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”

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”