The author of the text, on the Neo4j.rb team, aims to improve documentation by creating a series of screencasts to supplement their written documentation. Inspired by the RubyTapas series, they want to create easily digestible chunks that cover one topic thoroughly and are useful for both beginners and experienced users. The goal is to use the same Ruby app in every episode to showcase consistency and provide a publicly available app for reference. Each episode has an associated Git tag, allowing viewers to follow along with the progress of a real-life app, which is built around an Asset Management system using Neo4j gems. The screencast series covers topics such as setting up a new Ruby on Rails application with Neo4j, properties, and associations in ActiveNode models.