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Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Let me be blunt.</p><p>If your startup offers APIs and you don’t have a portal, you’re lighting developer acquisition money on fire. 💵 🧯🚒</p><p>Here’s what a good portal actually does:</p><p>Shortens time-to-value: faster POCs, faster adoption.</p><p>Reduces support tickets: devs can find what they need.</p><p>Builds trust: your API feels stable, documented, and ready.</p><p>Increases conversion: when docs show how easy it is to integrate, not just tell.</p><p>Still sending PDF onboarding packets to partners?</p><p>C’mon, boo. 🥲"</p><p><a href="https://www.quetzalliwrites.com/newsletters/developer-portals-dev-friendly-or-dev-frustrating" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">quetzalliwrites.com/newsletter</span><span class="invisible">s/developer-portals-dev-friendly-or-dev-frustrating</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DevPortals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DevPortals</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DeveloperPortals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeveloperPortals</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/APIs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APIs</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/API" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>API</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/APIDocumentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APIDocumentation</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/TechnicalWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnicalWriter</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/TechnicalCommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnicalCommunication</span></a></p>
Lulu :prami:<p>Yay! I’ve passed my exam with a score of 86% 🥳</p><p><a href="https://social.lol/tags/TechnicalCommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnicalCommunication</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/TechnicalWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnicalWriter</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/tekom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tekom</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>Technical writer role at Nava</p><p><a href="https://jobs.lever.co/nava/d4b02af9-5271-4690-991b-c36cc3dbaf79" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jobs.lever.co/nava/d4b02af9-52</span><span class="invisible">71-4690-991b-c36cc3dbaf79</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CivicTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivicTech</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PublicInterestTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInterestTech</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GetFediHired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GetFediHired</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jobs</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TechnicalWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnicalWriter</span></a></p>
Gracie Gato<p>I’m looking for work again! Anyone hiring out there? I am a content writer, I have written jokes for podcasts, technical writer, copywriter. Help! <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/technicalwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technicalwriter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/forhire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forhire</span></a></p>
Third spruce tree on the left<p>Dear <a href="https://mas.to/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>developers</span></a> (and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/productmanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>productmanagement</span></a> that enables this) - if you're too lazy to remove a dead or unfinished feature that is *visible* to the user... and got QA to ignore/bless it.... </p><p>Don't. TAKE IT OUT. HIDE with a registry flag. DO ANYTHING don't just leave it fucking sitting there. </p><p>- Sincerely, the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/technicalwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technicalwriter</span></a> who has to put "Oh this button right here? Ignore that it doesn't do anything" in the help/manual/marketing material. </p><p>It looks like shit and it makes us look like morons.</p>
indie on infosec exchange<p>Tangential to the super popular LLM-related discussion w/Turtle Island social the other day?</p><p>Me standing up to defend the <u>human</u> rights of other women on the globe implies the one thing I definitely am NOT is "antisemitic". </p><p>Disagree? OK --</p><p>🔲 Go get a Technical Writer job w/a Fortune 500 co that has more than 50 years of Industry experience solving very large complex problems, technically; </p><p>🔲 Next, achieve 4 promotions in 3.5 years to land yourself into one of the <u>toughest groups to get into</u> at this very old, very well-respected employer. Much, much harder to break into than MIT, Harvard or Stanford.</p><p>🔲 Now get oodles of praise and recommends helping a literal Machine Language team of humans update and integrate their compiler into a C++-based math library while co-authoring papers on ML and designing the search-enabled UI</p><p>✔️ Got it? Okay, NOW we are on the same level when it comes to talking LLM-level context and semantics. </p><p>🔲 Need an extra BONUS CHALLENGE? Do this as a woman with indigenous ancestry.</p><p>Am <strong>not backing down</strong> on that <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Fediblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediblock</span></a> recommend posted on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SDF</span></a> for anyone who throws that trollish and untranslatable word in reaction to being offended by a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/logical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logical</span></a> smart woman!</p><p>Every debate that involves trolls I've had w/folks on the Fediverse has been about specific words that CANNOT be translated because they are not precise.</p><p>Someone being technically precise offending you is YOUR problem, not theirs. </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TechnicalWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnicalWriter</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NotYourCardboardSignGirl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotYourCardboardSignGirl</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SobrietyAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SobrietyAdvice</span></a></p>
void ✦ COMMS OPEN<p><a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> (de version)</p><p>CN Bild: Blickkontakt</p><p>hi, ich bin void (dey/denen), Admin dieser Instanz<br>- weiß, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/neurodivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivers</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vegan</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/ADHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADHS</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>depression</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/NichtBin%C3%A4r" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NichtBinär</span></a><br>- Ich unterstütze <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/intersektionellen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intersektionellen</span></a>, antirassistischen, anti-ableistischen, antikapitalistischen <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/Feminismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feminismus</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a>+ und links-progressives Denken :progressprideheart:<br>- <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/Minecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minecraft</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/GenshinImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenshinImpact</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/Anime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anime</span></a><br>- <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streaming</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/Kunst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kunst</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/TechnicalWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnicalWriter</span></a><br>- Ich bin unglaublich unlustig</p><p><a href="https://voided.ee/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">voided.ee/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
