Dozuki Brings Technical Manuals into the 21st Century: A Breakthrough in the World of Documentation

Author

Wiens, Kyle

Author_Institution

CEO of iFixit, a collaborative repair community and Apple parts retailer. In 2011, he started Dozuki, an online technical documentation platform. He coauthored the first free repair manuals for Apple hardware while studying computer science at Cal Poly, S

Volume

1

Issue

1

fYear

2012

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

42

Abstract

iFixit is at the forefront of the electronics industry. The company works with service manuals from every major consumer electronics company. Poor source documentation has been a constant impediment to make electronics repair accessible to non-engineers. For years, the company wondered why technical documentation hasn´t improved at the pace of the rest of the industry. The software company, Dozuki, makes it easv to create technical documentation that users love. Dozuki is a platform for living, breathing technical documentation. Technical documentation should be both easv to use and simple to keep up to date.

Keywords

electronics industry; information science; Dozuki; electronics industry; iFixit; technical documentation; technical manual; Consumer products; Document handling; Document image processing; Documentation; Manuals; Professional communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2162-2248

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCE.2011.2172078

Filename

6107500