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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 19m

This country would grind to a halt without Hispanic labor.

The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm somewhat sympathetic. But I'd like to know why it took six months to hire. My experience with hiring is too many rounds of interviews -- 5-7 isn't unusual. In the end, we're all free to leave for a better opportunity.

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@johnfugelsang.bsky.social I couldn't call in on Tuesday as I was driving in heavy traffic. Anyway, two music videos that, over 40 years later, still stick with me are "Skateaway" and "Romeo and Juliet" from Dire Straits' "Making Movies" album.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“All of a sudden—and, in my view, far too late for any version of redemption or forgiveness—rats are fleeing the sinking ship. They are jumping overboard in the vain hope that they won’t sink along with Trump.“ www.americaamerica.news/p/rats-are-f...

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Rats Are Fleeing the Sinking Ship

But they have waited too long and are still too few in number to change the outcome of a likely Democratic tsunami

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Birthday to @markhamillofficial.bsky.social, a swell guy, a good guy to follow here, and a versatile actor. Have a great 75th, Mark Hamill!

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Exploring how punctuation shapes the human reading experience and examining the potential consequences of AI-generated text. (I don't know if this is paywalled.) www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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The Curious Power of Punctuation

Commas, dashes, semicolons, and spaces have shaped how we read for centuries. What happens when machines start crafting the sentences?

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you can't trust AI to be accurate, can you trust it to determine whether a piece of text is AI-generated? 1️⃣ Yes! 2️⃣ No! 3️⃣ Let me ask Claude first. 📊 Show results

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The contracting vs. full-time question is one technical writers face at multiple points in their careers. Which is better? Both paths have important trade-offs that job postings and LinkedIn posts minimize. stevearrants.substack.com/p/contractin...

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Contracting vs. Full-Time

The Hourly Rate Isn't the Raise It Looks Like

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New writers have no samples because they haven't done the work. Experienced writers have years of samples locked under NDAs. Same result: a portfolio that can't show what you can do. It's the most common job-search problem I've seen. It's solvable. stevearrants.substack.com/p/building-t...

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Building the NDA-Proof Portfolio

What to show when everything you've written belongs to someone else

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Getting Zoey ready for her 8 am check-in at the vet for cancer surgery (small mast cell tumor on her paw). She took the pre-op meds better than I'd worried about. She's already a bit loopy -- she almost fell over while pooping.

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I feel bad for the dog. He hasn't been trained or properly handled. Shame on the state's attorney (in #Vermont they're like DAs), for twisting the law, lying, and perverting the course of justice. Burlington Orders Euthanasia for Former Prosecutor's Problem Dog www.sevendaysvt.com/news/burling...

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Burlington Orders Euthanasia for Former Prosecutor's Problem Dog | Seven Days

Moose has bitten several people in the last few years. His owner, Diane Wheeler, has repeatedly disobeyed orders from the city's Animal Control Committee.

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Documentation rot is the accumulated cost of documentation that exists but shouldn’t in its current form—pages that describe a feature that no longer works as described, procedures based on an old UI, or tutorials for a workflow that’s been deprecated. stevearrants.substack.com/p/the-art-of...

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The Art of Deleting: Content Audits

Docs you should delete without breaking anything

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

All this BS in Washington because his father wouldn't let him make one of these.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In a week when we lost Bonnie Greer & Reform UK wanted to abandon the Good Friday Agreement this clip from Aoife Grace Moore speaks loud | Ar dheis Dé

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Docs teams get cut in downturns partly because "we wrote 240 pages" doesn't speak finance. Pageviews are easy to measure and nearly useless. Ticket deflection, onboarding time, and search gaps show what docs are worth. How to measure and pitch them. stevearrants.substack.com/p/proving-yo...

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Proving Your Worth: Documentation Metrics

Measure whether documentation is working, and translate that into language leadership cares about

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Imagine all the private data they've collected from applicants.

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Antifa CEO 🐸 @antifa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Canada 🇨🇦 + EU 🇪🇺 = ❤️

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What happened to Margaret Krieger, a #Vermont witch? Let's look at the Witches' Walk. youtu.be/sX5mUmc_06w?...

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Witches’ Walk [Stuck in Vermont 776]

YouTube video by StuckinVermont

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I am absolutely gutted. Annie Dillard was my favorite modern author, a writer who showed me a new way to look at the world around me. When I read "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek," I felt like I opened my eyes and saw for the first time. It was that transformative. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

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Annie Dillard, Pulitzer prize-winning author of nonfiction and nature essays, dies aged 81

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, published when Dillard was 28, skyrocketed her to become one of the most prominent nonfiction writers of her generation

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Many tech writers track doc work in their heads, reacting to whatever surfaces first. That fails fast across multiple teams or deliverables. A ticket system makes work visible, so you can plan, negotiate scope, and show your workload. stevearrants.substack.com/p/task-manag...

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Task Management and Ticket Systems

Set up a documentation Jira board, estimate effort, and link doc tickets to engineering

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So how long until Trump demolishes the Kennedy Center?

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