Content Bytes #08

​TOPICS

​How I try to bring order to chaos: unifying docs, tools, and tone in a startup

​Joining a startup as its first technical writer is like being handed a puzzle with half the pieces missing — and some of them are on fire. In this talk, I’ll share my (ongoing) quest to wrangle scattered docs, tame inconsistent tone, and introduce tools to keep things from spiraling further into chaos. It’s messy, iterative, and never truly ‘done’—but that’s the fun of it- I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. If you’ve ever felt like a lone writer in a wild docs frontier, this one’s for you! Come for the chaos, stay for the ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

​Content writing is your accessibility superpower

​Content writers have the power to become champions for digital inclusion, shaping a web that truly welcomes everyone. We’ve heard about inclusive, plain language, but there’s so much more that lies deep within the code. Let’s talk about the invisible microcopy that some users rely on, delve into the localization process, and explore what the WCAG standard offers as guidance.

​SPEAKERS

​Michał Olender

​A technical writer by choice since 2021. Apart from working on documentation, Michał enjoys great food (get ready for some hints after the presentation;), video games, and weird keyboards.

​Barbara Adamska

​A Service Design Lead at CCC Group. An accessibility champion and evangelist with a background in UX Writing by day, cozy gamer and singer by night.

​MEET THE SPONSORS

​Jagiellonian University

​The Institute of English Studies, where the English Studies programme is conducted, is not only the oldest English studies in Poland, but also a team of specialists in history and theory of literature, linguistics as well as theory and practice of translation. The Institute organizes international conferences, conducts diverse research projects as well as cooperates with the best academic centers both in Poland and in the world. The Institute cooperates as well with companies in Kraków operating in information technologies as well as offers internships and professional placements.

​Apify

​Apify is the only full-stack cloud platform where developers can build, deploy, and publish web scraping, data extraction, and web automation tools. Use 1,500+ ready-made tools from Apify Store or create your own and earn passive income from sharing them with other users. Apify is also behind open-source web scraping library Crawlee.

​Hope to see you all there!

​Yours,

​Content Bytes Team