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Does DITA XML Reduce AI Hallucinations?
Correctly structuring content as a DITA task doesn’t establish whether that content includes the information needed to answer a question
Oct 1
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September 2026
What Alfred Hitchcock's “Rope” Made Me Think About AI Inference
A 1948 filmmaking experiment made me think about what happens when AI retrieves modular content outside the publication path it was designed for
Sep 30
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Scott Abel
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[Webinar] Best Practices For Optimizing Self-Service Technical Content
Learn the six checkable requirements of content quality and how to maintain them across SMEs, contractors, and AI drafts
Sep 29
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Scott Abel
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What Is An Enabling Capability?
Why some documentation abilities matter beyond our documentation team
Sep 28
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Scott Abel
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Leveling Up Your Tech Writing: Why You Should Master API Docs (And How to Do It)
Break into high-demand API documentation with hands-on instructor-led virtual training, real-world tools, and a portfolio-ready final project
Sep 25
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Scott Abel
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How Voice May Change The Keyboard's Role
New research suggests we may soon speak more of our ideas and use keyboards mostly for precision work
Sep 24
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Scott Abel
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What Is Verifiability?
Why tech writers need to know whether the claims they publish can be checked
Sep 24
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Scott Abel
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I Went Looking For AI Scalability Research and Found A Documentation Problem
An MIT Technology Review Insights report on scaling AI agents raises familiar questions about the information those systems need and whether…
Sep 24
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Scott Abel
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What Is Retrievability?
Understanding retrievability helps tech writers recognize that an answer can exist in the docs without being returned by AI answer engines when needed
Sep 23
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Scott Abel
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The Gap In Bill Gates's AI Vision
AI may improve medicine, benefits, and farming — but only if the information behind its answers is reliable and the people using it can recognize when…
Sep 22
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Scott Abel
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The Copyright Risk Hiding Inside The AI Tools In Your Documentation Tech Stack
Pamela Samuelson flagged unusual copyright remedies in 2024. Two years later, only one has been resolved — for $1.5 billion.
Sep 21
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Scott Abel
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Get Recognition for the Impact of Your Technical Documentation
The LavaCon Content Impact Awards give technical writers a chance to show what changed because of their work
Sep 18
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Scott Abel
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