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The AI workflow war

ellis — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:35:18 +0000

Which AI vendor is going to come out on top: Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI? At the moment, they’re all great at general tasks, and the gap between them keeps shrinking. So the real competition has moved somewhere less glamorous: into your calendar, your inbox, your Salesforce instance, and your legal review queue. In other words,... Read more »

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New: 50+ Interactive Practice Exercises Added to Our Technical Writing Course

ellis — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:29:38 +0000

If you’ve been considering our Technical Author and Technical Writing training course, there’s never been a better time to enrol. We’ve just added over 50 optional interactive practice exercises throughout the course, designed to help you apply what you’re learning as you go. Why practice exercises matter Technical writing is a practical skill. Reading about... Read more »

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Cherryleaf UK Technical Writer/Author jobs indicator – April 2026 results and trend graphs

ellis — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:55:21 +0000

Over recent months, we’ve been using AI to conduct a monthly survey that tracks hiring demand for Technical Authors across the UK. In this post, we provide: The results for April 2026. Graphs showing the trends since we began the indicator in September 2025. Overall job volume for April 2026 Summing across the six job... Read more »

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Four methods for applying AI in your work

ellis — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:02:44 +0000

One of the core topics in our Mastering and Managing Documentation with AI course is that there are four distinct methods for applying AI in a professional context. Each one suits different team sizes, technical capabilities, and ambitions. In this post, we outline all four and use a common scenario, of estimating a documentation project,... Read more »

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Building an AI-fluent technical writing team: A career matrix guide

ellis — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:56:36 +0000

The role of the technical writer is changing as AI tools are used more and more. Organisations need people who can use them, evaluate them critically, build workflows around them, and guide teams in using them responsibly. A career matrix is one of the most practical ways to define and develop those skills. Below, we’ve... Read more »

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Building a policy and procedures dependency mapping app

ellis — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:42:09 +0000

Managing complex documents is a constant challenge for many organisations. A change in one manual can often affect several other policies. To solve this, Cherryleaf has developed a new proof of concept app that helps teams track these vital links. The challenge of document management Policies rarely exist in isolation. Keeping track of these connections... Read more »

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6 strategic moves every documentation team should consider right now

ellis — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:01:31 +0000

The role of documentation teams is changing fast. Here’s what we think should be on every documentation manager’s strategic agenda. 1. Increase your visibility Visibility is about communicating status to stakeholders. It’s easier than ever to create dashboards that show content coverage, freshness, and usage, so there’s little excuse not to. If people can’t see... Read more »

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When a competitor reduces their documentation team: What it might mean and how to respond

ellis — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:22:48 +0000

A cloud data company recently made what it described as targeted staff cuts, eliminating its entire technical writing and documentation department. According to reports, the Product Managers will take on documentation responsibilities from now on. There may be perfectly sound reasons for this. For example: cost pressures, a need to move faster to market, confidence... Read more »

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Five ways to use AI in technical writing (beyond the obvious)

ellis — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:06:13 +0000

As a research tool You can retrieve code changes from a repository and use AI to look at the changes and summarise them as release notes or change note or make recommendations on what needs to be amended within the user documentation. Reviewing content You can get AI to simulate different types of users and... Read more »

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AI for Technical Writers: Automating changelogs and release notes

ellis — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:00:26 +0000

If you’re a technical writer creating changelogs or release notes, AI can save you a huge amount of time. Traditionally, this work involves digging through repositories, reviewing code changes, checking JIRA tickets, and speaking with subject matter experts, just to understand what’s changed and what matters for documentation. This is the kind of task AI... Read more »

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