This is a preview of Ellis’s presentation at the upcoming Build your Docs career event. “At this day-long conference, organised in collaboration with GDS, we will hear from those who have gained new skills, and discuss how to manage and develop your career in documentation.” The presentation is called “How to assess a good technical communicator from… Read more »
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Podcast 33: In conversation with Patrick Calnan
Patrick Calnan is a Canadian technical writer. He is currently a part-time Professor at Algonquin College’s Technical Writing programme. In this episode of the Cherryleaf Podcast, we discuss: The upcoming Madworld conference Automating publishing Accessibility The techcomm scene in Canada The TWR2003 Online Documentation course at Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology Information 4.0 To record… Read more »
Topic-based writing: what is it, and why should I care?
In this episode of the Cherryleaf Podcast, we take a look at topic-based writing. We explore: What is a topic? Features of topics Why use topics? Why not use topics? Where can you use them? What happens if you don’t use it? Tools for topic-based writing What do you need to know Interacting with others
What is topic-based authoring?
In an upcoming episode of the Cherryleaf podcast, we’ll be tackling an issue that is important to many Technical Authors: topic-based authoring. It’s something that can be tricky to explain, and there can be differences of opinions towards it. We’d like to represent the different viewpoints, particularly towards two fundamental questions: What is topic-based authoring?… Read more »
Transcript from What’s the deal about structured content? Part 2/2
Below is a transcript of second half of our podcast episode What’s the deal about structured content? : So what’s come about is lots of different standards for the ways in which we can do structured writing. And you know the same about standards and toothbrushes? Everyone wants to use their own. No-one wants to use anybody… Read more »