Not the Docs: content and voice on a developer blog¶
Description
I’d like to talk about the role of an editor and the art of enabling humans to create, publish and present technical content in a variety of media. Primarily in text, in the context of a blog or other ‘managed’ calendar-driven web publications. Not technical documentation. Sometimes it’s a mighty fine line between docs and blogs, but I think we can and should differentiate.
This talk will explore principles and patterns of kind, effective editorial practice, and nuances of voice, civility, and clear communication, as they play out when working with a diverse distributed roster of authors, many of whom are non-native English speakers or first-time storytellers.
I believe there’s as much appetite for diversity of voice and point of view in blogging about software development as there is in speaking about it at developer conferences. And I’ve got some observations to share about how we can cultivate that.
- Conference: Write the Docs PORTLAND
- Year: 2018
