Oh the fun of documentation. It really is a pain in the ass but even more of a pain in the ass when you don’t do it. After spending half a day in a class on documentation and listening to one of the talks at LISA ’08 I really have the bug. There were a few ideas that stuck out to me…

• Use Friday afternoon to document things. If you are documenting, things don’t get changed that will result in a phone call on the weekend.
• Don’t just use the wiki to “document.” Use it as a place to discuss concepts and decisions so that the info is there when the question “Why” comes up. 
• Document what needs to be documented… Sometimes it will document itself. And if it doesn’t, this way you remember to document it.
• Use the wiki so that if the info is there it will be available for you anywhere.
• Existence is the important part. Ugly documentation is better than no documentation.