Technical writer, content creator and problem solver.
I've just finished a contract working as Project Aria's Technical Writer and I'm looking for my next opportunity.
- Liz Argall Portfolio (Docusaurus static website hosted on GitHub)
My GitHub history is not very long, as most of my contributions have been through Meta. If you go to Project Aria Tools Actions and look at workflows from July 15 2024 or earlier, many of the updates with {Documentation} in the title have been created by me.
I train, inspire and empower SMEs to create stronger documentation. Whether the content is for websites, manuals or in the code. Code as documentation will only work if there is adequate documentation in the code! Are your docstrings sufficient? How do you know? Various surveys (such as MDN Web Developer Needs Assessment) have shown that inadequate or outdated documentation is a major pain point for developers. I don't just write documentation, I help developers become documentation champions who can see just how much velocity and extra time they get when code is documented.
I use data based decision making, stakeholder engagement and content marketing strategies to create documentation, training and websites. I break ground for new products or transform old content into revitalized experiences.
I thrive learning about new processes, software, and what matters to your experts and audiences. I produce effective materials for organizations by listening deeply and getting hands-on experience with the products.
Paraphrased from lizargall.com
I think you are rad. You look at the tough stuff in the world and keep caring. We like joy, curiosities, and a little gallows humor to keep edges we don’t want smoothed off. It is hard to bring our best selves forward, as individuals, as organizations, as makers of change in a world where hearts get frayed. It may be hard, but it can be fun, and it doesn’t have to be alone.
We need lots of ways to reknit ourselves if we are to walk through the world with kindness and courage. I have tools and stories that help, as a technical writer, author, cartoonist, workshop facilitator, speechwriter and public speaker.
I write fantastic documentation. I write science fiction, fantasy, and work that yearns for better visions of our future and past. I create spaces of kindness. I create work that faces brutalities, stories that recognize pain and our messy struggles for connection. I make things that are just plain silly because we all need to let our inner shaggy sheepdog go galumph around in puddles and come dancing back with dirty paws.