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December 10, 2008 by annegentle

I’m a Technical Writer

I browsed through the new I’m a Technical Writer site this afternoon. Does it dispel the “Is Technical Writing Boring?” myth? Which has me asking, which picture of me should I submit? 🙂 Enjoying live music in the Live Music Capital of the world, Austin, Texas. Playing outfield on a softball field in Austin, Texas. […]

December 9, 2008 by annegentle

Technical Writers in Demand, Mix Experience and Education Before Applying

This post was contributed by Kelly Kilpatrick, who writes on the subject of online colleges and universities. She invites your feedback at kellykilpatrick24 at gmail dot com. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 49,000 technical writers in the United States last year. They also say job prospects are best for technical writers […]

August 15, 2008 by annegentle

Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) reading list

Here’s a reading list for DITA materials when you’re just getting started. I’ve been fielding some questions via email and IM about DITA lately, and pulled this blog post out of my drafts. I hope it’s helpful. Learning more about DITA http://justwriteclick.com/2006/05/18/learning-more-about-dita/ Getting started with DITA http://justwriteclick.com/2007/04/12/getting-started-with-dita/ Structured writing, structured documentation http://www.mbwest.com/Rants-and-raves.htm BMC Case Study […]

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I’ve been thinking a lot about developer support at Cisco recently, especially for the way the world works today with multiple cloud providers. This post is a re-publish of my talk from over five years ago, but the techniques and tools for listening and helping others are still true today. At Rackspace, we watched several […]

Cisco DevNet is our developer program for outreach, education, and tools for developers at Cisco. From the beginning, the team has had a vision for how to run a developer program. Customers are first, and the team implements what Cisco customers need for automation, configuration, and deployment of our various offerings. Plus, the DevNet team […]

I had a great talk with Ellis Pratt of Cherryleaf Technical Writing consulting last week. Here are the show notes, full of links to all the topics we covered. Podcasts are great fun to listen to and participate in, if a bit nerve-wracking to think on your feet and make sure you answer questions succinctly […]

At the beginning of this year, I worked hard to summarize my thoughts on API documentation, continuous publishing, and technical accuracy for developer documentation. The result is an article on InfoQ.com, edited by Deepak Nadig, who also was forward-thinking in having me speak to a few teams at Intuit about API documentation coupled with code. Always […]