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Announcing Full Schedule & Tickets Sold Out

2018-08-15T00:00:00Z

Greetings, documentarians!

We’re just under a month out from the Prague conference and we hope you’re all excited! We’re writing today to announce that we are officially sold out at capacity, and to share with you the full talk schedule and other interesting tidbits that you might need to know.

In the meantime, if it’s your first Write the Docs, now’s a great time to check out the Welcome Wagon page, which has lots of great info to help you get oriented. And whether it’s your first or fifth conference, it’s never too early to check out the Explore Prague page for inspiration on how to make the most of your visit.

Full presentation schedule

The conference website is now updated with the talk schedule for the main stage presentations, so you can start planning your time (and getting excited!) for the conference.

Parallel to the conference talks, we will run the unconference all day on Monday and in the afternoon on Tuesday. On Tuesday morning the unconference room will be converted to the job fair, where you can meet companies who care about content and find out about documentarian-friendly jobs all around Europe and the world.

We’ll also have a round of lightning talks after lunch on each conference day. You’ll be able to sign up for unconference sessions and lightning talks during the conference.

Tickets are sold out!

Each year we are excited to see a growing interest from our European community, which leads to tickets selling out earlier. We have now reached capacity at the venue, so we had to close ticket sales. If you didn’t get a chance to get your ticket, please do consider joining us at one of our other events! You can see the full list of our conferences on our website.

Start Thinking About Writing Day

Our pre-conference Writing Day will happen on Sunday again this year. We’re looking forward to receiving your project ideas, and you can also check out our annual ‘Write Write the Docs’ sprint on the Write the Docs website.

If you have a project or are part of a community that you think would benefit from a writing sprint, start brainstorming now about what you might want to focus on. If you’d like us to include your project on the Writing Day page, drop us an email at prague@writethedocs.org. Or just show up on Sunday ready to introduce your project!

Thanks so much for all your support and enthusiasm so far – we’re so excited to see you all next month!

The Write the Docs team

Get Ready for Writing Day

2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Write the Docs is almost here. As usual, we’ll kick things off with the writing day on Sunday, May 6. Join hundreds of other documentarians at the Crystal Ballroom from 9am to 5pm to write your own docs, join another project, or just hang out. After spending the day writing, stay for the welcome reception starting at 5pm.

Are you working on an open source or community-based project? Submit a pull request to the writing day page to let everybody know they’re welcome to join. Here are some helpful tips for getting others involved:

Prepare tasks ahead of time. You can use a label on your issue tracker, add tasks to a wiki, or do whatever works for you. Just make sure people can find things to do.
Remember that this is a one-day writing day. Don’t expect new contributors to rewrite your getting started guide in an afternoon. Look for bite-sized tasks.
Be upfront about what people have to do ahead of time. Do they need to install your software? Do you use documentation tools they need?
Think about things people can do without a lot of domain knowledge, and without additional tools. Reviewing language can be a great bite-sized task.
Similarly, think about ways people can contribute besides writing. The Write the Docs community has more than writers. There are designers, developers, and lots of other people that care about documentation.
Check out the list of projects to see who needs help.

We look forward to writing with you.

Announcing Full Schedule & Last Chance For Tickets

2018-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hello everyone! We’re about a month out from the Portland conference and we couldn’t be more stoked! We’re writing today to a) announce the full speaker schedule, b) get the ball rolling for Writing Day sprints, and c) encourage you – if you haven’t already – to buy your tickets. We’re likely to sell out in the next day or two, so now’s your chance!

In the meantime, if it’s your first Write the Docs, now’s a great time to check out the Welcome Wagon page, which is chockfull of info to help you get oriented. And whether it’s your first or fifth conference, it’s never too early to check out the Explore Portland page for inspiration on how to make the most of your visit.

Later this month we’ll be sending another update that will cover the full details on our social activities, the (exciting new) job fair, and more details about the Writing Day so stay tuned!

Full Presentation Schedule

The conference website is now updated with the talk schedule for the main stage presentations, so you can start planning your time (and getting excited!) for the conference.

Per usual, we’ll be running the unconference downstairs in Lola’s room.

This year, it’ll be going all-day Monday, starting after the intro talk, and then picking up again Tuesday afternoon, after the job fair. We’ll also have rounds of lightning talks after lunch on both days. You’ll be able to sign up for unconference sessions and lightning talks during the conference

Tickets Nearly Sold Out

We’re very nearly at full capacity for the event. We’re not overstating things when we say that tickets will sell out in the next day or two. Now’s the time! Our ticket page is the place! We look forward to having you join us!

Start Thinking About Writing Day

Our pre-conference Writing Day will happen on Sunday again this year. We’ve got a couple of projects on the docket – including our second annual ‘Write Write the Docs’ sprint on the WTD website. But the day is much more fun when folks come with their own projects in mind!

If you have a project or are part of a community that you think would benefit from a writing sprint, start brainstorming now about what you might want to focus on. If you’d like us to include your project on the Writing Day page, drop us an email at portland@writethedocs.org. Or just show up on Sunday ready to introduce your project!

Thank You To Our Latest Sponsors

We’re so fortunate to have the support of so many docs-friendly communities and companies! Their support helps us keep ticket prices low, keep the value to attendees high, and offer scholarship tickets to build an increasingly diverse and inclusive community.

Huge thanks to our latest sponsors to come aboard:

Interested in sponsoring Write the Docs Portland or Write the Docs Prague? < those links will take you to our sponsorship prospectuses… prospecti? Anyway, have a look.

Thanks so much for all your support and enthusiasm so far – we’re so excited to see you all next month!

The Write the Docs team