I report on the latest updates and best practices for developers of various topics.
Events
I have spoken at and reported on hundreds of events around the world.
Past
tcworld
SpeakingA guide to OBS for Tech Communication
Video consumption of information was already increasingly popular, and in the past year, video consumption and usage has accelerated. There's an increasing amount of video versions of blog posts, livestreaming of tutorials, online office hours, and much more.
heapcon
SpeakingA short guide to creating interactive fiction
Interactive fiction (IF) occupies a curious middle ground between technical writing, programming, and creative writing. This presentation takes a look at the history of IF games, the tools used to create them across the decades, and how you can use your programming skills to tell stories.
Chris is back to see what Ukrainian entrepreneurs are working on.
Monitorama
SpeakingOSCAL
SpeakingA guide to OBS for Tech Communication
Video consumption of information was already increasingly popular, and in the past year, video consumption and usage has accelerated. There's an increasing amount of video versions of blog posts, livestreaming of tutorials, online office hours, and much more.
I report on the latest updates and best practices for Kubernetes and Cloud-native computing.
Soap! Conf
SpeakingA guide to OBS for Tech Communication
Video consumption of information was already increasingly popular, and in the past year, video consumption and usage has accelerated. There's an increasing amount of video versions of blog posts, livestreaming of tutorials, online office hours, and much more.
I report on the latest updates and best practices for Kubernetes and Cloud-native computing.
All things open
SpeakingReducing Negative and Biased Language in Documentation
The discussions on what constitutes negative, biased, and diverse language continue in many open source communities, often sparking heated, and strongly-opinionated debate. But if you have decided what language you want to increase, decrease, or change in your community, how do you enforce and track those changes? In this presentation I look at how to use the open source language linter tool, Vale, to check text (in supported locations and formats) for rules and styles you define. I start with showing how to setup and configure the tool, and then how to use existing rule sets, or create your own. Finally I show how you can track progress during initial language overhauls, and how to track violations moving forward.
LAST Clubhouse
SpeakingAn Introduction to Developer Experience
Developers are users too! In this presentation I give a quick overview of the growing field of developer experience (DX), and how to tailor developer-focussed projects to meet the demands and needs of this very particular user group.
Fosdem 2021
SpeakingTool the Docs room
This year at Fosdem I'm helping organise the Documentation tooling developer room, so drop on by.
Arizona STC
SpeakingAn Introduction to docs-as-code
I cover the basic principles, tooling, and processes of "docs-as-code".
APIDays
SpeakingAutomate your APIs to perfection
API documentation can originate from many sources, and take many forms, so how do you ensure that the content is accurate and crucially, works? In this presentation Chris looks at options for testing, standardising, and checking your API documentation is as good as your API.
Write the Docs
SpeakingAn introduction to developer experience, and the role of a documentarian
User experience has been a fundamental part of modern products for some time, but for tools aimed at developers, there is a growing focus on "developer experience" (DX, DevEx). Documentation is a key component of developer experience. As people with an eye on making sense out of technical complexity, documentarians should feel qualified and empowered to improve more than just documentation.