Now that I’ve said farewell to Google, you might be wondering where I’ll be posting my news. I have a few blogs, each devoted to a different topic: This blog (ffeathers) is all about writing ...
After 10+ wonderful years at Google, I’ve decided to move on. My last day at Google was yesterday, April 10th. My first Google gig was the docs for the Maps APIs. Next came Cloud AI and an open...
This post is a quick update on the wonderful, interesting, in-person Write the Docs Australia 2023 conference, which took place in early December. I was one of the presenters at the conference, s...
This week I was delighted to attend Write the Docs Australia 2023. The topic of my presentation was: Understanding AI and helping it understand you You could say that’s ambitious. 🤓 An attem...
I recently came across the indoition web site, which has plenty of useful information related to technical writing. In particular, the site offers a comprehensive list of tools and websites. I li...
During most of my career as a technical writer, I’ve written and managed documentation for external users — that is, users who’re not part of the same organisation as I am. Sometimes this t...
https://ffeathers.wordpress.com/2023/03/06/writing-internal-vs-external-docs-whats-the-difference/
Today I was chatting with ChatGPT, and asked it to tell me some jokes. Here’s an extract: Sarah:How about a joke involving an AI, a tech writer, and a duck. ChatGPT:Okay, here’s one for you:A...
https://ffeathers.wordpress.com/2023/02/12/joking-with-chatgpt-about-technical-writing/
What does a technical lead (TL) do in a technical writing team? How does the role of a TL differ from that of a manager, or from that of another technical writer? In this blog post, I hope to ans...
https://ffeathers.wordpress.com/2022/05/07/role-of-a-technical-lead-tl/
I’ve been examining several articles about the financial impact of good or bad communication. Mistakes in documentation cost money, and there’s some good evidence of that point. In addition t...
https://ffeathers.wordpress.com/2021/10/10/financial-impacts-of-good-or-bad-communication/
I’ve been doing quite a bit of teaching and mentoring lately. Those teaching and mentoring experiences have led me to think about what I know without even realizing that I know it. At a deep-se...