Not quite “All About Tech Writing”

April 8th, 2009    5 Comments

I haven’t got round to doing a podcast for a while. I’ve been using up the remainder of my holidays recently, having lots of long weekends, which should have given me plenty of time to do one, but instead I’ve been doing … well, hang on a minute, what have I been doing?

writing-show-logo That’s sort of a general feeling I have most of the time: feels like I’m very busy, but also feels like I’m not getting very much done. Anyway, one thing I did get done (a few weeks back now) was a recording for The Writing Show podcast.

They’ve called it “All About Tech Writing”. I don’t think it quite lives up to that billing, but if you’re interested in having a listen, you can find it here:

http://www.writingshow.com/podcasts/2009/04042009.html

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  1. User Gravatar Paula B. said:

    April 8th, 2009 at 2:03 pm (#)

    You did a beautiful job of providing an overview of tech writing, Alistair. That's why I called the show "All About Tech Writing." :) Any time you'd like to come back and do more shows for us, let me know! I love your smooth presentation.

  2. User Gravatar Alistair said:

    April 9th, 2009 at 8:22 am (#)

    Thanks Paula. Having been a long-time Writing Show listener, I was delighted to be invited to contribute. I've got to admit, though, that I cringed a little at my opening section (the bit about starting a new job) when I listened back to the podcast the other day. But hopefully your listeners found it interesting.

    All the best. Keep those podcasts coming!
    Alistair

  3. User Gravatar Paula B. said:

    April 9th, 2009 at 3:10 pm (#)

    Alistair,

    Others are far less critical of what we do than we are.  You were terrific!

    Paula

  4. User Gravatar Matt said:

    April 24th, 2009 at 7:46 pm (#)

    I completely agree with Paula. It was an excellent, well laid out, interesting and informative overview.

    As someone whose career has included technical writing, but hasn't actually centred on it, I found it very useful and has given me confidence by hearing an insider's view on the topic and by confirming some of my own experiences.

    Thanks to you both. :)

  5. User Gravatar Alistair said:

    April 25th, 2009 at 8:04 pm (#)

    Thanks for that Matt. I'm really glad to hear you found it useful.

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