Valentine's Day (February 14), 2012 marked the launch of Tech Comm U, a continuing education destination that provides affordable training for the technical communications workforce. Tech Comm U offers online courses in technical writing and instructional design, and is geared to freelance writers and other professionals planning a career change into the technical communications field Read more of this technical writing article »
Liquid Technologies Liquid Data Mapper for XML Data Now in Beta
Liquid Technologies announced the beta release of Liquid Data Mapper, completing of its Liquid XML Studio suite complete its multi-functional XML toolkit. Liquid Data Mapper is suited to organizations of any size where developers, technical communications professionals and non-technical staff must work with large amounts of XML data. Read more of this technical writing article »
MeetingKing Web-Based Meeting Workflow and Documentation Tool
Paracas Solutions announced the availability of MeetingKing, a new web-based solution to manage and document in-person and remote meetings. MeetingKing replaces the typical combination of email, word processing and task management tools with a single tool “built around the natural workflow of meetings.” The application captures and archives notes, tasks, and documents and automatically compiles [...] Read more of this technical writing article »
Society for Technical Communication Suspends Dues Installment Payment Plan
During its February meeting, the Society for Technical Communication Board of Directors voted to indefinitely suspend the Installment Payment plan for membership dues, first initiated in 2009 in response to the global financial crisis' impact on members, noting that processing installments is manual and increasingly expensive. Read more of this technical writing article »
Tech Writer This Week: February 16, 2012
Our weekly review of technical communications and beyond includes a tribute to Valentine's Day, that actually goes beyond our weekly poll question. So much of what we do depends on relationships with others, other technical writers, SME's, and our customers. This week's eye-catching posts touch on all three of these, with great stuff on user experience, collaboration and worthwhile advice to everyone who inhabits a niche in the technical writing universe--SME motivation. Plus a generous helping of technical communications news you should know about. Read more of this technical writing article »
Tech Writer This Week for February 16,2012
Every week TechWhirl is reviewing eye-catching posts, industry news and anything that we like from technical communications (and beyond). We start with the hottest #TechCommNews. Then we have a poll where you may “Profess Your Love of All Things Tech Comm” in celebration of Valentine’s Day. Keith Soltys offers a feature on “Building E-Books” for technical writers [...] Read more of this technical writing article »
Bluestream Releases XDocs v3.1 DITA-enabled Doc Solutions
Bluestream Database Software Corp., provider of DITA-enabled Component Content Management System (CCMS) solutions released XDocs v3.1, which provides Mac compatibility with Bluestream’s XDocs Explorer and Oxygen XML Editor connector to technical communications teams working in Apple OSx environments. According to Bluestream, XDocs is the world’s first DITA-enabled CCMS to work on the Mac OS. Read more of this technical writing article »
Technical Writer Poll: Profess Your Love for All Things Tech Comm
So when February 14th rolls around, what's a geeky, diabetic technical communicator with pollen allergies to do? Survey the technical writing community of course. So I'm sending the chocolates over to the nearest SME who owes me a favor, putting the flowers in vase where the cats can't get them and compiling a slightly different kind of poll this week. Read more of this technical writing article »
Digital Media Provider Aptara Announces Acquisition by iEnergizer Limited
Aptara, a global digital media and multi-channel content production provider , announces its acquisition by iEnergizer Limited, a publicly listed company based in London (LSE:IBPO.L) with a market capitalization of approximately USD 700 million. Read more of this technical writing article »