In our latest Cherryleaf Podcast episode, we look at one way the Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC) used to promote technical communication at the University of Cambridge’s Careers fair: Lego TIE Striker™ Microfighter Video – What is technical communication? ISTC Please rate the Cherryleaf Podcast on iTunes
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Don’t say “simply”
At this month’s WriteTheDocs London meetup, Jim Fisher of Pusher presented a talk called “Don’t say Simply“. He talked about words, such as “simply”, that can seem innocuous when written in user documentation, but which show a lack of sympathy when read. He showed how popular “simply” is with developer documentation writers, by showing the number… Read more »
Our next policies and procedures writing course will be on the 1st March
We’ve scheduled our next policies and procedures writing course. It will be on the 1st March 2018, at our usual training venue next to Waterloo Bridge in central London. We get delegates from a variety of backgrounds, especially from care homes, housing associations, local councils, and technology companies.
Transcript of Trends in Technical Communication in 2018 and beyond
Below is a transcript of our podcast episode Trends in Technical Communication in 2018 and beyond: Welcome to the Cherryleaf podcast. Towards the end of each year, normally on the Cherryleaf Blog, we make predictions for technical communication in the next months and beyond. Because we’ve been doing the podcast, in many ways we’ve been… Read more »
Transcript of Delivering technical documentation via an API
Below is a transcript of our podcast episode Delivering technical documentation via an API: Welcome to the Cherryleaf podcast. In this episode, we’re going to look at documentation APIs. In a previous podcast we looked at trends in technical communication, and we were debating whether to include documentation via an API as one of the… Read more »