24
4:00pm
post
Docs observability, or measuring docs inside a product-docs system
1474
1/8/24
8:00am
post
What tech writers can learn from video game manuals
881
12/13/23
9:00pm
post
Tips for hiring your first technical writer
1429
11/8/23
10:00am
post
Chat with Tom Johnson about AI and tech comms
45
10/23/23
6:00am
talk
My favorite tech writing tools
1094
10/22/23
7:00am
post
Bestiary: On Doc Types and Other Animals
454
9/23/23
4:00pm
post
Once Upon a Time There Were... Docs
205
9/20/23
5:00am
talk
Tips for job hunting as a technical writer
1475
9/16/23
9:00am
post
An experiment in humorous documentation
1025
7/17/23
7:00am
post
A tech writer's letter to software developers
850
6/25/23
2:00pm
post
How did I become a technical writer
1215
6/18/23
9:00am
post
Docs-as-code topologies
1332
5/14/23
8:00pm
post
Episode 33 of API the Docs podcast
16
4/13/23
2:04pm
talk
We need more technical writing in popular culture
845
3/30/23
2:00pm
post
High fantasy map of technical writing
21
3/12/23
12:00pm
post
My technical writing gear (how I work)
1206
1/29/23
5:00pm
post
Hiring technical writers in a ChatGPT world
1063
1/4/23
10:00am
post
The rise of WriterBot
571
12/3/22
3:00pm
post
How to become a technical writer
1022
11/7/22
1:00pm
post
Learning to code as a technical writer
1126
10/30/22
10:00am
post
My first children’s book is about... OpenTelemetry
136
10/14/22
1:30pm
post
Circles of Product Truth
394
9/19/22
2:00pm
post
Docs Hierarchy of Priorities: A Proposal
1038
8/28/22
11:00am
post
Tech Writing Skills Tree
38
8/11/22
10:00pm
post
Measure it till you make it
1558
8/6/22
2:00pm
post
A love letter to technical writing
671
7/18/22
10:00pm
post
Let's blog more about technical writing
893
7/15/22
10:00pm
post
How to introduce prose linters at your workplace
952
7/3/22
10:00pm
post
Do it yourself: User research for technical documentation
1768
6/24/22
10:00pm
post
Markdoc is not what you expected, and that's a good thing
711
5/11/22
10:00pm
post
Technical writing syllabus
683
5/2/22
10:00pm
post
Episode 3 of Let's Talk Docs
27
3/2/22
11:00pm
talk
Why I collect and read old computer manuals
759
1/22/22
11:00pm
post
An update to my tips for working remotely
651
12/20/21
11:00pm
post
Better docs, less pain: the case for new docs-as-code standards
2245
11/1/21
11:00pm
post
The Columbo Technique for Technical Writers
892
10/21/21
10:00pm
post
How to assist API design as a technical writer
93
10/12/21
10:00pm
talk
OpenAI and docs: AI-aided technical writing is here to stay
1040
8/27/21
10:00pm
post
Open source tools for REST API documentation
29
6/23/21
10:00pm
talk
On personality in technical writing
24
6/20/21
10:00pm
talk
First steps with the Vale prose linter
1102
5/20/21
10:00pm
post
Levels of embedded documentation
412
3/3/21
6:35pm
post
Working with remote teams: My Tips
933
2/4/20
5:36pm
post
What is technical writing?
449
10/9/19
4:31pm
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