I presented this talk at the Write the Docs Meetup Melbourne in February 2020.

season-of-docs write-the-docs talks

The inaugural Google Season of Docs program ran from March through to November 2019, to bring open source projects and technical writers together. 

season-of-docs tech-writing

I love collaborative writing. I think it is sometimes the best way to achieve excellence in a piece of written work.

writing collaboration

How much problem solving do you do in your role as a tech writer? I used to do quite a lot. The company I was working at had a start-up mentality and culture. New ideas were encouraged and we usually...

tech-writing content-design

Let’s face it: DITA is hard work. There is a steep learning curve and once you get it, you feel like you deserve an “I’ve climbed Everest” t-shirt.

tech-writing dita open-source tools

The craft of crochet is fundamentally the same, but the stitch names are different in the UK  and the US. The same stitches have different names. A single crochet (sc) in America is a double crochet (dc) in England. You...

writing editing i18n

English is a living language.

writing i18n editing