The Cherryleaf Podcast
Cherryleaf’s podcast on technical writing and becoming a better business communicator. www.cherryleaf.com
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Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Google has developed two technical writing classes for developers, which it has delivered to thousands of its own staff. In late February 2020 it made these accessible to people outside of Google.
But are they any good?
In this episode, we describe and review these courses.
See also:
Technical writing for developers training courses
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Friday Feb 21, 2020
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Rahel talks about Babylon Health and her role as Director of Content there. We discuss content strategy, content design, and the issues Babylon Health faces. We also look at the skills needed to be a good Content Designer, and how to get those skills.
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Friday Feb 07, 2020
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Go back to 2010 and the talk was about users writing the documentation.
But what happened?
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Friday Jan 24, 2020
Friday Jan 24, 2020
How do you keep on top of the news and trends in technical communication?
We share share the different channels that we use learn about the latest developments.
If you've got a source that you think we should know about, let us know.
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Thursday Jan 09, 2020
Thursday Jan 09, 2020
We look at trends in trends in technical communication for 2020 and beyond from three perspectives: skills, technology, and a section we called "but".
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Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
For our 75th episode, we have some fun at the British Museum.
We looked at some of the objects through the eyes of a technical communicator.
On the way, we managed to get a few things wrong. We mispronounced Jean-François Champollion's surname. It also turns out that the rules to the Game of Ur were discovered on a cuneiform clay tablet in the late 1980s.
More information:
Treasury of Education for Women
Tom Scott vs Irving Finkel: The Royal Game of Ur
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Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
In this podcast, Ellis talks to Madi Weland Solomon about taxonomies, metadata and ontologies.
We discuss:
What is metadata?
What is a taxonomy?
What is an ontology?
Why are taxonomies important to organisations?
How important are standards and policies?
How should an organisation develop a strategy for taxonomy?
Roles and responsibilities
How can a taxonomy expert help them?
What are the pitfalls? What shouldn’t you do?
Who is doing it right?
Is it only for big organisations?
Are there any tools that can help?
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Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Yvonne Cleary is a lecturer in Technical Communication and Instructional Design at the University of Limerick, in Limerick, Ireland.
In this podcast, Ellis talks to her about the courses at Limerick and her current research project. Yvonne is currently writing a book about technical communication practice, and, as part of that, she is interviewing technical communicators to gain insights about the field in the UK.
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To contact Yvonne: yvonne.cleary@ul.ie
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Thursday Nov 07, 2019
Thursday Nov 07, 2019
We spoke to some of the delegates at the MadWorld Europe 2019 conference, which was held in October in Dublin. There's also some recordings from the conference itself.
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Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Client stories are where we talk about some recent projects. This episode relates to clients who have created a content strategy for their user assistance.
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