This week I’m continuing my quest to become more technical. Today’s post is going to be a bit of a twofer. I am focusing on the popular software development platform GitHub and the lightweight markup language known as Markdown. I’ll briefly outline what they are, why we use them, and why I’m interested in them.Continue reading “Trying to Git Good”
Author Archives: Monica Dailey
Kickin’ It in Kauai
Last month, Andrew and I visited Kauai, Hawaii for a week full of sun, sand, relaxing and adventures. Andrew’s mom and step-dad have visited Kauai many times and wanted to plan a trip together so they could share the island they love with us. Winters in Iowa can be bitter cold and long so itContinue reading “Kickin’ It in Kauai”
An Intro to LLMs and Observability
Lately I’ve been thinking about how I would like to further improve my skills as a technical writer. One area I’ve identified for growth is my technical knowledge. You don’t need to have a developer level understanding of code to be a technical writer. However, more knowledge never hurts. As a result of this desire,Continue reading “An Intro to LLMs and Observability”
Its Been Over Three Years?!
Goodness gracious! As the title suggests, I may have taken a bit of an unplanned hiatus. Life got busy once pandemic restrictions were lifted and life started to slowly return to normal. I’ve been up to quite a bit the last few years. In this post, I’ll cover some of those highlights and what myContinue reading “Its Been Over Three Years?!”
BCFO: Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by Steve Krug
Hi folks! It’s been a little bit longer between posts than usual – woops! Life got a bit busy. Anyways, I’m back. To make it up to you, I’ll have not one, but two chapters to cover for this week. So without further ado, here we go. Chapter 4 Chapter 4 is entitled Animal, Vegetable,Continue reading “BCFO: Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by Steve Krug”
BCFO: Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by Steve Krug
Chapter Three: Billboard Design 101 Chapter 2 introduced the idea that a webpage is a billboard. It covered the importance of designing a webpage in such a way that critical information can be easily obtained by scanning. In this chapter of Don’t Make Me Think Revisited, Krug discusses the idea of conventions and how toContinue reading “BCFO: Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by Steve Krug”
BCFO: Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by Steve Krug
Chapter Two: How we really use the web This chapter is all about how people actually use the web. Krug opens the chapter with the comparison that designers like to think of their web pages as being great pieces of literature when in actuality, users just use them like a billboard that they’re driving pastContinue reading “BCFO: Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by Steve Krug”
Book Club for One (BCFO): Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by Steve Krug
Steve Krug’s book Don’t Make Me Think Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web and Mobile Usability is a book about, you guessed it, usability. The broad topic of usability is something that has always fascinated me. While studying for my degree, there was this notion pounded into my head that technical communicators are oftenContinue reading “Book Club for One (BCFO): Don’t Make Me Think Revisited by Steve Krug”
Technically, It’s Communication
Why technical communication? There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t hear this question. Along with “Isn’t it boring?” or “Why bother? Nobody reads the instructions anyways.” I’m sure most people would find analyzing the steps to accomplishing a task boring, but that’s why it’s not for everyone. It’s for me. When IContinue reading “Technically, It’s Communication”
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