I'm currently attending an Accessibility Bootcamp held by Deque that aims at improving the user experience of people with disabilities by making software and documentation WCAG compliant. We've had an insightful session about SWAT structure for documentation. As usual, I've jotted down the main ideas: Basic Document Structure Concepts Semantic structure is a concept that … Continue reading SWAT Document Structure – Accessibility Techniques
I'm currently taking a new course at Udemy to sharpen my skills and knowledge so that I can create better e-learning courses and materials. The course's goal is to learn how to implement instructional theories practically on the job and goes by the title: A practical approach to instructional design. In the course, different instructional … Continue reading Instructional Design Models
I'm always thinking about new ways to create clear and compelling content that can help my readers better understand the whys and how-tos of a feature. To enhance the user experience and usability of the content I create, I’ve been playing around for a while with the concept of interactivity. The idea is to prompt … Continue reading Adding Interactivity to your Content
Today I've attended an online discussion hosted by the CS50 professors David Malan and Brian Yu on how to keep your laptop and phone secure. Believe it or not, in 2019, the most common password used to "protect" systems and devices was 123456. The second one: 123456789. The third one: qwerty (take a look at … Continue reading How to keep your laptop and phone secure
I've just completed the first assignment of CS50: to develop a project with Scratch, a programming language by MIT's Media Lab to create interactive stories, games, and animations. I've decided to create a game where a baseball player is preparing for the upcoming season and wants to eat in a healthy way. To this end, … Continue reading My first game with Scratch
I've recently joined a MeetUp group called "NoCode" that aims at helping people to create mobile apps without code. Yesterday the group held a second session (this time online, because of the Corona virus situation) where we had the chance to delve into the NoCode subject and, more specifically, about how to create mobile apps … Continue reading NoCode
I love lists and shortcuts, since they help me be more efficient. In this post I want to share with you some tips and tricks I’ve learnt on my way to become a FrameMaker expert in the near future. Note: FrameMaker supports different XML environments. I assume you use DITA to organize your content. Samples … Continue reading How to Get Started with Adobe FrameMaker 2019
Two of my favourite websites are Harvard Business Review and MIT Technology Review. Every time I read one of their articles I learn something new and usually have an “aha” moment than can apply to my daily life. Reading one of these articles helped me to become (even more) aware of the importance of networking … Continue reading Takeaways from Women in Tech Summit 2019
My attendance at the Women in Tech Conference in Warsaw a couple of weeks ago was very rewarding. Besides meeting amazing women in different IT roles from all over the world, I had the chance to dig deeper into the world of UX Writing. Since I came back to the office I have been researching … Continue reading How to Enhance Collaboration between UX Designers and Writers?
Natural language processing has been around for a long time, but it was only after the appearance of computers that it grew out of its original field, linguistics. Nowadays, nlp is used in many areas of computer science: from word processing and search engines to virtual assistants, like Amazon Alexa. Natural language processing can also … Continue reading NLP and technical writing
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