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Technical Writing Success — 238 episodes
A Fond Farewell—and Where to Find Us Next
Context Engineering: The AI Skill That Outlasts Any Job Title
Does llms.txt Actually Work? An Honest Look for Technical Writers
What Technical Writers Should Automate First (A Practical Playbook)
GEO: How to Write Documentation That AI Actually Cites
Why Technical Writers Now Spend More Time Editing Than Writing
The Technical Writer's Guide to Git (Without the Fear)
Should Technical Writers Learn to Code? The Honest Answer
How to Interview an SME Without Wasting Their Time (or Yours)
How to Pass a Technical Writing Interview and Its Writing Test
The Technical Writer's Portfolio That Actually Gets You Hired in 2026
The Documentation Job Market in 2026: Where the Hiring Actually Is
Should Technical Writers Rebrand as "Knowledge Conductors"? The Honest Take
Beyond Text: Why Multimodal Documentation Is the New Standard
Why UI Copy Is Becoming Core Technical Writing Work
Tech Writers Don't Write Anymore. They Read. Here's Why That's Your Superpower
The EU AI Act Just Made Technical Writers Compliance Gatekeepers
Should Technical Writers Optimize Docs for AI Search? The GEO Debate
Agentic AI for Technical Writers: What Changes When Docs Write Themselves
The Technical Writer’s AI Workflow: Draft, Edit, Verify, Ship
How to Reduce Support Tickets With Better Documentation (with Real Numbers)
62% of Technical Writers Use AI Daily—But Here's the Real Problem
How to Write Documentation AI Can Actually Read (LLM-ready Docs)
Information Architecture: The Technical Writing Skill AI Can't Replace
Best AI Documentation Tools in 2026 (and What's Not Worth It)
Is the Help Center Dying? In-Context Help vs. the Knowledge Base
How to QA AI-generated Documentation Without Missing Errors
From Author to Editor: How AI is Changing the Job of Technical Writing
Prompt Engineering for Technical Writers: A Practical Guide
Will AI Replace Technical Writers? The 2026 Reality.
Will Kelly: Owning a Custom AI Model is the Trick to Success
How One Technical Writer Deals with Document Drift
Global Rise of Artificial Intelligence Employment Anxiety
Why AI Needs Technical Writers More Than Ever
Victoria Lazarus Newsletter Review: Documentation in Product Development
Rob Hanna Article Review: The Humble Truth—We Create Content
Senior Technical Writer Deborah Emini Interview Review
What Technical Communicators Can Learn from the AI Life Cycle
Will Kelly Article Review: The Content Ops Maturity Trap
Stanford University Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2026
Curt Robbins Article Review: Winning the Bid - Anatomy of a High-converting RFP Proposal
Guiseppe Getto Article Review: Why AI Won't Replace Tech Writers—But Will Shape Their Work
Robert Delwood Interview Review: The Programmer Writer
S.J. Williamson Article Review: AI to Ease Email Emotions
Victoria Lazarus Newsletter Review: Hidden Skill Every Tech Writer Must Master
Maria Sivenkova Article Review: How I Handle AI Drift in Real Work
Xenia Wade Article Review: AI Shame - Why Half Your Workforce Is Hiding Their AI Use
Ihuoma Anosike Article Review: Is AI Really Going to Replace Technical Writers?
Curt Robbins Article Review: White Papers - What Every Tech Writer Should Know
Tim Moon Article Review: Vibe-Writing - The Case for Rigorous Human-Machine Collaboration
Curt Robbins Article Review: Information Condensation & How You'll Lose Your Job to AI
Shay Adler Article Review: I Trusted AI Output. Then I Asked One More Question
Mugdha Vairagade Article Review: Preventing Double Agents
Silicon Valley Jobs Recession Driven by AI Infrastructure Needs
U.S. Companies Lay Off 52,000 Employees Due to AI Squeeze
Curt Robbins Article Review: Is the Use of AI Cheating?
What is Workplace Microshifting & Why Should You Care?
Douglas Erickson Article Review: Are Tech Writers Actually Documentation Product Managers?
