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Twitter - Can it Make You a Better Technical Writer?
Copyblogger's Jennifer Blanchard thinks so and I completely agree. According to the post " How Twitter Makes You A Better Writer ", Twitter helps writers in three ways: Twitter forces you to be concise. Twitter forces you to exercise your...
How can we produce effective yet efficient user assistance content?
One of my esteemed co-workers shared this awesome article with me last week and now I want to share it with other writers of user assistance content in the field. If you haven’t read it yet, Mike Hughes’ article Straight Talk: Surviving Tough Times as...
Society for Technical Communication Summit 2008 Reviews
Thought I'd give the rest of my reviews for the STC 2008 Summit now instead of putting it off for another day. I've already given a review on the Trends in User Research panel and discussed my session on Writing as an Asynchronous Conversation...
Society for Technical Communication's Annual Conference
I recently (6/2 - 6/4) attended the Society for Technical Communication's 55th Annual Conference in Philadelphia. (And yes, we have been around for at least that long trying to help users make sense of technology.) Over the next several weeks I plan...
(Liberty Bell + Cheesesteaks + Rocky) x STC = Professional Development
The countdown is on… 19 days, 23 hours, and change until I’m going to professionally develop in Philly, PA. This professional development comes in the form of my first professional conference. Each year, two tech writers from our team attend the Society...