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The voices in this podcast belong to: Graham Campbell and Alistair Christie.

This time round, Graham and I discuss the best way of interviewing technical writers.

Skills/attributes we mention as being things we’d look for in a candidate for a technical writer position include:
1. Evidence of solid English language skills (particularly competency in written communication)
2. A genuine enthusiasm for technology (and preferably a fascination in software)
3. Signs that the candidate would fit into the team, provide effective peer review and would be able to interact with the developers
4. The ability to review the work of colleagues effectively – and to have your work reviewed

Podcast recommendations:
The Best of MySpace – http://www.bestofmyspace.uk.com/
Mostly Tunes – http://www.mostlytunes.com/

Note: The song I play at the end of this show is one I heard on a recent Mostly Tunes show:
Be OK by Ingrid Michaelson – played here by grace of the Podsafe Music Network.

Listen to more of Ingrid’s songs.

Application recommendations:
Adobe Buzzword – http://www.acrobat.com
Google Calendar – http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/options/ 

Tips:
Press Q on Google Calendar for a quick, natural language way of adding an appointment.

What I’m listening to:
Graham is (still) listening to the music from the Transformers movie.
 

Oops! – a note about the sound quality
Despite a quarter century of podcasts (if you see what I mean) I still managed to make a couple of schoolboy errors with the recording of this podcast:
1. I didn’t check the levels properly, so Graham is too quite and my mic is maxing out
2. I accidentally recorded in mono. Usually I record with each mic into one side of a stereo recording so that I could remix the levels.
So apologies if I sound worse than usual in this recording and you’re struggling to hear Graham.   

The music I play at the beginning and end of the show is by Amplifico. You can hear more of their music at Podshow.