Welcome to episode 092 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode unpacks an article by Eric Enge entitled "ChatGPT Search vs. Google: A Deep Dive Analysis of 62 Queries" that was published on December 23 on Search Engine Land (link below). Hosts Daphne and Fred share th...
Jan 08, 2025•10 min•Ep. 92
Welcome to episode 091 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode unpacks an article by senior technical writer Curt Robbins entitled Understanding Style Guides for Technical Writers" that was published on January 15 on LinkedIn. Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirite...
Jan 07, 2025•11 min•Ep. 91
Welcome to episode 090 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode reviews a January 6 article by Kelly Dell entitled "5 Technical Documentation Trends to Shape Your 2025 Strategy" that was published by Fluid Topics (link below). Dell, an experienced digital marketing and...
Jan 06, 2025•10 min•Ep. 90
Welcome to episode 089 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode reviews a December 18 article by Shay Adler entitled "Technical Writing: The Journey from Documentation Specialist to Everything-is" that was published on LinkedIn (link below). Adler, an experienced techn...
Dec 23, 2024•12 min•Ep. 89
Welcome to episode 088 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode reviews a December 30 article by Christa Bemis entitled "Tech Pubs for OEMs: Best Practices Learned From the Field" that was published on LinkedIn (link below). Bemis, Director of Product for a SaaS soluti...
Dec 20, 2024•11 min•Ep. 88
Welcome to episode 087 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode reviews a recent article by Alaura Weaver, host of the Humans of AI podcast. Weaver advocates that the role of content editors will only increase in the age of AI due to hallucinations and the intense need...
Dec 19, 2024•12 min•Ep. 87
Welcome to episode 086 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode compares and contrasts two powerful enterprise tools for technical writers and documentation specialists: MadCap Flare and Confluence. Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirited analysis of a January 5 art...
Dec 18, 2024•9 min•Ep. 86
Welcome to episode 085 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about the origins and future of AI and how it will shape the careers and success (or failure) of tens of thousands of tech writers and millions of IT professionals. Hosts Daphne and Fred ...
Dec 17, 2024•10 min•Ep. 85
Welcome to episode 084 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about the current state of technical writing and documentation in 2025. It explains how new tech, including artificial intelligence (AI), is helping shape the landscape of technical writi...
Dec 16, 2024•9 min•Ep. 84
Welcome to episode 083 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about Docs-as-Code, an often-touted methodology for enterprise document development and management. Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirited analysis of the article by senior technical ...
Dec 13, 2024•13 min•Ep. 83
Welcome to episode 082 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about Portable Document Format, or PDF. Introduced and maintained by Adobe, PDF offers technical writers many benefits, including format preservation, universal accessibility, and even do...
Dec 12, 2024•9 min•Ep. 82
Welcome to episode 081 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about 14 critical dos and don'ts of social media management for technical writers and IT professionals. Listeners learn both what to do and, just as important, what to avoid to achieve su...
Dec 11, 2024•8 min•Ep. 81
Welcome to episode 080 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about the most popular help file development tools available for technical writers and documentation specialists. It compares Adobe RoboHelp, ClickHelp, Confluence, Help+Manual, MadCap Fl...
Dec 10, 2024•11 min•Ep. 80
Welcome to episode 079 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about the most popular screen recording and screen capture tools available for technical writers and documentation specialists. It compares Camtasia, Loom, OBS Studio, and Snagit. Hosts D...
Dec 09, 2024•10 min•Ep. 79
Welcome to episode 078 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about the DOCX file format involved in Microsoft Word (part of Microsoft Office). It explains the relationship between DOCX and XML and how this can allow for single sourcing documents an...
Dec 06, 2024•8 min
Welcome to episode 077 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about the Document Development Life Cycle, or DDLC. This documentation project management approach, derived from the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), provides technical writers and...
Dec 05, 2024•8 min•Ep. 77
Welcome to episode 076 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about API documentation, including the most popular development tools, what to do to achieve success with API docs, and what to avoid. Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirited analysis ...
Dec 04, 2024•15 min•Ep. 76
Welcome to episode 075 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about Markdown and how it can serve as a valuable tool for technical writers and documentation specialists. Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirited analysis of the recent article by Cu...
Dec 03, 2024•12 min•Ep. 75
Welcome to episode 074 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s show teaches listeners about a recent study about how cultural evolution is much faster than the evolution of DNA and how it affects technology and innovation. Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirited analysis o...
Dec 02, 2024•14 min•Ep. 74
Welcome to episode 073 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s show teaches listeners about documentation single sourcing, with an overview of the advantages, disadvantages, and popular tools that are available. Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirited analysis of the artic...
Nov 29, 2024•8 min•Ep. 73
Welcome to episode 072 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s show teaches listeners about the two most popular video editors employed by technical writers and IT professionals: Adobe Premiere Pro and Apple's Final Cut Pro. Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirited analysis...
Nov 27, 2024•8 min•Ep. 72
Welcome to episode 071 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s show teaches listeners about four popular AI-powered image generation tools employed by technical writers and IT professionals: Adobe Firefly, DALL-E, Ideogram, and MidJourney. Hosts Daphne and Fred share their sp...
Nov 26, 2024•14 min•Ep. 71
Welcome to episode 070 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s show teaches listeners about four of the most popular AI tools employed by technical writers and IT professionals: OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and xAI's Grok. Hosts Daphne and Fred share th...
Nov 25, 2024•11 min•Ep. 71
Welcome to episode 069 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s show teaches listeners about a recent article by senior technical writer Curt Robbins entitled "Adobe Acrobat for Technical Writers." Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirited analysis of the Robbins article in a...
Nov 22, 2024•16 min•Ep. 69
Welcome to episode 068 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s show teaches listeners about a recent research paper entitled "The Cultural Evolution of Technology: Facts and Theory." Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirited analysis of the research report in a 14-minute epi...
Nov 21, 2024•14 min•Ep. 68
Welcome to episode 067 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s show teaches listeners about the dominant word processors and documentation tools in IT, including Microsoft Word and Google Docs. Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirited analysis of the article "Microsoft Word...
Nov 20, 2024•8 min•Ep. 67
Welcome to episode 066 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s show teaches listeners about how nuclear energy may be the primary energy source of our AI-fueled future. Learn the pros and cons of nuclear power, why a hybrid-approach may be best, and the definition of Small Mo...
Nov 19, 2024•9 min•Ep. 66
Welcome to episode 065 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s show teaches listeners about documentation tools, particularly Confluence and GitBook. Which is better? Turns out, it depends entirely on use case. Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirited analysis of the articl...
Nov 18, 2024•14 min•Ep. 65
Welcome to episode 064 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s show teaches listeners about artificial intelligence (AI), artificial general intelligence (AGI), and the concept of superintelligence. Hosts Daphne and Fred share their spirited analysis of the article "Understan...
Nov 12, 2024•16 min•Ep. 64
Welcome to episode 063 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s show teaches listeners about the Large Language Models (LLMs) in Artificial Intelligence (AI). This episode defines and explains LLMs and how they are currently affecting our jobs and lives. What opportunities do ...
Nov 11, 2024•14 min•Ep. 63
