If you are going to the DDD conference in Melbourne tomorrow, head over to the Write The Docs booth and say hi. See if you can solve our 3 minute BrickDocs Challenge or join in some Docs Bingo.
#dddmelb #WriteTheDocs #TechWriting #TechnicalWriting #KnowledgeManagement

DDD Melbourne | 21st February 2026
https://www.dddmelbourne.com/

New post: technical writing skills employers want most in 2026 — and how to build them.
https://aitransformer.online/technical-writing-skills-employers-want/

What skill do you think is most underrated right now?
#TechnicalWriting #Documentation #TechWriting #CareerAdvice #AI

🕐 2026-02-15 18:00 UTC

📰 技術発信を後回しにした私が、転職で詰んだ話。 (👍 255)

🇬🇧 Developer shares hard lesson: delaying tech blogging meant lacking proof of skills during job hunt. Advocates documenting learning publicly.
🇰🇷 기술 블로깅을 미루다 이직에서 실력 증명 자료 부족으로 고생한 개발자의 교훈. 불완전해도 공개하고 기록하라.

🔗 https://zenn.dev/igz0/articles/skill-without-proof

#Career #TechWriting #Zenn

I have had a hard week but done very good work. I have found myself a delightful cafe in a working class suburb that has BOOKS!

I am reading Don Watson's Dictionary of Weasel Words over breakfast. It was sitting in a small bookcase amongst the usual fantasy books and books about sporting greats.

I am loving the intro. After talking about the manipulation of language by totalitarian states and how the subdued masses adopt that language, Watson says:

"The same mimicry can be expected wherever the official language is a kind of code that we must at least appear to understand, or be excluded. It happens in democracies, and in business and government departments."

How often have you found when starting a new job that you ate desperately trying to use the acronyms, the phrases and names that are bandied around the office to show that you fit in, that you are a 'valuable team member'?

#jargon #acronyms #Management #TechnicalWriting #TechWriting #WriteTheDocs