Many
technical writers, content managers and information architects work on
software development teams, or at least tangentially to them. You may
have heard of Google?s Summer of Code
or BarCamp or PodCamp and wondered, like Janet Swisher did at A Techie Tech Writer, why aren?t there more free real-life community events for technical writers?
A collaborative, creative event does exist for technical writers - it?s the BookSprint (read Anne Gentle?s blog post about the event), originated and hosted by FLOSS Manuals.
A BookSprint functions like a week-long workshop where writers come
together to learn how to write good user documentation. BookSprints are
a social experience where writers form a community who share common
goals and experiences.
