In this special episode of the Cherryleaf Podcast, we're doing something a little different - a curated roundup of recent news, tools, research, and resources especially relevant to technical communicators.
🔔 Highlights & Topics Covered:🆕 TechSmith Launches Camtasia Online
🛠Vale Linter Introduces “Views” Feature
📄 Netflix’s Documentation Approach We review “Documentation that Developers Actually Read: The Netflix Approach” by Pratjem Naik.
♿ Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Card Deck Johannes Lehner’s printable & digital card deck for WCAG 2.2 helps with accessibility workshops and planning.
🤖 The Impact of Generative AI on Work Tasks Stanford & World Bank research shows how AI dramatically reduces time needed for tasks like repair and installation.
🔗 Microsoft Learn Docs & MCP (Model Context Protocol) New tool allows GitHub Copilot and other AI tools to retrieve contextually accurate, real-time Microsoft documentation. 📹 Includes highlights from Peter de Bruyne’s YouTube demo
📊 Google Adds AI-Powered Features to Google Sheets Google Sheets now supports Gemini-powered prompts to analyse and generate personalised content based on spreadsheet data.
We'll also publish a transcript of this podcast on the Cherryleaf blog.
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