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I'm LJ Sinclair, and I'm a writer

That sounds like the opening spiel to an addiction confession, doesn't it? And in my case, there's some truth to that. I get quite twitchy if I go too long between arranging words in a pleasing order. And there's no twelve-step programme for this kind of addiction, let me tell you.

The right word, in the right place, at the right time

Anyone can type words into a word processor, email or social media with mixed results.

But to communicate meaning without ambiguity, you need someone who knows how to:

• establish the facts through direct research and working with subject matter experts
• determine the audience
• turn complex, ambiguous ideas into clear, easy to understand content
• and do all this without leaning into the tropes of marketing, hard sell or manipulation

To paraphrase Charlie Taub (Vadim Glowna) in the Jack Irish movies:

Technical Communication is to Writing what Software Engineering is to Programming.

But why isn't it pretty?

A good User Experience (UX) is one where the audience gets the information they need when they need it.

That's why I chose GitHub for a homepage, because it's clean and minimalistic (not to mention I can write content in Markdown).

That isn't to say I don't appreciate good design that:

• prioritises usability and accessibility for the audience
• helps the audience find what they need as quickly and efficiently as possible
• is tested to verify these are the case.

But it's far too easy to find sites and software that:

• deceive the audience
• put design decisions before UX

Current tasks

This is a public-facing Kanban project containing tasks that is kept up-to-date as required.

• LJSinclair project tasks

Past projects

You can find a full breakdown and summary of past projects and work on my LinkedIn profile:

• LJ Sinclair on Linkedin

Here's some highlights:

Changelog