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 »

Take part in our two minute survey into chatbots

Please take part in our two minute survey into chatbots. We want to discover who is involved in preparing content for chatbots, as well as who is developing chatbots. We’ll be sharing our findings on the Cherryleaf blog and Cherryleaf podcast. We might also present our results at a conference later in the year.

What’s the deal about structured content?

This is a recording of a presentation from the February 2018 London Content Strategy Meetup. “Content can often seem like jelly – messy and hard to manage. In this presentation, we’ll look at whether you can reduce this messiness through structured writing. In this overview of the topic, we’ll explore what is structured writing, what… Read more »

Changes to our online technical communication training courses

We’ve made a few changes to our online training courses, to make it easier to order and understand. There are now just three online courses: Technical Author/technical writing Advanced technical communication End user documentation writing skills for developers We’ve moved all the other courses we had previously into a single, advanced technical communication skills course…. Read more »

New online Microsoft writing style guide

Microsoft has released the latest edition of its writing style guidelines as a website: “Welcome to the Microsoft Writing Style Guide, your guide to writing style and terminology for all communication—whether an app, a website, or a white paper. If you write about computer technology, this guide is for you. Today, lots of people are… Read more »