Keynote: Calling All Doc Stars

on YouTube ↗05m

" summary

Documentation is the prime driver of adoption and yet only 4% contributors work on docs, so Google launches Season of Docs — modeled on Google Summer of Code — paying tech writers and assigning them to 50 open source projects now underway. Practical fixes include targeting first-time contributors, documenting the contribution process, shipping templates, and adding docs authors to rewards and release notes; goal is to raise docs participation toward 10–20%.

AI-written summary · about

" chapters (7)

1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:15Open Source has tons of rock stars
3. 0:43Documentation is the number one driver for adoption
4. 1:11The problem
5. 1:26The blockers
6. 2:13Pro tips
7. 4:28Outro

" related talks

• 29mMeasuring Documentation Success in Open SourceErin McKean, Kassandra Dhillon · Write the Docs Portland 2022
• 56mEffective Documentation: The Key to Open Source GrowthBolaji Ayodeji · foss-north 2020
• 40mFrom User to ContributorRiona MacNamara, Aizhamal Nurmamat Kyzy · Berlin Buzzwords 2019
• 33mOSS Documentation WorkshopErin McKean, Daniel D. Beck · Open Source Summit Europe 2025
• 29mThe Technical Writers Guide to Contributing to Open Source ProjectsEdidiong Asikpo · All Things Open 2020
• 28mLet Me In: Open the Doors of your Organization for Student ContributorsKaruna Tata · AsyncAPI Conf 2022
• 35mHelping Your Community Contribute to Developer DocumentationDiana Lakatos · Write the Docs Prague 2020
• 28mLet Me In: Open the Doors of your Organization for Student ContributorsKaruna Tata · AsyncAPI Conference 2022