Curt Robbins

Technical Writing Success

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Technical Writing Success is a podcast that's published daily (Monday-Friday) by veteran technical writer Curt Robbins. It helps IT professionals such as documentation specialists, information architects, and technical writers better understand their profession and the marketplace in which they operate. Each week, charismatic hosts Daphne Blake and Fred Jones unpack a different topic in under 10 minutes to help busy professionals stay current. Topics include documentation and communications strategies, the increasing role of AI, robotics, social media management, and career advancement.

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Curt Robbins

Episodes

Oxygen XML Editor Overview for Technical Writers 17.01.2025 13:14

Welcome to episode 099 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode dives into an article from senior technical writer Curt Robbins that examines the popular XML tool Oxygen...

Leading CMS Tools for Technical Writers Compared 16.01.2025 14:14

Welcome to episode 098 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode dives into an article from senior technical writer Curt Robbins that compares four leading Content Manage...

Content Management Systems for Technical Writers 15.01.2025 8:46

Welcome to episode 097 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode dives into an article from senior technical writer Curt Robbins about Content Management Systems (CMSs)....

Impact of Government Policy on Technical Writers 14.01.2025 12:40

Welcome to episode 096 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode dives into an article from senior technical writer Curt Robbins about the impact of government policies o...

Manny Silva Video Review: From RAGs to Riches 13.01.2025 10:22

Welcome to episode 095 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode dives into an October 2024 video from technical writing rock star Manny Silva, Head of Docs at Skyflow, c...

Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti Jan. 2025 Stack Overflow Interview 10.01.2025 14:35

Welcome to episode 094 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode dives into a January 2, 2025 interview with rock star technical writer Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti on the St...

Future of Jobs Report 2025: An Analysis for Technical Writers 09.01.2025 10:58

Welcome to episode 093 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode unpacks a massive 290-page report from the World Economic Forum entitled "Future of Jobs Report 2025...

ChatGPT Search vs. Google: Advice for Technical Writers 08.01.2025 9:31

Welcome to episode 092 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode unpacks an article by Eric Enge entitled "ChatGPT Search vs. Google: A Deep Dive Analysis of 62 Quer...

Understanding Style Guides for Technical Writers 07.01.2025 11:13

Welcome to episode 091 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode unpacks an article by senior technical writer Curt Robbins entitled Understanding Style Guides for Techni...

Kelly Dell Article Review: Technical Documentation Trends in 2025 06.01.2025 10:26

Welcome to episode 090 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode reviews a January 6 article by Kelly Dell entitled "5 Technical Documentation Trends to Shape Your 2...

Shay Adler Article Review: Technical Writing: From Documentation Specialist to Everything-ist 23.12.2024 12:01

Welcome to episode 089 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode reviews a December 18 article by Shay Adler entitled "Technical Writing: The Journey from Documentation S...

Christa Bemis Article Review: Best Practices for OEM Documentation 20.12.2024 11:26

Welcome to episode 088 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode reviews a December 30 article by Christa Bemis entitled "Tech Pubs for OEMs: Best Practices Learned From...

Alaura Weaver Article Review: The Importance of Editorial Skills in the AI Era 19.12.2024 12:09

Welcome to episode 087 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode reviews a recent article by Alaura Weaver, host of the Humans of AI podcast. Weaver advocates that the ro...

MadCap Flare vs. Confluence: Pros & Cons for Technical Writers 18.12.2024 8:30

Welcome to episode 086 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode compares and contrasts two powerful enterprise tools for technical writers and documentation specialists:...

Origins & Future of AI: An Overview for Technical Writers 17.12.2024 10:21

Welcome to episode 085 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about the origins and future of AI and how it will shape the careers and success (or fa...

Technical Writing in 2025: What Is It & Why Is It Relevant? 16.12.2024 8:47

Welcome to episode 084 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about the current state of technical writing and documentation in 2025. It explains how...

Docs-as-Code: Evolving Documentation for Technical Writers 13.12.2024 13:29

Welcome to episode 083 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about Docs-as-Code, an often-touted methodology for enterprise document development and...

Power of PDF: A Guide for Technical Writers & IT Professionals 12.12.2024 9:22

Welcome to episode 082 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about Portable Document Format, or PDF. Introduced and maintained by Adobe, PDF offers...

Social Media Dos & Don'ts for IT Professionals 11.12.2024 7:45

Welcome to episode 081 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about 14 critical dos and don'ts of social media management for technical writers and I...

Comparing Help File Tools: A Guide for Technical Writers 10.12.2024 11:26

Welcome to episode 080 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about the most popular help file development tools available for technical writers and...

Comparing Screen Recording Tools for Technical Writers 09.12.2024 9:38

Welcome to episode 079 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about the most popular screen recording and screen capture tools available for technica...

Understanding the Potential of the DOCX File Format 06.12.2024 7:57

Welcome to episode 078 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about the DOCX file format involved in Microsoft Word (part of Microsoft Office). It ex...

Document Development Life Cycle: A Guide for Technical Writers 05.12.2024 7:49

Welcome to episode 077 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about the Document Development Life Cycle, or DDLC. This documentation project manageme...

API Documentation: A Guide for Technical Writers & IT Professionals 04.12.2024 14:41

Welcome to episode 076 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about API documentation, including the most popular development tools, what to do to ac...

Markdown for Technical Writers 03.12.2024 11:45

Welcome to episode 075 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency. This podcast is targeted at IT professionals, technical writers, and documentation specialists. Subscribe today to never miss a single daily episode! Today’s episode teaches listeners about Markdown and how it can serve as a valuable tool for technical writers and docume...