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I'd Rather Be Writing Podcast

Tom Johnson

A technical writing podcast about the latest trends and practices in the field of technical communication. Technical communication includes topics like technical writing (software help), inf...

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AI Book Club recording of Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare, by Katrina Manson

This is a recording of our AI Book Club discussion of Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare by Katrina Manso...

00:58:02Oct 21, 2026

Why docs still need an owner — podcast with CT Smith about WTFM

In this podcast, co-host Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti and I chat with CT Smith about her new book, WTFM: A Practical Guide for Standing Up Docs...

00:51:36Oct 19, 2026

AI Book Club recording: I Am Not a Robot by Joanna Stern

This is a recording of our AI Book Club discussion of I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything by Joanna Stern, held Sep...

00:34:00Sep 20, 2026

Writing for an audience of agents — podcast with Ethan Palm from Mintlify

In this podcast, co-host Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti and I chat with Ethan Palm, a technical writer and knowledge engineer at Mintlify, about w...

00:53:10Sep 2, 2026

AI Book Club recording of The MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut

This is a recording of our AI Book Club discussion of The MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut, held August 16, 2026. This was the club's first work o...

00:58:40Aug 16, 2026

Orchestrating docs instead of writing them yourself — podcast with Sarah Deaton of Anthropic

In this podcast, co-host Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti and I chat with Sarah Deaton, a technical writer at Anthropic who works on the Claude Code...

01:07:24Aug 2, 2026

AI Book Club discussion of The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby

This is a recording of the AI Book Club discussion of Sebastian Mallaby's The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for...

00:58:25Jun 28, 2026

Judging beautiful docs, AI fatigue, and tool slop -- podcast with Fabrizio

In this podcast, I chat with Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti about a variety of topics related to AI and docs, such as applying Italo Calvino's lit...

00:57:47May 31, 2026

AI Book Club discussion recording of 'Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence', by Max Tegmark

This is a recording of the AI Book Club discussion of Max Tegmark's Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Our discuss...

00:56:41May 17, 2026

AI Book Club discussion recording of 'Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future', by Dan Wang

This is a recording of the AI Book Club discussion of Dan Wang's Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future. Our discussion tries to ti...

00:58:43Apr 23, 2026

Podcast: How valuable are agent skills? Conversation with Larah Vasquez and Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti

In this podcast, I chat with Larah Vasquez and Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti about using skills to extend AI capabilities, the future of agentic...

01:05:03Apr 12, 2026

The Emerging Picture of a Changed Profession: Cyborg Technical Writers — Augmented, Not Replaced, by AI

I recently gave a presentation to students and faculty in person at Louisiana Tech University on March 30, 2026, focusing on what I call the...

01:28:36Apr 5, 2026

Will tech writers survive AI? Perspectives from two professors, Nupoor Ranade and Jeremy Merritt

In this podcast, I chat with two professors — Nupoor Ranade (Carnegie Mellon) and Jeremy Merritt (James Madison University) — ab...

01:18:01Mar 21, 2026

AI Book Club recording of 'If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies'

This is a recording of our AI Book Club discussion of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Will Kill Us All by Nate Soares...

55:43Mar 17, 2026

Podcast: Doc testing, skills files, and the guardians of knowledge -- with Manny Silva

In this podcast, Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti (passo.uno) and I chat with Manny Silva (instructionmanuel.com), head of documentation at Skyflow...

00:59:44Mar 8, 2026

AI Book Club recording, notes, and transcript for Sarah Wynn-Williams's Careless People

This is a recording of our AI Book Club discussion of Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Wi...

53:38Feb 16, 2026

Podcast: Tech comm predictions for 2026 (Phase One)

In this episode, Fabrizio and I discuss our predictions for tech comm in 2026, focusing on two posts: Fabrizio's My day as an augmented tech...

01:02:04Jan 25, 2026

AI Book Club recording of God, Human, Animal, Machine

This post provides a recording of our AI Book Club discussion of God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meani...

55:39Jan 24, 2026

Podcast: Writing as telepathy: AI tools, automation, and an intentionally offline life -- conversation with CT Smith

In this episode, Fabrizio (passo.uno) and I talk with CT Smith, who writes on a blog at docsgoblin.com and works as a documentation lead for...

01:09:49Jan 4, 2026

AI Book Club recording, notes, and transcript for Ethan Mollick's Co-Intelligence

This is a recording of our AI Book Club discussion of Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick, held Dec 14, 2025. Our d...

56:55Dec 17, 2025