Exploring the Future Potential of AI-Enabled Smartphone Processors
Technical Documentation *Passing the baton*
1. Baton! Or Legacy? Baton!
Vinish Garg
STC India Annual Conference 2011, Chennai. 03 December 2011
2. Passing The Baton
We shall talk about
• The Focus is on…
• Next Generation: What we expect…
• The Disturbing Sign: Beginners…
• The Unfortunate Sign: Experienced professionals
• Two Manuals: Perspective
• Our Responsibility: The Wholeness
• The Challenge
Vinish Garg
STC India Annual Conference 2011, Chennai. 03 December 2011
3. Passing The Baton
The Focus Is On
• Usability
• XML Basics
• Localization
• Subject-Verb Agreement
Vinish Garg
STC India Annual Conference 2011, Chennai. 03 December 2011
4. Passing The Baton
Next Generation: What We Expect and Foresee
• Technical Expertise
• Documentation Standards and Process
• Ambitious and Visionary
Respect and Pride of being in Community
Vinish Garg
STC India Annual Conference 2011, Chennai. 03 December 2011
5. Passing The Baton
The Disturbing Sign: Beginners
• Social Media Requests
• Emails
• CVs
• Respect?
Disrespectfully Yours and No Regards
Vinish Garg
STC India Annual Conference 2011, Chennai. 03 December 2011
6. Passing The Baton
The Unfortunate Sign: The Experienced Professionals
Two professionals Pro1 and Pro2: Each with 4-5 years of experience as
technical writers, for global companies…
Pro1 Pro2
< –––– Hope
Seeks feedback Retaliates
Despair –––– >
Vinish Garg
STC India Annual Conference 2011, Chennai. 03 December 2011
7. Passing The Baton
The Unfortunate Sign: The Experienced Professionals
Pro1 Welcomes feedback
• Inconsistent Spacing: No use of ‘Styles’ or ‘Paragraph space’
• Contact No.: Contains Email also
• Text Alignment: Justified text for all paragraphs
• Inconsistent Punctuation (use of full stop in lists)
• Inconsistent Alignment of Bullets in Lists
• The text in tables looked bad (font, format, layout, structure)
• And so on.
Thanks.
Vinish Garg
STC India Annual Conference 2011, Chennai. 03 December 2011
8. Passing The Baton
The Unfortunate Sign: The Experienced Professionals
Pro2 Retaliates
• Applied for a
position three
times in eight
months
• I responded
politely this
time
• Pro2 responds
to my email as:
Vinish Garg
STC India Annual Conference 2011, Chennai. 03 December 2011
9. Passing The Baton
User Manual A, developed by Pro1
• The Joy
• Pleasure
• Process
• Fulfillment
• Pride
• The Journey has been Enriching
• The experience is fruitful
Vinish Garg
STC India Annual Conference 2011, Chennai. 03 December 2011
10. Passing The Baton
User Manual B, developed by Pro2
• Usability is fine
• Format is acceptable
• Meets requirements
• Process adhered
The SOUL is Missing
Vinish Garg
STC India Annual Conference 2011, Chennai. 03 December 2011
11. Passing The Baton
Our Responsibility Is To Ensure That…
Our Bigger hands match well We do not Bypass the Basics
with their Smaller hands… along the way…
Hence, the Balance.
Vinish Garg
STC India Annual Conference 2011, Chennai. 03 December 2011
12. Passing The Baton
The Wholeness…
Hence, the Balance.
Vinish Garg
STC India Annual Conference 2011, Chennai. 03 December 2011
13. Passing The Baton
The Challenge
• Challenge or Responsibility?
And… We
• Respect Yourself and Respect the Profession
Resume
• Base. Base. Base.
The
Process
Vinish Garg
STC India Annual Conference 2011, Chennai. 03 December 2011
14. Passing The Baton
About ME
• Director Operations, Technical Documentation, vhite
• Published Author
• Cricket Enthusiast, Avid Photographer
• Chandigarh, INDIA
Contact
Email: vinish.garg@vhite.com
Company Website: http://www.vhite.com
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Vinish Garg
STC India Annual Conference 2011, Chennai. 03 December 2011