What's past is prologue: Write the Docs, communities, and organizing techcomm
summary
Claims that matter: Write the Docs grows from accidental origins into a global hybrid community, not a formal society, documented by conference expansion (first conference 2013, Prague program 2015, capacity reached by 2019) and by tools that actually ship: Slack and a forum replacing ad hoc Discord, a newsletter and website guides, meetups and an overflowing unconference once moved outdoors, and a shift to reliable virtual conferencing during the pandemic after STC declares bankruptcy and members migrate.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:14STC bankruptcy and shifts
- 7:27Software documentation history
- 13:54Write the Docs origin
- 20:45Conference growth and culture
- 26:48Virtual expansion globally
- 30:41Future trends and models
- 31:25Q&A
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