Elsa Sklavounou Article Review: The Workflow Decides: Automation as Control
Tanja Lorber Article Review: Task-based Documentation & Personas
Maria Sivenkova Article Review: What To Do If You Can't Compete with a 3.6-terabyte AI
College Students Use Intentional Typos to Hide Their Use of AI
NASA's Artemis II Will Depart for the Moon on Feb. 6
Ronnie Dumaguin Article Review: Why Timing Has Become the Most Valuable Currency
Basil Puglisi Article Review: AI as a Mirror to Humanity
Interviews with Great Tech Writers: Wisdom Nwokocha
Tim Dettmers Article Review: Why AGI Will Not Happen
Maria Sivenkova Article Review: What AI Taught Me About Writing, Security, and Patience
Elsa Sklavounou Article Review: Technical Content & Automated Workflows
Why I'm Increasing My Focus on AI
Bob Hutchins AI Starter Kit
Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery for $72 Billion
Waymo Recalls Robotaxi Software Following 19 School Bus Incidents
Tool Review: Google Gemini 3
Tool Review: Anthropic's Claude
Why Does Modern Fast Food Suck? A Few Explanations.
Thanksgiving 2025: History, Evolution, and Economics
AI Bots Shake Up Hiring Process
Everything You Missed from NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C.
Video Conferencing Tools Compared
Tool Review: Snagit
The Quantum Leap: Computing's Next Revolution
Anthropic & OpenAI Invest $1.5 Trillion into Infrastructure
Tool Review: Swagger
Elsa Sklavounou Article Review: The Power of I Don't Know
Best Research Practices for Product Development in Agile Environments
Tool Review: Grammarly
History of Halloween
10 Powerful Technical Writing Tools
Tool Review: Paligo
Interviews with Great Tech Writers: Izzy Brotzman
Video Review: Interview with Google's CEO Sundar Pichai
Understanding Usability Testing
Information Architecture: What Does It Mean in Technical Writing?
The Role of AI & Discipline in Achieving Efficiency & Productivity
CJ Walker Article Review: How Data Transforms into Knowledge
BONUS: Is Bigfoot Real? An Exercise in Critical Thinking
BONUS: Tool Review: MadCap Flare
Is AI "Workslop" Real? Stanford Social Media Lab Weighs In
BONUS: The AI Era Demands a New Kind of Leader
BONUS: AI: Not Taking Over the World Anytime Soon
BONUS: Doing More than Documentation
Don't Allow Perfect to Be the Enemy of the Good
10 Inspiring Technical Writers
BONUS: A Message from Show Producer Curt Robbins
BONUS: Tool Review: Adobe FrameMaker
Will Smith: How Not to Use AI
BONUS: Technical Writers: Respect Your Core Values
BONUS: Technical Writing Tool Review: Author-it
Robert Delwood Article Review: Unpacking Null vs. Empty for Technical Writers
Tanja Lorber Article Review: Why Hearing Crickets as a Tech Writer is a Good Thing
BONUS: Work-Life Balance: Trail Cam Therapy
Destroy the Web: Sam Altman Shares His AI Concerns
Trump Challenges Copyright & State AI Regs
Steve Arrants Article Review: When Documentation is an Afterthought
Ethan Mollick Article Review: When to Use & Avoid AI
Diana Wolf Torres Article Review: Can OpenAI's Reasoning Engine Make You a Better Writer?
Sam Rose Article Review: Visualizing the Turing Machine
Aiver Ilaya Article Review: How Technical Writers Can Succeed in Collaborative Environments
Sachin Shenoy Article Review: Three Superpowers of Exceptional Technical Writers
Alex Blair Article Review: How to Write Articles Using AI
Bob Watson Article Review: A Look at the Past to See the Future of Technical Writing
Steve Arrants Article Review: Advice for New Technical Writers
Mark Baker Video Review: Understanding Structured Writing
Carly Ayres Article Review: Documentation that Drives Adoption
Hard Times are Good. Here's Why.
Nibha Verma Article Review: 2025 Emerging Trends in Content Management
Helping Junior Technical Writers
Sarah Maddox Article Review: Internal vs. External Documentation
Paul Gustafson Presentation Review: Improving Documentation at Scale
Dr. JoAnn Hackos: Transformative Force in Technical Writing
Three Decades in Technical Writing: A Story of Challenges, Growth, & Kitchen Drawers
Release Notes: A Guide for Technical Writers
Technical Writing Success: Community, Content, & Career Advancement
RoboHelp: A Guide for Technical Writers
User-Generated Content: Transforming Technical Writing
XML vs. DITA: Comparison for Technical Writers
Oxygen XML Editor Overview for Technical Writers
Leading CMS Tools for Technical Writers Compared
Content Management Systems for Technical Writers
Impact of Government Policy on Technical Writers
Manny Silva Video Review: From RAGs to Riches
Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti Jan. 2025 Stack Overflow Interview
Future of Jobs Report 2025: An Analysis for Technical Writers
ChatGPT Search vs. Google: Advice for Technical Writers
Understanding Style Guides for Technical Writers
Kelly Dell Article Review: Technical Documentation Trends in 2025
Shay Adler Article Review: Technical Writing: From Documentation Specialist to Everything-ist
Christa Bemis Article Review: Best Practices for OEM Documentation
Alaura Weaver Article Review: The Importance of Editorial Skills in the AI Era
MadCap Flare vs. Confluence: Pros & Cons for Technical Writers
Origins & Future of AI: An Overview for Technical Writers
Technical Writing in 2025: What Is It & Why Is It Relevant?
