Started in 1993, TechWhirl Network operates three websites for technical writers and technical communicators around the world. TechWhirl.Com is our magazine, Tech Writer Today, which covers the technical writing and technical communications industry through comprehensive feature articles and the latest technical communications news. TECHWR-L.Com is the home of the archives for our Technical Writer Email Discussion List with approximately 350,000 archives for technical communicators to search. Our third site is the newly minted Tech Comm Jobs, or TechWhirl Jobs for short. It’s new on the scene and is a great place to post a job or find a job.
TechWhirl is a free resource that is enabled by our lovely and gracious sponsors and advertisers. We think they have made some of the best decisions in the industry and are worthy of your, and our support. We place our sponsor information and advertisements in logical locations, which respects our readers (who wants to be interrupted when reading an article?) but gives great visibility.
TechWhirl Vision
A world in which technical writers and technical communicators have the tools, training, access and respect needed to superbly provide the guidance their customers need to fully understand their products or services and get the most out of their product or service.
TechWhirl Mission
- Provide unbiased and high quality technical writing and technical communications resources for technical writers and technical communicators of all ages and stages of their careers.
- Develop thought-provoking content that helps educate, challenge or entertain readers on the world of technical communications.
- Enable our community to interact with each other and build stronger professional networks and acquire information to help them advance their industry knowledge and career.
- Deliver unmatched value to our sponsors and advertisers.
Tech Writer Today Magazine
Tech Writer Today Magazine by TechWhirl is a resource for technical writers in all stages of their career. We are NPR’s Morning Edition meets Pirate Radio. Our writers – the soon-to-be famous Special Writers Unit – and our editors strive to write clear, in-depth, balanced articles that both entertain and educate.
Whether a reader is brand new to the industry and trying to answer the questions “What is Technical Writing?” or “What is Technical Communications?” or a crafty veteran who knows that technical writing is a winning strategy Tech Writer Today is covering it. Our new news section covers technical communications from software to movers and shakers like no other site can or does.
Our technical writing and technical communications features and columns cover the full ecosystem of technical communications—planning and analysis, design, user experience, knowledge management, production and evaluation—in the full range of online and traditional media across a wide array of industries. Every month a team of writers tackle a specific topic while other authors are developing columns and industry pieces. Our aim is to provide both interesting content for the day and a nice resource for writers to reference when it’s needed.
Technical Writer Email Discussion Lists
Looking for a great discussion? You’ll find it in Techwr-l’s (originally pronounced TechWhirl and later renamed) email discussion list. We were the world’s first email discussion list for technical writers and when it comes to the quality of discussions and sheer volume, we’re still the best. Join our list for lively conversations, questions, answers, and debates about all things technical communication.
- Read the latest technical writing and technical communications articles
- Learn more about our technical writer email discussion list
- Become a sponsor or advertiser
- Submit a technical communications press release, technical writing article or news item
- Become a writer for Tech Writer Today