Technical blog posts
A blog post is an end-to-end, self-contained piece of content, normally outside of documentation, that teaches the reader a practical technical lesson.
While not always a content type a documentarian is asked to write, you may be asked to help out, especially in smaller companies where you are one of the few people with the desire and skills to communicate clearly. Blog posts are often a good way to learn about a product or feature from start to finish. As blogs are usually promoted by marketing, outside of QuickStarts, they are also often the first way someone discovers a project, so they are worth doing well.
Much of the advice on structure and language presented in this book for documentation also applies to technical blog posts. There are a couple of main differences.
People generally read documentation when they need to, dipping in and out to find the information they need at the time, whereas most people read a blog post from start to finish, hopefully...
