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Drawing diagrams on a wiki page5 comments

ffeathers wrote 2 days ago: Recently I’ve been drawing some diagrams in our technical documentation. This is a part of tec … more →

Tags: confluence, Wiki, Atlassian, Diagram, Documentation, Gliffy, Technical Diagram, Technical Documentation, Technical Drawing

Evaluate Your Writing: Writing

lexpower wrote 2 days ago: Bad writing can ruin any type of document, no matter how good the planning, organization of the docu … more →

Tags: writing process, Evaluating Your Writing, writing, Writing Services, The Write Ideas, Word Power, Communication, customer support, user documentation

Punctuation = Personal PR

Christine Pietryla wrote 3 days ago: Slips in correspondence reflect intellegence, says study Recently, I came across a study done by GMX … more →

Tags: My Opinion, Marketing, Public Relations, Social Media, Media Relations, Pitching, eMail

Links of Note, June 2009: Technical Writing and Communication 2 comments

Peg Mulligan wrote 4 days ago:   It’s Links of Note time, with a look this month, at technical communication. Like marketing, … more →

Tags: LinkWorthy, Anne Gentle, Content Management, Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Document, Copywriting, DITA 101: Fundamentals of DITA for Authors and Managers, DITA's impact on technical communication, future of technical communication, high-tech marketing writer

What it means to be a Technical Writer?

nithinz wrote 5 days ago: Simple definition can be technically sound person who can write for the targeted audience. During th … more →

Tags: LinkedIn

The new Adobe Support Forums

Colum McAndrew wrote 6 days ago: The new Adobe Support Forums have been up and running for a couple of months now so I thought I’d pr … more →

Tags: Robohelp, Microsoft Office, Word, RoboHelp Server, technical communication suite, FrameMaker, Captivate, Microsoft HTML Help, Adobe support

Love letters straight from the heart1 comment

Colum McAndrew wrote 6 days ago: Whilst getting ready to leave the house for work this morning, I was taken by a news item on BBC Rad … more →

Tags: Colloquial, Irish slang, language, Poetry, slang

Resume

quincyconley wrote 1 week ago: ~ CREATING QUALITY LEARNING SOLUTIONS ~ Quincy has… Vast experience designing classroom and co … more →

Tags: Instructional Design, Instructional & Curriculum Design, Project Planning & Management, Vendor Sourcing & Selection, Human Performance Improvement, Budget Planning & Reporting, Staff Hiring & Development, Measurement & Evaluation, Rapid Instructional Design

Support your local writers!1 comment

proudpatriot07 wrote 1 week ago: Hello everyone!  I know I haven’t written in here for awhile (sorry).  I always mean to write, … more →

Indexing. The line in the sand.

Colum McAndrew wrote 1 week ago: Call me old fashioned but I still believe a good, well structured index is more useful than any sear … more →

Tags: Help files, index, indexing, Planning, project planning, Resources, Resourcing, Search, Searching

eServer TC Library: cooperative library for tech communicators

barriebyron wrote 1 week ago: The EServer TC Library is a free, open-access, human-edited directory of online resources for people … more →

Tags: Online Resources, Technical Communication, Library, Resources, technology

How's your mulch? (pt.1)

Doug Geiger wrote 1 week ago: Why mulch? The economy is not going well, but it is also not going away. There are opportunities fl … more →

Tags: Business, mission/vision/values, Analysis, Financial Analysis, Higher Education, HowTo, Intentionality, Marketing, Non-profit

Writing a guest blog post1 comment

ffeathers wrote 1 week ago: Scott Nesbitt has asked a number of technical writers, and I’m one of the privileged, if we … more →

Tags: Blog, Guest Blogging, Technical Writer

Where's the real value in documentation...3 comments

bpkennedy wrote 1 week ago: How much is too much? when we’re not talking about what the client sees?  I was talking with … more →

Tags: Documentation, Technical Communication, WWT

Video: How to Build & Revise Documentation Using a Wiki

barriebyron wrote 1 week ago: Stewart Mader wrote the book on wiki adoption, and he has led or advised enterprise-wide wiki deploy … more →

Tags: Tech Comm, Tools, Stewart Mader, Wiki

Schedule of Conferences Worldwide 2009-2013

Adrienne Geva wrote 1 week ago: Conferences Worldwide 2009-2013 … more →

Tags: Language translation, interpretation

Google Sites - Put your imprints on the web

gautamg wrote 1 week ago: The Tech Writing industry got another shot in the arm with the launch of Google Sites,  a wiki based … more →

Tags: Internet, Online, Documentation

Evaluate Your Writing: Content

lexpower wrote 1 week ago: If the content of your documents is not accurate and complete, how are your company’s customer … more →

Tags: writing process, Evaluating Your Writing, writing, The Write Ideas, Word Power, Communication, customer support, user documentation, software documentation

The joy of being a Technical Communicator

Colum McAndrew wrote 1 week ago: I often find myself in a unique position where I see the funny side of language use or where I am co … more →

Tags: English, abbreviations, oxymoron, Standards, Style Guide, Style Guides


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