How to Hire a Technical Writer [Sponsored by Google Open Source]
Hiring a technical writer is the first step to improving your org’s documentation. Finding the right person to complement your team’s writing goals is very … Read More
The Best Technical Writing Tools
Do you ever struggle as a Technical Writer, and wonder how things could get easier? Though Technical Writing isn’t a well known profession, outside of … Read More
Office Hours: How to Prepare for Technical Writing Interview
What do junior technical writers bring to the table? – curiosity – fresh eyes – willingness to ask “dumb” questions We discussed how to ace … Read More
Top Five Technical Writing Style Guides You Should Know in 2022
You cannot write good documentation without a clear plan. Does your documentation seem different depending on who writes it? Does it sound too wordy? Do … Read More
How to conduct a great user interview
Writing good documentation is hard. One issue that makes it so difficult is knowing what kind of documentation your team should write. A great way … Read More
Why Do Your Docs Suck? How to Improve Tech Docs
How to improve technical documentation? Why does technical documentation suck? How many times have you heard, “smart team, but the project has no documentation.” Or … Read More
Who Owns the Documentation, and Why It Should Be the Robots
How to automate your documentation using GitHub actions Introduction If you’re a SaaS company, developer documentation is an essential part of your content strategy. 90% … Read More
Nerds Don’t Respond To Marketing; Try Technical Documentation Instead
Nerds Disdain for Marketing Technical documentation is effective marketing. Many tech startups, especially open-source ones, treat marketing as a dirty word. Many of these founders … Read More
Mike Jang: A technical writer embraces marketing
Hello Mike, can you please tell us about yourself and how you got your start in technical writing? I wrote technical books in the ’00s, … Read More