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Tech Writer This Week for May 23, 2013

Written by Craig Cardimon on May 23, 2013

I enjoy working in technical communication, so why not stretch my skills a bit for marcom? There must be more to this than I thought, because Sarah O'Keefe (scriptorium.com) is hosting a webcast on the Cold War between techcomm and marcom. I signed up because a good writer should be able to tackle any kind of writing. Then I went looking for more tech comm and related goodness for Tech Writer This Week. I found lots... Continue reading »

Structured Authoring for the Web Poll

Technical Communication Poll: Can Structured Authoring and Web Content Delivery Co-exist?

Written by TechWhirl on May 22, 2013

Three of the most respected names in technical communication, —Tom Johnson (I'd Rather Be Writing), Sarah O’Keefe (Scriptorium), and Mark Baker (Every Page is Page One) – have been having a spirited online discussion over the role of structured authoring and the World Wide Web. Now mind you, it’s been is a very respectful disagreement with each of them acknowledging each other’s insightful comments along the way. Essentially, their arguments boil down to the choice of one little word: Or, And or For... inserted between structured authoring and web content delivery. Continue reading »

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Summit Summary: Jean-luc Doumont on Conveying Messages with Graphs

Written by Roger Renteria on May 21, 2013

Ever want to learn how to make better graphs? Check out a Jean-luc Doumont presentation sometime. In this STC Summit presentation, based on his book "Trees, Maps, and Theorems, about 'effective communication for rational minds'", he discussed how to choose the right graph and optimize the display to send the right kind of message. Continue reading »


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