A talk on applying PKM ideas for task management

How to tame a Hydra

In my talk, I explore some practical ways to enhance task management using Personal Knowledge Management (#PKM) concepts. These strategies can be adapted to any tool of your choice though this talk focusses on Obsidian.

Oct 7, 2023 · Xavier Roy
A talk on how Genesys implemented Mediawiki for Technical Documentation

Mediawiki for Docs

This session cover how Genesys switched to a wiki-as-docs platform and touch upon some of the challenges we faced and the lessons we learnt from it. We will also see how we pioneered newer innovations as part of this adoption and how the IX team reinvented itself from being just a team of technical writers to a team that provides a better information experience to readers.

Dec 3, 2022 · Xavier Roy
Personal Knowledge Management for writers

PKM for Writers (TWT)

This session will introduce why personal knowledge management is important and how to use Obsidian as a PKM tool.

Sep 24, 2022 · Xavier Roy
Personal Knowledge Management for writers

PKM for Writers

This session will lay out some principles and ideas on how to manage and make knowledge work for you. And there will be a short demo of a couple of tools too.

Sep 19, 2020 · Xavier Roy
An introduction to Jamstack for technical writers

Introduction to Jamstack

A gentle introduction to the Jamstack architecture and a short demo showcasing it. We will also see how writers can adapt to this modern approach.

Sep 11, 2020 · Xavier Roy
An introduction to Jamstack for technical writers

A JAMstack primer

This is a talk that I did not get a chance to present at the STC India 2019 Annual Conference. This talk provides an introduction to the JAMstack architecture. This talk was planned to be presented as a 15-20 minute talk. I plan to expand this presentation for a future talk. This short pitch turned into the Introduction to Jamstack talk for radIX Day 2020.

Dec 7, 2019 · Xavier Roy