In Episode 132 of The Cherryleaf Podcast, we look at dealing with being laid off or being made redundant. In January 2023, there were quite a few layoffs in the tech sector. It’s reported that Google has laid off 12,000 people, Microsoft 11,000, Amazon 18,000, Salesforce 8000. And there’s also been layoffs at Meta, Cisco,… Read more »
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Podcast 131: Diana Logan on GitLab and Hackathons
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 »
Podcast 130: Trends in technical communication for 2023 and beyond
It’s that time of year for us to gaze into our crystal ball and share your and our predictions for the future of technical communication for 2023 and beyond. Transcript This is the Cherryleaf Podcast. Welcome to The Cherryleaf Podcast. Around this time of the year, we tend to do a podcast on future… Read more »
Podcast 129: Your first 90 days as a Documentation Manager
We asked on Social Media: Someone joins as/becomes a manager of technical writing team. What would you advise they do in their first 90-100 days? In this podcast episode, we go through the responses we received. Transcript This is the Cherryleaf Podcast. Hello and welcome again to the Cherryleaf Podcast I’m Ellis Pratt, one… Read more »
Podcast 128. Optimising technical documentation for Search Engines
Our latest episode of the Cherryleaf Podcast looks at optimising technical documentation for Search Engines. Links: Podcast 62 Looking back on the presentations at The Evolution of TC 2019 conference 99 Percent Invisible: Search and ye might find Transcript This is the Cherryleaf Podcast. Hello and welcome. To the podcast. My name is Ellis Pratt…. Read more »