My #introduction: I’m a white settler heterosexual cisgender male, so I don’t have to deal with a lot of first-glance prejudice.

Being a #writer is part of who I am. By profession, I am a #techwriter of documentation and online help for software. My hobbyist roles are #actor and #mentalist (a sub-type of #magician) but you might want to keep in mind that in both those roles, it’s all about pretending.

I live in #Ottawa #YOW but I am from the part of Atlantic Canada known as #Newfoundland and #Labrador.

Anyone need a #remote #techwriter for $90k?

#getfedihired #fedijobs #fedihelp

🔵🔴🟡 To those who fired or didn't hire tech writers because of AI
by Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti
@theletterf.bsky.social @[email protected]

#techwriter #AI

https://passo.uno/letter-those-who-fired-tech-writers-ai/

Tell me you haven't talked to a real live tech writer on a time scale of decades without telling me.

https://kibbler.dev/blog/turn-your-codebase-into-a-knowledge-base

#TechnicalWriting #docs #documentation #writeTheDocs #techWriter

I fortunately have one colleague left (after another left), but we work in separate hours and I actually understand how this isolation feels. To compensate, I work with friends during the day and make a point to go to the physical office. I wonder how is it gonna be like in the future.

I told my friend when discussing this that in the future the need for a big team of writers may be reduced; writers will still be needed but they may be managing AI junior writers instead.

"A study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology (and analyzed by Marlynn Wei in Psychology Today) found that the more employees collaborated with AI, the more they felt “socially deprived” and lonely. The studies say that AI lacks the social cues (“facial expressions, eye contact, body postures, and gestures”) that we humans have been biologically wired for. Absent these social cues, we feel a void. "
https://idratherbewriting.com/blog/isolation-loneliness-worsens-with-ai#:~:text=.%20A%20study%20published,feel%20a%20void.

#TechWriting #TechWriter #Writing

Work is 1/2 hour getting coffee to get the dopamine you need to start work, 1 hour of trying to start, 30 min of actual work, 1 hour of resting from actual work, 2 minutes of seeing Jira notifications and emails and saying fuck it and another hour of trying to get back to work.

Rinse repeat

#Tech #techwriter

Apple announced major updates across iOS, iPadOS, & more at WWDC 25 — but which ones actually matter?

I’ve rounded up my Top 10 Favorite Announcements, from background tasks to Workout Buddies, here’s what stood out.

📖 Read the post: https://jswordsmith.com/my-top-10-favorite-announcements-from-wwdc-25/

#WWDC25 #AppleUpdates #iPadOS26 #ProductivityTools #AppleEcosystem #TechWriter

WWDC 25 didn’t drop one big surprise—just a lot of solid upgrades.
From smarter workouts to better multitasking on iPad, here are the 10 features I’m most excited about (and how they’ll actually affect my daily life).

 Read it here: https://jswordsmith.com/my-top-10-favorite-announcements-from-wwdc-25/

#WWDC25 #AppleEvent #iPadOS26 #watchOS26 #MacOSSequoia #TechWriter #JSwordsmith

The last segment of my working life was doing technical writing for software companies in #SiliconValley. Understanding the software was easy, I had been a programmer for a long time before becoming a #techWriter.

The hard part was trying to put things into terms my audience would 'get' and I really admire people who can do that.
That’s why I devour everything @Daojoan sends out.

She got me to #Vivaldi and #Joplin and helped me see that privacy and software freedom is more than #LibreOffice and #ProtonMail.
Go read her stuff. You won’t be disappointed.