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Feb 25, 2021

2021: The Darkest Timeline?

Hello Internet, we meet again, it’s me, the Doogie Howser of tech docs. It feels a bit hasty to just launch into tech docs blog-mode without first at least briefly mentioning the Covid and the coup and other insane things that have happened over the past — checks calendar— wait……

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2021: The Darkest Timeline?
2021: The Darkest Timeline?
Writing

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·Sep 25, 2020

No One Is Going to Pay You to Be Their Spell Check

I often have a hard time explaining what I do to people, and I really shouldn’t, because I explain things for a living. But there’s a lot more to it than people generally think. Normally conversations about what I do tend to go something like this: Person I Just Met…

Technical Writing

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No One Is Going to Pay You to Be Their Spell Check
No One Is Going to Pay You to Be Their Spell Check
Technical Writing

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·Jul 10, 2020

Managing Technical Documentation, The High-Level Junk

Random thoughts from a not-that-qualified person — I remember being new to technical writing and being out of my depth when it came to the behind-the-scenes architecture of how things got from my inbox all the way out to the web for customers to consume. Sure, I knew what XML and HTML were, but how in the…

Technical Writing

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Managing Technical Documentation, The High-Level Junk
Managing Technical Documentation, The High-Level Junk
Technical Writing

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Jul 6, 2020

A Defining Moment

I was texting a friend earlier about my problems, which are plentiful and of little to no consequence to anyone but me and the people I force to play the role of my therapist, and I said, “I’m going through a thing. I’m having a defining moment I think.” And…

Opinion

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A Defining Moment
A Defining Moment
Opinion

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·Apr 27, 2019

Technical Writing is Dying

No, not really, no it’s not, nuh uh, nope, nah… — I keep hearing that technical writing is a dying field. I have been hearing this “fact” since I first started doing the technical writing thing back whenst I was a wee babe. However, what I’ve observed in my LinkedIn inbox is very much the opposite. It still seems to be…

Technical Writing

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Technical Writing is Dying
Technical Writing is Dying
Technical Writing

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·Jan 9, 2019

Technical Writing: Not Sexy

I cannot even begin to tell you how many times I’ve seen peoples’ eyes glaze over with boredom when I’ve been asked to describe what I do for a living. Usually the response is, “Uh hah. Interesting…” and then they wander away. Far far away. “Come back! I’ll talk about…

Technical Writing

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Technical Writing: Not Sexy
Technical Writing: Not Sexy
Technical Writing

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Jul 19, 2018

Some Things Never Change

One time when we were out on the smoker’s patio, a friend of mine cocked his head to the side and looked at me for a solidly uncomfortable period of time. Then he spoke, “You just firmly believe you’ll be a kid forever, don’t you? Like you just view yourself…

Harry Potter

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Some Things Never Change
Some Things Never Change
Harry Potter

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Jen Jarnefeldt

Jen Jarnefeldt

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Decent as h*ck. @jenjarns on the Tweeters. I write the docs at AWS. Thoughts and opinions my own.

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