Liz Argall

Creating empowering documentation and processes; where you need it, when you need it.

Liz Argall is a technical writer, content manager, author and trainer who delivers humanizing, data informed, accessible and technically complex projects for a range of organizations, from Fortune 500 companies to non-profit theater companies!

Documentation is everywhere

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 Various surveys (such as MDN Web Developer Needs Assessment) have shown that inadequate or outdated documentation is a major pain point for developers.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.

Greenfield or legacy documentation

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.

Your organization is unique

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.

Technical writing samples:

• Aria Data Tools Overview
  • Straightforward introduction to Aria Data Tools, from July 2022. The first open tooling we released for working the Aria data.
  • Aria Data Tools provides C++ and Python3 tools to interact with Project Aria data.
• Project Aria FAQ
  • Comprehensive overview of the Project Aria program, from July 2024. The program has evolved substantially in two years and our external documentation serves a much broader audience.
• Time Synchronized Recordings with Multiple Aria Glasses
  • Complex step by step instructions.
• Audio Troubleshooting for Halo Infinite (external link)
  • Audio troubleshooting guide for Halo Infinite that included accordions for multiple complex steps.
• ACT Community Sector Emergency Co-ordination Plan

Communications strategy and consulting:

• The Pulp Stage Case Study
  • Graphic design, marketing and governance consulting.
• Warehouse Circus Maternity Policy - download .pdf
  • In 2007 I consulted broadly to create what may be the first formal maternity policies and guidelines for a circus in the anglophone world.
• Book Review: Past Tense – Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy
  • Example of non-technical non-fiction writing.
• Acrolinx Presentation - download .pdf
  • Example of Acrolinx analysis and demo made for a potential customer, using their own sample documents.
  • See below for a presentation I made at Content Connections in 2018. It describes how we can use AI (Acrolinx) in partnership with human intelligences in powerful ways. Celebrate and support humans to do what they do best, and use computers for what they do best.
    • Yes, my laugh is a little goofy, but hopefully charming!
    • Yes, I sincerely do get a little verklempt talking about Kim Stanley Robinson and dreams for a better future.