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* Title of session: Improve your technical writing * Session description: Technical writing is an essential, but often overlooked, skill for effective software engineering. In this interactive workshop, we'll discuss techniques to improve our technical writing, and level up our abilities to **explain**, **convince** and **inspire** others. We will evaluate and critique examples[0] of technical writing in Phabricator, IRC/Slack, code review comments and commit messages. By the end of the workshop, you will be able to easily identify "code smells" in technical writing, know of simple ways to improve your writing, and feel more confident in your communication skills. [0] We'll use example text (probably mostly mine 😭) with author's permissions and consent, along with some made-up examples. * Username for contact: @kostajh * Session duration (25 or 50 min): 50 minutes * Session type (presentation, workshop, discussion, etc.): interactive workshop * Language of session (English, Arabic, etc.): Presented in English; all languages and language abilities welcome * Prerequisites (some Python, etc.): [optional] Bring a writing sample that you would be open to having the group critique. * Any other details to share?: [I'll share a blog post and/or slides a week or two before the session] * Interested? Add your username below: ** @Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE ** @waldyrious ** @taavi ** @NicoleLBee ** @Ollie.Shotton_WMDE ** @Miriamin ** @Quiddity

* Title of session: Improve your technical writing * Session description: Technical writing is an essential, but often overlooked, skill for effective software engineering. In this interactive workshop, we'll discuss techniques to improve our technical writing, and level up our abilities to **explain**, **convince** and **inspire** others. We will evaluate and critique examples[0] of technical writing in Phabricator, IRC/Slack, code review comments and commit messages. By the end of the workshop, you will be able to easily identify "code smells" in technical writing, know of simple ways to improve your writing, and feel more confident in your communication skills. [0] We'll use example text (probably mostly mine 😭) with author's permissions and consent, along with some made-up examples. * Username for contact: @kostajh * Session duration (25 or 50 min): 50 minutes * Session type (presentation, workshop, discussion, etc.): interactive workshop * Language of session (English, Arabic, etc.): Presented in English; all languages and language abilities welcome * Prerequisites (some Python, etc.): [optional] Bring a writing sample that you would be open to having the group critique. * Any other details to share?: [I'll share a blog post and/or slides a week or two before the session] * Interested? Add your username below: ** @Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE ** @waldyrious ** @taavi ** @NicoleLBee ** @Ollie.Shotton_WMDE ** @Miriamin ** @Quiddity ** @catrope

* Title of session: Improve your technical writing * Session description: Technical writing is an essential, but often overlooked, skill for effective software engineering. In this interactive workshop, we'll discuss techniques to improve our technical writing, and level up our abilities to **explain**, **convince** and **inspire** others. We will evaluate and critique examples[0] of technical writing in Phabricator, IRC/Slack, code review comments and commit messages. By the end of the workshop, you will be able to easily identify "code smells" in technical writing, know of simple ways to improve your writing, and feel more confident in your communication skills. [0] We'll use example text (probably mostly mine 😭) with author's permissions and consent, along with some made-up examples. * Username for contact: @kostajh * Session duration (25 or 50 min): 50 minutes * Session type (presentation, workshop, discussion, etc.): interactive workshop * Language of session (English, Arabic, etc.): Presented in English; all languages and language abilities welcome * Prerequisites (some Python, etc.): [optional] Bring a writing sample that you would be open to having the group critique. * Any other details to share?: [I'll share a blog post and/or slides a week or two before the session] * Interested? Add your username below: ** @Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE ** @waldyrious ** @taavi ** @NicoleLBee ** @Ollie.Shotton_WMDE ** @Miriamin ** @Quiddity ** @catrope