Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Live Technical Writing Lightning Talks + Food, Drinks & Networking Fun! San Francisco

Talk title #1: My Favorite Derivatives

Description: This is a fun little etymology talk about my favorite Latin derivatives (English words that are derived from Latin). I give a tiny bit of background on Latin as a language, then move into my favorite derivatives, and what it is about their Latin roots that makes me see the English word differently.

Speaker: Lena Chervin

Talk title #2: Docs as Tests: No More Broken Docs

Description: Outdated docs break user trust, and drive users away. No one wants that. Docs as Tests treats documentation as literal assertions of product behavior to catch issues before your users do. Come learn about it!

Speaker: Manny Silva

Talk title #3: Scaling documentation at Waymo through sprints

Description: A short talk about how I used documentation sprints to scale documentation at Waymo, and how you can run a documentation sprint at your own organization.

Speaker: Jared Bhatti

Talk title #4: Should you add screenshots to documentation?

Description: Want to know whether to add screenshots to your documentation topic? I’ll talk through the tradeoffs and considerations of including screenshots in documentation, especially for SaaS software products.

Speaker: Sarah Moir

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Our agenda for this meetup:

  • 7:00 – 7:15 PM: Networking and refreshments
  • 7:15 – 8:15 PM: Lightning talks & community announcements
  • 8:15 – 8:30 PM: Group discussions & networking

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