Docs-as-Code: Evolving Documentation for Technical Writers
Power of PDF: A Guide for Technical Writers & IT Professionals
Social Media Dos & Don'ts for IT Professionals
Comparing Help File Tools: A Guide for Technical Writers
Comparing Screen Recording Tools for Technical Writers
Understanding the Potential of the DOCX File Format
Document Development Life Cycle: A Guide for Technical Writers
API Documentation: A Guide for Technical Writers & IT Professionals
Markdown for Technical Writers
The Cultural Evolution of Technology: Facts & Theories
Documentation Single Sourcing: A Primer for Technical Writers
Adobe Premiere vs. Apple Final Cut: A Comparison for Technical Writers
AI Image Generators DALL-E, Firefly, Ideogram, and MidJourney for Technical Writers
ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Grok Compared
Adobe Acrobat for Technical Writers
Research Paper: The Cultural Evolution of Technology
Word vs. Google Docs: A Guide for Technical Writers
Get Ready for Nuclear Powered AI
Confluence vs. GitBook: Which is Best for You?
Understanding AI, AGI, and Superintelligence
Why Large Language Models are Changing the World
Leveraging AI to Summarize Information for IT Professionals
Natural Language Processing: Transforming AI & Daily Life in America
The Best Hardware Tools for Technical Writers
Technical Writing Essential Toolkit
Surviving the Disruption: A Guide for IT Professionals & Technical Writers
Bonus Episode: This Week's Newsletter
Understanding AI Hallucinations in Technical Writing
Rockets Everywhere: The New Era of Aerospace Innovation & Reusability
Charlie Brown & the Relentless March of Technology
Ultimate Workstation for Technical Writers
Navigating the Cloud: Tools for Tech Writers
Evolution of Technical Writing in the Age of AI
Role of User Experience in Tech Writing
Internet of Things: Navigating the Future
Accessibility & Inclusivity in Technical Writing
Celebrating NASA's Dan Goldin
Technical Writers: Understand Learning Styles
The Future of Technical Writing
Technical Writers: Do You Understand Cybersecurity?
User Manuals: Backbone of Technology Adoption
My New Podcast: AI for the Masses
Technical Writers: What AI Tools Do You Use?
Technical Writers: Avoid These Mistakes
How to Use Social Media Hashtags
Why Mentoring is Important in Technical Writing
Why Social Media Engagement Trumps Follower Count
IT Professionals: Embrace Audio Content
More Social Media Guidance for IT Professionals
Make $10,000 a Week as a Technical Writer! Start Now! Ask Me How!
AI Job Replacement Fears Are Good. Here's Why.
Apple Inc.: Not So Different Anymore
Curt & John Talk Tech and AI
How Technical Writing Success Can Help You
Understanding the Oxford Comma
Tech Writers: Use AI for Image Generation
Understanding Evergreen Documents
The Evolution of Technical Writing
Emergency Alerts & the U.S. Congress: The Big Disconnect
Role of Policy Statements in Enterprise Documentation
Market for Technical Writing in 2024
The Importance of Terse Posts
Tips & Tricks for Remote Tech Writers
AI: Technical Writing Job Enhancer
Advice for Junior Technical Writers
Pro Tip: Obsess Over Your Audience
Successful Tech Writers Practice Discipline & Rigor
Why Hybrid Cars Suck
Tech Writers: Embrace Structured Content
Should You Embrace Remote Work?
Technical Writing Tips & Tricks
Technical Writers: Use Templates for Efficiency
SOPs: Enabling Organizational Process Tuning for Efficiency
Social Media Guidance for Technical Writers
Technical Writers: Master the Art of Humblebragging
White Papers: What Every Tech Writer Should Know
The Ninth Technical Writing Pillar: AI
The Eight Pillars of Technical Writing
Why Passion is a Plus in Technical Writiung
Technical Writers Should Practice the Accurate & Complete Rule
Vetting Technical Writing Resoures
What is Technical Writing?
The Power of AI is Transforming Technical Writing
The Importance of Technical Writing in Enterprise Organizations
Why Platform Agnosticism is Critical for Quality Technical Writing