Troy Howard's Blog

"Hi, my name is Troy, and I've been working full time since I was 13 years old.

"Hi, my name is Troy, and I've been working full time since I was 13 years old.

I've always appreciated Stephen King's advice on writing.

I've always appreciated Stephen King's advice on writing.

In the recent months, I have been working with @calebhailey.com to develop a new kind of workflow for posting to the Internet.

In the recent months, I have been working with @calebhailey.com to develop a new kind of workflow for posting to the Internet.

Key Words and Phrases: documentation, knowledge sharing, engineering culture, technical writing, user experience (UX), product culture Background For those of you familiar with my community and professional work—as a co-founder and organizer of the Write…

Key Words and Phrases: documentation, knowledge sharing, engineering culture, technical writing, user experience (UX), product culture Background For those of you familiar with my community and professional work—as a co-founder and organizer of the Write…

Further Discussion While writing these articles, I asked my coworker Greg Poulos (@gregpoo) to take a pass at proofreading/editing.

Further Discussion While writing these articles, I asked my coworker Greg Poulos (@gregpoo) to take a pass at proofreading/editing.

How to Grow a TechDocs Team Getting a handle on technical documentation is an essential part of any software project, yet this fact seems to get forgotten by most companies during their staffing discussions.

How to Grow a TechDocs Team Getting a handle on technical documentation is an essential part of any software project, yet this fact seems to get forgotten by most companies during their staffing discussions.

In companies that have large engineering teams, a dedicated technical documentation organization is a necessary function.

In companies that have large engineering teams, a dedicated technical documentation organization is a necessary function.

In a previous article I discussed the need for a data driven approach to TechDocs.

In a previous article I discussed the need for a data driven approach to TechDocs.

In companies that have large engineering teams, a dedicated technical documentation organization is a necessary function.

In companies that have large engineering teams, a dedicated technical documentation organization is a necessary function.

I have a personal confession to make.

I have a personal confession to make.

I used to spend a lot on booze.

I used to spend a lot on booze.

Bret Victor is one of my favourite thinkers.

Bret Victor is one of my favourite thinkers.

TL;DR: I'm excited to announce that I am joining Twitter to focus full-time on documentation and open source.

TL;DR: I'm excited to announce that I am joining Twitter to focus full-time on documentation and open source.

If you're just starting out with Docker, it's super easy to follow the examples, get started and run a few things.

If you're just starting out with Docker, it's super easy to follow the examples, get started and run a few things.

There are times when a productive person finds themselves overwhelmed with work.

There are times when a productive person finds themselves overwhelmed with work.

Haruki Murakami is a wonderful writer.

Haruki Murakami is a wonderful writer.

Recently, at AppFog, we encountered a series of abusive users attempting to cause havoc by flooding UDP.

Recently, at AppFog, we encountered a series of abusive users attempting to cause havoc by flooding UDP.

Simple untar script that does the obvious thing and creates a directory named after the tar file, then extracts a tar in that directory.

Simple untar script that does the obvious thing and creates a directory named after the tar file, then extracts a tar in that directory.

The more reliable the network becomes, the more that systems will take it for granted and the more catastrophic system failures will be. - Troy Howard

The more reliable the network becomes, the more that systems will take it for granted and the more catastrophic system failures will be. - Troy Howard

In our little corner of downtown Portland, good coffee isn't hard to find.

In our little corner of downtown Portland, good coffee isn't hard to find.

Joining AppFog back in February became my first time working for a company using Github private repositories for source control.

Joining AppFog back in February became my first time working for a company using Github private repositories for source control.

These days the world is abuzz with talk of cloud computing.

These days the world is abuzz with talk of cloud computing.

Some Reflection On Node.js Node.js is a strange beast.

Some Reflection On Node.js Node.js is a strange beast.