Tom Johnson

Talk:

 

Although AI tools provide tremendous potential, unless you know how to use these tools, much of that potential can be lost, with writers dismissing the tools as providing unreliable, error-filled text. In this session, I’ll explore some core principles of prompt engineering, such as breaking down complex tasks into subtasks, supplementing prompts with input context, applying chains of prompts, and more. I’ll explore these prompt engineering principles in the context of specific tech writing use cases with API documentation.

Speaker:

Tom is a web-savvy technical writer with strong knowledge of APIs and docs-as-code tools. Multi-talented in creating many forms of content, from developer docs to end-user docs, UX copy, screencasts, visual diagrams, website copy, blog posts, podcasts, and more. Familiar with how to plug into agile scrum workflows of development teams and interact in the same rhythm as engineers. Well-known in the tech comm space for his technical writing blog (idratherbewriting.com) and thought leadership.