void ✦ COMMS OPEN<p><a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> (en version)</p><p>CN image: eye contact</p><p>hi, I'm void (they/them), admin of this instance<br>- adult, white, mostly able-bodied, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergent</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vegan</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>depression</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/NonBinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonBinary</span></a><br>- I support <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/intersectional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intersectional</span></a>, anti-racist, anti-ableistic, anti-capitalistic <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feminism</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a>+ rights, and left-progressive thinking. :progressprideheart:<br>- <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/Minecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minecraft</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/Anime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anime</span></a><br>- <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/streamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streamer</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a>, <a href="https://craftodon.social/tags/TechnicalWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnicalWriter</span></a><br>- I'm hilariously unfunny</p><p><a href="https://voided.ee/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">voided.ee/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Third spruce tree on the left<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@failedLyndonLaRouchite" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>failedLyndonLaRouchite</span></a></span> I use Beyond Compare for *source* comparison. As a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/technicalwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technicalwriter</span></a> I author in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DITA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DITA</span></a> which is an xml specialization; nice because I can use the same toolchains and repos as my dev teams. </p><p>And BC *can* diff PDFs almost as well as Acrobat (in some cases better), so long as you're ok with it having scraped all the text out of it to do so. Which may or may not be what you want, but in that case, y not just diff the source.</p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>I am not 100% sure why I love being a tech writer. When I tell my journo and writer friends what I do their eyes glaze over and they subtly hint it's the most boring/terrifying job they've heard of.<br>But I think I love it because I am a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PKM</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ContentManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContentManagement</span></a> freak. Meaning, I have OCD tendencies when it comes to words and I had a secret desire to be a coder but never went all the way. <br>Which makes me oddly suited for the role 😆</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TechnicalWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnicalWriter</span></a></p>
indie<p>🏹 I'll gift my <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WriteTheDocs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WriteTheDocs</span></a> conference ticket to an indigenous woman who is aspiring to become a paid technical writer in her field of choice. .... "If I get that ONE job I'd really like." 🏹 </p><p> 🏹 I'll promise to not turn my attendance at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechnicalWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnicalWriter</span></a> conference into a recruitment for uncompensated "volunteer" writers as long as I don't have to do a fundraiser for anything. I'll be the advocate for YOU. .... "If I get that OTHER job I really want." </p><p>I had a peek of what retired life might be like... and I don't want it yet. My brain, heart, health all suffer when I'm isolated from statisticians and their interesting data streams.</p><p>Was at a postal service mailing place the other day, and they measure in "ounces" and it just baffled me. I thought my "forever" stamps would be fine and dandy for the letters. Nope. I'm like... wtf is an ounce? I thought that was for liquids... Didn't I write some "TO METRIC SYSTEM" Conversion CODE for this? (And I did, will share it soon)</p><p>I had to tell the lady that I didn't get it in the only way I knew how: "I studied science. I don't understand modern American measuring systems."</p><p>In other interesting news THOUSANDS of people marched yesterday in Minnesota for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MMIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMIP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MMIW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMIW</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MMIWG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMIWG</span></a>. My Internet was down so I missed the live stream (was so sad) </p><p>NDN Collective has some vids on the Public Interent of Paid Reporters (YouTube). </p><p>I have not looked who else is reporting, but I sure hope they are getting paid well.</p>
Carsten<p><a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> </p><p>I'm just a guy with a lot of hobbies - <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/brewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brewing</span></a>, growing stuff, making <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/vinegar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vinegar</span></a>, collecting <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/AncientCoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientCoins</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/boardgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boardgames</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/ComputerGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputerGames</span></a>, and much more. </p><p>I need a new hobby like I need a new hole in the head, but I am also powerless to resist when a new hobby strikes. Such is life.</p><p>I work as a <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/TechnicalWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnicalWriter</span></a> at a Danish software company. I have three clever and independent children who shout at me a lot, and a wife who doesn't. We live a happy normie-life in suburbia.</p><p>Back in the before-times I studied <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> at <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/AarhusUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AarhusUniversity</span></a>. I think about <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/AncientRome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientRome</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/AncientGreece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientGreece</span></a> probably every hour or so.</p>
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NotAMorningPerson (Richard)

