Write the Docs Podcast
1) WTD Episode 35: Docs for Developers book, with Jared Bhatti and Zachary Sarah Corleissen
{"_":"In this podcast, we discuss the newly released book with Jared Bhatti, staff technical writer at Google, and Zachary Sarah Corleissen, staff technical writer at Stripe (two of the co-authors). ...Show More
2) WTD Episode 34: Adding personality to documentation, with Fabrizio Ferri
In this podcast, Fabrizio Ferri joins us for a discussion about adding both personal identity and personality to documentation. Why are the docs we write so often anonymous, and does that anonymity wo...Show More
3) WTD Episode 33: Simplified user interfaces, with Anton Bollen
One of the most challenging and frustrating things about being a tech writer is managing screenshots in your product documentation. How many times have you needed to take complex screenshots of your p...Show More
4) WTD Episode 32: Self-publishing and AsciiDoc, with Mehmed Pasic
Many tech writers are familiar with using AsciiDoc for documentation, but did you know that you can also create fiction and non-fiction books with AsciiDoc, publishing to popular digital formats such ...Show More
5) WTD Episode 31: Strategies for site search, with Peter Levan
{"_":"So many documentation websites rely on search as part of their information architecture. But what do you actually need to consider if you want to make your site search return answers for users i...Show More
6) WTD Episode 30: Documentation templates, with Juan Lara
In this episode, Juan Lara from Google joins us for a lively discussion about documentation templates. Documentation templates refer to established patterns we follow for common documentation types, s...Show More
7) WTD Episode 29: Salary Survey results and WFH tips, with Eric Holscher
{"_":"In this episode, we chat with Eric Holscher, co-founder of both Read the Docs and Write the Docs, about the recent that the WTD group conducted. This survey was launched in Fall 2019, and the r...Show More
8) WTD Episode 28: UX writing - Starting and Scaling at your Company, Berlin WTD meetup
Episode 28 is a recording of a Berlin WTD meetup focused on UX writing processes, live streamed on March 9, 2020 at the Humanitec in Berlin. The meetup featured two speakers. Natasha Sarana, UX Writer...Show More
WTD Episode 28: UX writing - Starting and Scaling at your Company, Berlin WTD meetup
1:14:54 | Mar 17th, 2020
9) WTD Episode 27: Starting a doc group/process when you're the first
In episode 27 of the Write the Docs podcast, we're joined by Cynthia Ng and Amy Qualls from GitLab to talk about strategies for starting up docs in organizations where there aren't any other tech writ...Show More
10) WTD Episode 26: Tech Writing and Reddit, with Alan Bowman
In episode 26, we talk with Alan Bowman about the technical writing forum on Reddit as well as the WTD Slack channel, comparing and contrasting the two spaces. Topics covered include pros and cons of ...Show More