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Kai Weber

@techwriterkai

Passionate about #techcomm to make users excel and look good.

 Frankfurt & Copenhagen
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Joined June 2010
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We're looking for a Technical Writer or Senior Technical Writer, depending on your experience, to work at SimCorp headquarters in beautiful Copenhagen. For more info, see the job ad at or ping me. lnkd.in/gm8S29G lnkd.in/gySSjHd
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"User-centric" doesn’t mean using personas in yr design process, but empathizing with people who buy yr products. medium.freecodecamp.org/up-n…
Up next: nothing? How information overload is impacting our brains.

Up next: nothing? How information overload is impacting our brains.

By Vinny 15 years ago, I made two major choices before I went to school in the mornings. I picked what cereal I would have (how good were Ricicles?), then sifted through my CD collection before...

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Machines "can do predictable work in predictable situations, will dominate closed systems; open sys are different" kottke.org/17/10/a-report-fr…
A report from the 2017 New Yorker TechFest

A report from the 2017 New Yorker TechFest

Last Friday, I attended the New Yorker TechFest, a one-day, single-track conference about technology, an accompaniment to the larger New Yorker Festival. Overal

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How parents undermine consultants... glasbergen.com/wp-content/ga… /cc @sarahokeefe @erinvang
So you can get Google Docs contributions into #MadCap #Flare, e.g., via @MattiasSander's Kaizen plugin... #techcomm nitter.cf/tomjohnson/status/9112…
Tom Johnson (@tomjohnson) profile pictureTom Johnson@tomjohnson22 Sep 2017
New post: Convert Google Docs content to Markdown or HTML using the gd2md-html add-on bit.ly/gd2md-html #techcomm

Convert Google Docs content to Markdown or HTML using the gd2md-html add-on

gd2md-html is a Google Docs add-on that will convert your Google Doc content into either Markdown or HTML. This tool provides a much-needed converter that enables you to use Google Docs as a platform...

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#techcomm is often below mgmt's radar. When we go all Rodney Dangerfield about getting no respect, let's be careful what we wish for. nitter.cf/johncutlefish/status/9…
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Oh, look: #simcorp, the company I work for has a cool video explaining what we all do all day! youtube.com/watch?v=crojPHxP… #fintech
SimCorp Explained

SimCorp Explained

SimCorp delivers a scalable and integrated technology solution, cov...

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CEO: we'll give them the cloud, but on their own desk! Engineer: yeah but isn't that just a— CEO: ship it.
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Should it be "how to increase content velocity", not how to make it happen? Ruthless structuring & separation from layout would be a start. nitter.cf/alanpringle/status/897…
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Come to #TCUK17 to hear about one #techcomm team's experience with moving to agile - in the enterprise! nitter.cf/TCUK_conf/status/88472…
Tech Comm UK (@TCUK_conf) profile pictureTech Comm UK@TCUK_conf11 Jul 2017
At #TCUK17, @kmdk will speak on "Surviving the agile enterprise: case study from the trenches". technicalcommunicationuk.com… #techcomm
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And something to pencil into your #tekom #tcworld calendar: #Flare users will meet on Wed 25 Oct at booths 2E12 and 2E03 at 5 pm!
Oh, look, there's a Slack channel for #MadCap #Flare users for "community-wide communication and announcements" at buff.ly/2uFcX6m
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Another way to look at separation of #techcomm content from presentation... nitter.cf/mrcruce/status/8960377…
Cruce Saunders (@mrcruce) profile pictureCruce Saunders
@mrcruce11 Aug 2017
When modeling, model for meaning. Start w the semantic entity. Modeling for presentation can paint us into corners. #contentengineering
Hrmpf... Major regret to have missed #agilethedocs during my twitter leave... Anyone know if they'll do another one?
Agile #techcomm success is a matter of people figuring out the best ways of working together. My comment to idratherbewriting.com/2017/0…

Tech docs and Agile: Alternatives to integrating into engineering Scrums (Part 2)

This is part two in a series on Agile and tech docs. In the previous post, I outlined challenges in integrating into engineering Scrum teams. Some alternatives to Scrum include Kanban, Extreme...

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Here's a cool Venn diagram of a meaningful life: weforum.org/agenda/2017/08/i… - Bonus: "Kai" means “realizing what one hopes for” :-)
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Structure FTW also for user assistance / #techcomm! nitter.cf/mrcruce/status/8953412…
Cruce Saunders (@mrcruce) profile pictureCruce Saunders
@mrcruce9 Aug 2017
Structure drives content availability & discovery across search, chatbots, #ai, insight engines. NLP matters but structure wins.
Can't believe I'm the only one misreading the Skype button: "Call Me Al" - dah-dup-dup-dup, dah-dup-dup-dup #frivolouswednesday
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.@StackOverflow's documentation sunsetting recalls @github's survey about confusing and incomplete #techcomm thenextweb.com/dd/2017/06/02…
Why sexism in tech is not "just an opinion" and how it creeps into your home by @sara_ann_marie washingtonpost.com/news/post…
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