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https://ubuntu.com/blog/documentation-development-and-design-for-technical-authorsHow Canonical technical authors use their documentation...

https://ubuntu.com/blog/documentation-development-and-design-for-technical-authors

How Canonical technical authors use their documentation and design expertise to influence the development and direction of our products.

It's wonderful to be at the first ever PyCon NL https://pycon-nl.org, which wins first prize for the seats alone. #PyConNL24

It's wonderful to be at the first ever PyCon NL https://pycon-nl.org, which wins first prize for the seats alone. #PyConNL24

I'm working at the @djangocon code sprints. I'm here to help with documentation.Ask me about that, or about technical author roles...

I'm working at the @djangocon code sprints. I'm here to help with documentation.

Ask me about that, or about technical author roles at Canonical @ubuntu or about the Canonical Open Documentation Academy @CanonicalDocumentation

And if you are a prospective documentation platform engineer (Python, frontend, Sphinx, Google APIs), please speak to me at your earliest convenience...

PyCon Africa @pyconafrica really ought to have more followers on Mastodon.The conference is taking place right now in Accra, Ghana...

PyCon Africa @pyconafrica really ought to have more followers on Mastodon.

The conference is taking place right now in Accra, Ghana https://africa.pycon.org, with a five-day programme featuring speakers from all over the continent and beyond.

I'll be running a workshop at @djangocon: "Getting documentation done, now"...

I'll be running a workshop at @djangocon: "Getting documentation done, now" https://2024.djangocon.us/tutorials/getting-documentation-done-now/ (on Sunday 22nd September).

It's about documentation success - taking the step from plans and ambitions to concrete outcomes.

We'll apply unblocking techniques to attendees' actual problems, whether at the scale of hobby projects, open-source communities or large-scale engineering organisations.

You'll come out of the session with your work already in motion and the next steps known.

https://vurt.org/articles/twelve-rules/Many candidates come into our hiring process at Canonical, and don’t do as well as I think they...

https://vurt.org/articles/twelve-rules/

Many candidates come into our hiring process at Canonical, and don’t do as well as I think they should. This is the advice I wish I could have given them.

The Canonical Open Documentation Academy exists to help people get into open-source software contribution, and jobs, via documentation.Each...

The Canonical Open Documentation Academy exists to help people get into open-source software contribution, and jobs, via documentation.

Each Friday the team hosts a public Office Hours, to which everyone is welcome: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/documentation-office-hours/42771

More about the Academy in general https://canonical.com/documentation/open-documentation-academy

I'm working at the @djangoconeurope sprints helping land documentation improvements into Django, and helping people with their own...

I'm working at the @djangoconeurope sprints helping land documentation improvements into Django, and helping people with their own projects' documentation.

And if you are interested in working with me on open-source projects and/or their documentation at Canonical/Ubuntu, come and see me - https://canonical.com/documentation.

If you were one of the many people at PyCon Italia 2024 #PyConIT2024 who wanted to talk to me about job opportunities at Canonical but...

If you were one of the many people at PyCon Italia 2024 #PyConIT2024 who wanted to talk to me about job opportunities at Canonical but didn't manage to find a time before the end of the conference, please drop me a line.

Thank you to all the organisers and volunteers of PyCon Italia 2024 for a wonderful conference experience.@pycon

Thank you to all the organisers and volunteers of PyCon Italia 2024 for a wonderful conference experience.

@pycon

https://fosstodon.org/@CanonicalDocumentation has launched Canonical's Open Documentation Academy, led by @degville. It's an...

https://fosstodon.org/@CanonicalDocumentation has launched Canonical's Open Documentation Academy, led by @degville.

It's an initiative to help people become open source contributors through documentation, and to improve their documentation skills at the same time.

https://ubuntu.com/blog/introducing-canonicals-open-documentation-academy

An open letter to the Python Software Foundation, https://pythonafrica.blogspot.com/2023/12/an-open-letter-to-python-software_5.html, from...

An open letter to the Python Software Foundation, https://pythonafrica.blogspot.com/2023/12/an-open-letter-to-python-software_5.html, from Python communities across Africa.

The third day of talks at DjangoCon Africa. Follow @djangoconafrica to understand what Django and Africa mean to each other.

The third day of talks at DjangoCon Africa.

Follow @djangoconafrica to understand what Django and Africa mean to each other.

In 2023, what is your favourite way of hosting simple Django-based websites and applications for personal use?

In 2023, what is your favourite way of hosting simple Django-based websites and applications for personal use?

Tom Johnson of I'd Rather Be Writing fame has written an excellent piece on the Diátaxis documentation approach, in the context of...

Tom Johnson of I'd Rather Be Writing fame has written an excellent piece on the Diátaxis documentation approach, in the context of other approaches to documentation problems: https://idratherbewriting.com/blog/what-is-diataxis-documentation-framework

I'm on my way to DjangoCon US 2023, looking forward to being back again for the first time since the pandemic.I'll be at the...

I'm on my way to DjangoCon US 2023, looking forward to being back again for the first time since the pandemic.

I'll be at the sprints, and if anyone wants to work on or would like some help with documentation (Django, Python, your own OSS project...) let me know.

And if you're interested in working with me on documentation, for actual money: https://canonical.com/documentation/work-and-careers

I've published https://vurt.eu/articles/on-safety/ - my perspective on safety for attendees at African Python community events.I wrote...

I've published https://vurt.eu/articles/on-safety/ - my perspective on safety for attendees at African Python community events.

I wrote it because I was troubled by some of the responses I have heard to the idea of a DjangoCon Africa -https://2023.djangocon.africa - in a country such as Tanzania.

It's right that questions about safety should be asked. But when they're asked, they must be answered consistently and fairly - and not used to damage or undermine African open-source software communities.

DjangoCon Africa is on Mastodon now: https://fosstodon.org/@djangoconafrica

DjangoCon Africa is on Mastodon now: https://fosstodon.org/@djangoconafrica

Today is the last day for talk/workshop proposals for DjangoCon Africa: https://cfp-2023.djangocon.africaThis is a chance to be part of...

Today is the last day for talk/workshop proposals for DjangoCon Africa: https://cfp-2023.djangocon.africa

This is a chance to be part of something wonderful.

And why *wouldn’t* you come to a DjangoCon Africa? https://2023.djangocon.africa/letter-from-africa/

An attempt towards a theory of quality https://diataxis.fr/quality/ (for documentation, but I think it seems to seems to apply more widely...

An attempt towards a theory of quality https://diataxis.fr/quality/ (for documentation, but I think it seems to seems to apply more widely though).