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A peer-to-peer meetup for documentarians and other professionals passionate about technical writing. If you care about helping your readers have an awesome experience reading documentation, this meetup is for you! If you want to meet with other people that have chosen this path in the London area, to share war stories or to get inspired, come and join us on one of our meetups on the 3rd Thursday of every month (except December).
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Rock the Docs: Applying music theory and band dynamics to technical writing
Wise Office (Worship Square), 65 Clifton Street, London, GBThe discotheque gets disco-technical, as Marco Spinello, technical writer at Booking.com shows us how music theory can be applied to documentation, using examples from both his professional and creative life.
This light-hearted look at technical writing will cover:
- Why Git is like a metronome
- Why managing stakeholders is not unlike managing band members
- Why recording an album is not unlike delivering an MVP
Rock the Docs tells the story of a disco band that shrank from eight members to a power trio. Not unlike a company reorganisation with a built-in product pivot. Music and technical writing have more in common than meets the eye; music theory maps the territory like information architecture, a metronome enforces discipline like git, and song dynamics prevent the "wall of text" effect of very long, very dense docs.
Guitar tone becomes tone of voice, equalization adjusts it per content type, and effects act as admonitions that highlight key sections.
The band recording is their MVP, scoped and time-boxed, just like any good documentation deliverable.More details TBC! Please note that the agenda is approximate and subject to change.
This event is kindly hosted by Wise.
📅Agenda
When: Thursday, 18 June, from 6:30pm
Where: Wise, 65 Clifton Street, London EC2A 4JE.
What:
18:30 - 19:00 Arrival
19:00 - 19:15 Welcome & Housekeeping
19:30 - 20:00 Marco Spinello Rocks the Docs
20:00 - 20:30 Networking📍How to find us: Please head to Wise, 65 Clifton Street, London EC2A 4JE, from 6:30pm onwards -- one of the friendly Write The Docs London team will be checking guests in.
🌎 Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/r6zdmeDKhyAbLbaf7
📜 What3Words: ///lift.send.curiosity📷 Photos: Please note that the organizers may take some photos for the WTD group.
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