Podcast 107: Why communication skills are not enough

In this episode of the Cherryleaf Podcast, we talk about an episode from the Smart Passive Income Podcast (Smart Passive Income Podcast 471 How to Become a Better Communicator with Kolarele Sonaike) and discuss why technical communicators’ communication skills may not be enough for them to progress up an organisation’s hierarchy.  

Podcast 105. What are the most common problems organisations make with developer portals and API documentation?

On social media, we asked “what are the most common problems organisations make with developer portals and API documentation?” In this episode of the Cherryleaf Podcast, we look at the responses we received. We also discuss some of the other common mistakes that we’ve come across. Transcript: This is the Cherryleaf podcast.  Hello again, welcome to the Cherryleaf podcast… Read more »

Podcast 104: Fixing broken developer portals

On the Cherryleaf Podcast, we look at some of the common content challenges organisations face with their developer portals, and ways to fix them. We also look at creating a friction log, and the complexity of banking related APIs. Transcript: This is the Cherryleaf podcast.  Hello and welcome to the Cherryleaf Podcast. We’re going to look at in this… Read more »

Podcast 102. Bridgerton, Brexit, and Cherryleaf: The Untold Story

On the Cherryleaf Podcast, Ellis donned his finest brocade waistcoat and riding boots for an episode that was recorded in one of the locations used in the Bridgerton TV series. He discussed the location, and the impact of Brexit on technical writing companies such as Cherryleaf.   EU/UK TRADE AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT (see Annex 4… Read more »

Podcast 101: Deborah Reid on usability testing

On the Cherryleaf Podcast, we spoke to Deborah Reid, Lead Tester at Bloom & Wild, about usability testing. We discussed: What is testing? Is it only about accessibility? Where is it used? Why should organisations worry about testing/do testing? Does it need a specialist to do it?/ What skills are needed? How did you become… Read more »