Kevin Siu

Yes, ChatGPT is impressive. No, it won’t replace you (probably).

As a technical writer new to the industry, playing with ChatGPT was scary at first; the thoughts of a chatbot replacing technical writers in the future seemed to be on the horizon. I thought about it more and realized it actually most likely won’t. And if it does, it won’t be the end of theContinue reading “Yes, ChatGPT is impressive. No, it won’t replace you (probably).”

I read a manual for a power strip…and made a career out of it

You might be thinking: Who even reads those? You literally just plug it in and plug other things into it. And you’re 100% right about that. Thanks to how often and how early in our lives we plug in our devices to access electricity, we all know how the process works. The concept is almostContinue reading “I read a manual for a power strip…and made a career out of it”

Learn from my mistakes: advice from one intern to another

“Looks like an intern messed up something, lol.” – You (probably) Now I know what it feels like to be that intern a lot of people joke about when a company does a release with bugs in it. From my experience, I can tell you that the intern will panic, and feel their entire futureContinue reading “Learn from my mistakes: advice from one intern to another”

My first experience as a tech writer, and creating a hands-on Oxygen training experience

In this post I’ll briefly explain my experience as a new technical writer working as an intern for a software company, and my approach to improving the onboarding experience for future interns learning Oxygen XML Editor. I went back to school, ended up at Algonquin College’s Technical Writer program, and looked around for co-op opportunitiesContinue reading “My first experience as a tech writer, and creating a hands-on Oxygen training experience”

Simple but effective design: Samsung

I chose this picture to analyze as I was curious how phone manufacturers manage to keep their advertisements for phones fresh, considering how phones are all similar in form factor: rectangular, and screen in front. Not only keeping each iteration of their own phones feeling new, but also distinct from each other brand essentially doingContinue reading “Simple but effective design: Samsung”

A visual analysis of Exploding Kittens

I’ve chosen to analyze a quick setup guide for the card game Exploding Kittens. Personally, I feel that this is one of the best guides of its type as I’ve read many before, to which some have been lacking in clarity. The guide uses visuals and layout to its advantage in order to explain theContinue reading “A visual analysis of Exploding Kittens”

What’s a motherboard, anyway?

While I was looking for content to practice my writing, I found that computer hardware is often difficult for beginners to get into because of the jargon, and assumption that everyone who is buying the part already knows what it is. It makes me wonder if this is one of the reasons why building yourContinue reading “What’s a motherboard, anyway?”