I wrote up a short note on my blog about the STC shutdown today. Definitely sad to see them go, and appreciate all the work they did over the years. 72 years is an amazing run!
https://www.ericholscher.com/blog/2025/jan/29/society-for-technical-communication/
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Loved this talk by Adam Jacobs about open source.
Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmhYHzJpkuo
Notes: https://www.ericholscher.com/blog/2025/jan/28/adam-jacobs-on-open-source-business/
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Really tragic. I met Michael a few times at Pycon over the years and we went back and forth on Twitter and GitHub over the years. It always hits hard when people you know and identify with pass away. ❤️
https://discuss.python.org/t/in-memoriam-michael-foord-1974-2025/78317
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Thought this post by Noah Smith was a great overview of the LA fires and the importance of prescribed burns and home hardening, which has been a big topic in Oregon lately.
https://www.ericholscher.com/blog/2025/jan/23/noah-smith-on-the-la-fires/
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Has anyone seen a good model of a virtual conference watch party that combines in-person activities? I'm thinking like a half-day unconference and half-day watch party or similar.
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A quick post from Gergely Orosz on Stack Overflow's recent large traffic decline.
https://www.ericholscher.com/blog/2025/jan/21/stack-overflows-decline/
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Just booked my tickets to @pycascades in Portland and @pycon in Pittsburgh. If you're planning to attend, would love to meet up and talk docs, AI, community building, travel, or any other topics :)
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Going to be doing some international travel again in March for about a year. Excited to get out in the world again and meet lots of new and interesting folks! Wrote up some high-level thoughts and our initial 6 month plan on my blog:
https://www.ericholscher.com/blog/2025/jan/20/international-travel-and-community/
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I summarized an Ask HN post talking about alternate company structures. This is something I've been interested in since going to Dazzlecon 2017 in Portland, but it still feels hard to pull off in a nice way.
https://www.ericholscher.com/blog/2025/jan/18/alternative-company-structures/
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Wrote up a post on a couple resources I've found useful for understanding maps. A video from Vox and the True Size Of site that I've enjoyed using for years:
https://www.ericholscher.com/blog/2025/jan/17/understanding-maps/
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Wrote up a short post on a new trail I found, the Camino de Costa Rica, which goes coast to coast. I love that's done as an economic development scheme for interior communities, similar to Oregon Scenic Bikeways!
https://www.ericholscher.com/blog/2025/jan/15/the-camino-de-costa-rica/
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Pretty excited about the updates we've made on RTD, and would love to chat with anyone who is interested in hosting other doc tools or integrating our data into doc themes!
https://fosstodon.org/@readthedocs/113827746118660842
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I enjoyed Kayce Basques's post on GenAI in tech writing as well. I shared an anecdote for how I used it recently that worked well for some proof reading:
https://www.ericholscher.com/blog/2025/jan/13/another-good-tech-writing-roundup/
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Fabrizio Ferri Benedetti is a blogger I've enjoyed reading for a while now, and I wanted to highlight his post on 2025 predictions.
https://www.ericholscher.com/blog/2025/jan/11/fabrizio-ferri-benedettis-technical/
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I'm heartbroken from the images in Los Angeles. I had a similar fire experience in the 2020 Oregon fires, and figured I'd write it down for posterity. It really adds a layer of empathy (and trauma) for the continual wildfire carnage :(
https://ericholscher.substack.com/p/the-2020-oregon-wildfires
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Fun to remember how to write again for fun. Been a long time, and so far it’s been motivating to read better content and less social media. Need stuff to write about :)
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Wrote up a post about how I used AI to build a Substack RSS importer that converts into my custom markdown blog format using GitHub Copilot Edits in ~5 mins:
https://ericholscher.substack.com/p/ai-makes-computers-do-what-i-want
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Wrote up some of the podcasts I've been listening to lately that I recommend.
https://www.ericholscher.com/blog/2025/jan/4/podcast-recs-2025/
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A little underwhelmed that it doesn't really seem to have it's own URL though 👎
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Wanting to write more, and found the substack editor to be the best place to draft from my phone, so going to try publishing there for a bit. I plan to backport them to my site as well via RSS, so I keep a copy & control.
https://ericholscher.substack.com/p/2024-tech-wrapups
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