Session Matrix – TC Camp 2017
This year we had 4 sessions each with 6 different discussions. Every discussion requires a scribe and a facilitator. Scribes keep the notes and facilitators keep the conversation focused and make sure that everyone gets a chance to talk. Both get special merit badges for their extra efforts!
Workshops
- Ambassador Workshop: Making the Trek from Microsoft Word to Adobe FrameMaker
- Git for Technical Writers—Dropping the Bucket
- Minimalism: Turning a Necessary Evil into a Greater Good
- Rethinking How We Adapt Microlearning for Technical Communication
Unconference Session #1 – Notes
- Breaking into API documentation
- Scoping a hot mess
- Writers and product usability
- Instructional design for tech writers
- Efficient content review tools
- Document architectures, data modeling, reuse strategies
Unconference Session #2 – Notes
- Markdown for techcomm
- Techcomm in an Agile environment
- Improving search in technical content
- Career paths out of tech writing
- Best practices for document (left side) navigation (web)
- Content reuse mechanisms in DITA
Unconference Session #3 – Notes
- Tools for documenting APIs
- Large, complex doc systems with markdown and git
- Case studies
- Creating a documentation delivery platform
- Localization issues
- DITA vs Markdown
Unconference Session #4 – Notes
- Documentation for the Internet of Things
- Documentation automation
- Effort Estimation
- How to get users’ feedback
- Style guides
- Getting hiring managers’ attention