I'm a recently retired technical writer, which I was for a long time as a freelance and contractor, working for over 80 clients.

My background is in #chemistry, which I taught and researched at postdoctoral level, with a later postgraduate degree in computing.

Topics I am interested in: #Shropshire #Shrewsbury #technicalwriter #brexit #climate #science #computingscience #IT #geology #philosophyofscience #nudism #naturism #bisexual #humanism

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James

Heya! This is my #introduction

Living in the Ruhr region #ruhrgebiet, in the very West of #germany.

I work as a #TechnicalWriter and create/edit instruction manuals.

I enjoy my workouts in the #gym and since I live #carfree, #cycling is a regular thing. I like the entire topic of #mobility, with #transit, #trains, #urbanism, and #maps. #Sustainability is relevant, I'm a #vegetarian since 2005.

But then I love #tech, and #smarthome stuff, enjoy #languages, and #politics too.

long haired male riding a mastodon
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Dachary

Yesterday, I wrote code in Swift, Kotlin, C++, and JS. Today, I got to play with three different operating systems, SSH, MongoDB Enterprise, and a bunch of mongod/mongosh stuff.

Have I mentioned lately that I love being a #TechnicalWriter ? My job is literally to learn stuff and play with things so I can save other people time and make it easier for them to do their jobs.

I’m so glad I stumbled into a career that is such a happy place for me.

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ts dallaValle

Hi all. I joined Mastodon in November of 2022, during the first major exodus from the Bird Site. I never really introduced myself, though, so here is my #Introduction:

I am a technical writer by vocation and a photographer by avocation. I am a reformed Catholic (aka "an atheist"). I used to be a right-leaning independent, but the right has moved so far to the right that I guess I'm a leftist, now.

Oh: And I live in the Midwestern United States. And while this old man really doesn't know his way around the fediverse, I'm doing the best that I can.

That covers the basics, I think. Glad to see the renewed interest in Mastodon, and I'm looking forward to interacting with y'all!

#Photographer#TechnicalWriter#Atheist
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Jeff Bronks

@dys_morphia
I understand why you are cautious. There isn't much information online as Pirsig was a bit reclusive, I think. It is, however, mentioned in these obituaries:
publishersweekly.com/pw/by-top

theguardian.com/books/2017/apr

Sounds like he was a #TechnicalWriter for only a brief period, but he's a cult figure so a lot of us like to be associated with him. 😀

PublishersWeekly.comRobert M. Pirsig, Author of 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,' Dies at 88The philosopher and author, who found fame with his 1974 bestseller 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,' died at his home in Maine on April 24.
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