A technical writing podcast about the latest trends and practices in the field of technical communication. Technical communication includes topics like technical writing (software help), AI, information architecture, usability, API documentation, information design, web design, illustration, DITA, structured authoring, content strategy, visual communication, and more. If you're a technical writer or interested in technical writing, this is the one of few podcasts in this niche. I also have a blog at https://idratherbewriting.com where the podcasts and other blog topics are published. For an index of all podcasts, see https://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts.
I'd Rather Be Writing Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Tom Johnson
4.3(20 reviews)
342 episodes
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A technical writing podcast about the latest trends and practices in the field of technical communication. Technical communication includes topics like technical writing (software help), AI, information architecture, usability, API documentation, information design, web design, illustration, DITA, structured authoring, content strategy, visual communication, and more. If you're a technical writer or interested in technical writing, this is the one of few podcasts in this niche. I also have a blog at https://idratherbewriting.com where the podcasts and other blog topics are published. For an index of all podcasts, see https://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts.
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Recent Episodes
May 31, 2026
Judging beautiful docs, AI fatigue, and tool slop
In this podcast, I chat with <a href='https://passo.uno'>Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti</a> about a variety of topics related to AI and docs, such as applying Italo Calvino's literary principles of lightness and quickness to evaluate docs, the reality of AI review fatigue versus creator fatigue, whether vibe-coded tools are tools slop, developing internal skills for repeatable doc processes, and the utility of running local AI models.
May 17, 2026
AI Book Club discussion recording of 'Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence', by Max Tegmark
This is a recording of the AI Book Club discussion of Max Tegmark's <i><a href='https://www.amazon.com/dp/1101946598'>Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence</a></i>. Our discussion explores Tegmark's visions of superintelligence, the unpredictability of AI goals and subgoals, and how the Asilomar principles fare against the relentless market pressures of today's AI arms race. We also contrast the book's theoretical focus on cosmic energy (and how superintelligence might more efficiently extract energy from matter) with the immediate, tangible threats AI poses to cybersecurity and global financial systems.
April 23, 2026
AI Book Club discussion recording of 'Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future', by Dan Wang
This is a recording of the AI Book Club discussion of Dan Wang's <i><a href='https://www.amazon.com/dp/1324106034'>Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future</a></i>. Our discussion tries to tie some of the book's themes to AI (to align with the book club's theme), but only in places where it makes sense. Some topics we discuss include social engineering, electric vehicles, contrasting energy infrastructures and the ability to power AI compute, mass surveillance networks, the differences between America's lawyerly society and China's engineering state. Fortunately, one of the book club members had recently been to China and could share firsthand experiences and impressions of cities like Shenzhen and Beijing. Among many observations, she describes the tech fatigue of everyday life, where everything (even prices at stores) requires you to use an app.
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