Archive

Over the years I’ve used this site for a variety of posts: photos, galleries, links, short asides, and even status updates. The archives below cover my primary blog posts from the last 5 years.

You can also find posts on common topics like customer support, books, journalism, travel, and education. There are also collected session notes from a few years of Write the Docs conferences.


2021

Nicereply Podcast Interview

When customer service succeeds (and a pause)

The Best Service Is No Service

When Snippets Aren’t Enough

Slow Follow Up

Control the Conversation

Reading Notes: March 2021

Worthwhile Documentation

Not Everyone Contacts You

Stormy Feature Rollouts

Match the Situation

A Case for Text Interviews

Avoid the Apologies

Lessons from Mayo Clinic

2020 in Review

2020

Plan Ahead and Speed Up Email

Customer-focused Sales

Expectations of Ease

A Complaint Is a Gift

Bug Expectations

Provide Certainty

The Craft of Customer Support

The calm of rereading

2019 in books

2019

Kauai

How to lose a customer, forever

Tokyo