We talk to Diana Logan, Manager, Technical Writing at GitLab, about Gitlab’s approach to documentation and code. We discuss: Working in an “Docs as Code” environment The upcoming GitLab Docs Hackathon Working for a fully remote, asynchronous organisation More information: GitLab Docs Hackathon 23 – 27 January, 2023 Five fast facts about docs as code… Read more »
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Podcast 65: Making ReadMe files more engaging, with Shwetha Madhan of VMWare
Shwetha Madhan works as an Information Developer for VMware, in Atlanta Georgia. She recently worked on a new approach to the release notes for the Workspace ONE product, where VMWare effectively turned them into a powerful marketing tool. They achieved a 7-fold increase in their click through rates (CTRs) by implementing a new tone of voice and engagement… Read more »
Podcast 63: Creating compelling multimedia technical communication and working at Google
In this episode of the Cherryleaf Podcast, we talk to Alexandra White, a Technical Writer on the Ad Manager team at Google. We discuss conference speaking, and creating compelling multimedia content for technical communication.
Podcast 59: The benefits of metadata, with Michael Andrews
In this episode of the Cherryleaf Podcast, we talk to Michael Andrews about metadata, and his new book “No More Silos: Metadata Strategy for Online Publishers”: Transcript This is the Cherryleaf Podcast The normal way in which seems to have been a tradition so far in the way that we’ve done the interviews on the… Read more »
Podcast 50: The Mathspeak project
For Episode 50 of the Cherryleaf Podcast, we talk to Tony Grice about the Mathspeak project. The Mathspeak project is a partnership between European educational practitioners and the creators of educational materials. Funded by the European Commission, the objective of the Mathspeak project is to produce a language learning resource for secondary school students. The learning materials… Read more »