Celebrating your contributions

We started the Technically We Write website in mid-May 2023. What started as a small community of volunteer writers has grown over the years to 40 contributors, and we want to take this moment to recognize all the authors and readers who make this website possible.

We've published over 400 of your articles. In our first year, we started strong by publishing every day. By our second year, we found a more regular cadence of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Although for much of 2026, our schedule has been weekly on Mondays, to accommodate some busy schedules with our writers and editors.

Our writer community has shared articles on a wide range of topics, but always centered around technical and professional writing. Some of the most popular articles were about markup, command lines, and tools—such as these most-read articles from the last six months:

• AmyJune shared Version Control Is Not Just for Code about using Git locally for tracking documentation changes
• Robin wrote about how organizations can Use technical writers to prepare for disaster by collecting and organizing printed documentation
• Jim shared an article about how Master documents make it easy, using LibreOffice to collect sub-documents, such as for training manuals
• The Instructional Design team at the Linux Foundation assembled and shared resources about Microlearning and technical writing
• Bruce Perens shared a brief article that demonstrated how to Write like a human, not a robot
• Jim and Kate shared A look back at emTeX, a LaTeX collection for MS-DOS systems from the 1990s

It's interesting to view the website statistics to see what remains popular over time. We still see significant views for other articles that continue to be popular references for our readers, including these:

• Robin wrote about 5 common pitfalls in technical writing
• Jim shared How to make a banana to help spot when students use AI for writing assignments
• David wrote an op-ed about The junk we currently call AI, listing issues in relying on AI for writing
• The editors shared highlights from a video about The history of Times New Roman and why it remains popular
• Jim wrote about Vim color schemes for HTML that remains a popular resource almost two years later

Share your story

Technically We Write is one of the ways that Hallmentum gives back to the technical communicator community. Writing is everywhere, and you probably do some level of "technical writing" no matter what you do. We welcome everyone to share their experiences and tips with our readers.

We'd love to share your story! Your article can be about anything related to technical communication, such as tools, tips, how you got started, what you've learned, or other topics in technical communication. If you'd like a starting point to write your first article, consider these topics:

• If you're a technical writer: Share a few tips about a task or process you often do in your daily work.
• If you're a student: Describe a new topic you've learned.
• Write about your "journey" in technical and professional writing.
• Interview someone who does technical and professional writing, and share their story.
• Share your favorite open source writing tools and technologies.

Contact our editors to share your article idea.