Tag: technical writing
Ok, I'll try Leaflet now
A story of wanting to do more than blogging on a site for blogging. While also ranting about what hasn't worked.
Where’s the holistic AI productivity data?
For most of my career I ran a very small company. When you run a tiny company your resources (both time and money) are limited, and you want to use them on the things that will have the most impact. You have to quickly stop doing things that aren't cost-effective, to avoid "throwing good money...
The importance of people who care
I had a few days off work last week. My daughter was visiting, and in the evening we sat and watched episodes of Being Gordon Ramsey, a documentary series following the chef as he opens a huge restaurant project in London. It's an interesting watch, but the thing that comes across through every word and...
Do you need AI for that?
My social feed has divided mostly into two camps—those who can now only talk about how excited they are about AI, and those who are refusing to use it at all. I'm somewhat bemused by both of these positions, I see LLMs as a useful tool, in the way that I see spreadsheets as a...
Thoughts on Designing Automation
My Guidelines for Writing About AI
Sarah Moir: AI and Tech Writing Strategy
Fabrizio Ferri Benedetti: Documentation Theatre as a Service
KCS and Technical Writing
Thinking Strategically About Documentation
Self-Advocacy for Technical Writers
A Simple Flesch-Kincaid Calculator for Markdown
What I Work With: Tools for Technical Writing in 2025
Technical writing resources
I delivered a talk at the Google Developers Experts Summit in Berlin this week, covering some tips for writing technical content. I gathered a collection of resources to share, and whether you are interested in technical writing as a career, or just want to be able document your code, or communicate better, this list might...