Tech Writer Today Magazine - TechWhirl
Technical writing and technical communications news, articles and resources for technical writers and technical communicators.
Over the last week, we’ve posted seven technical writer and writer roles on TechWhirl Jobs. All of these roles are full-time excite one, which is contract-to-hire. We’ve been really pleased with the postings and responses on our Twitter Account and jobs site. Are you ready to jump into the job search as we near the dog-days of summer? Continue reading ...
So you're a little bleary eyed this morning after watching the opening of the Olympics last night, but even through the fog of steel mills and girls with lost phones, the thing that still occurs to you is that it working for some tyrant boss in the 1800s still seems more pleasant than your office on Monday morning. Hey, at least those folks got to dance occasionally, right? Continue reading ...
As e-books become another option for publishing technical content, writers are faced with more choices among the tools to produce them. In my previous articles on e-book readers and formats, I noted the similarities between e-book formats and the online help formats that technical writers have been using for many years. In this article, I’ll look at some of the tools you can use to create EPUB books, the most common e-book format. I’ll also show how you can convert an EPUB to Amazon’s Kindle format. Continue reading ...
I arrived in Memphis, TN today and checked in at the Peabody Hotel for the Writers UA Conference. From the minute my taxi pulled up to the golden front doors, I knew I was about to walk into a really cool place. I checked out the hotel online, but was not prepared for how fabulous it actually was. The conference was organized into three categories for sessions: Content Strategy, Tools and Technologies, and Emerging Skill. Some of the popular and "tweet-worthy" sessions were on HTML5 and CSS3, Neuroscience Research, eBooks, iterative design, gamification, and comics topics. Continue reading ...
Connie and I have owned TechWhirl for six complete months tomorrow morning. Yes, if you do the math we bought it on April Fools Day. Given personalities involved, we actually decided to not tell anyone until April 2 just so everyone would believe us. Continue reading ...
Tom Murrell outlines how someone can create a t-letter and use it during their job search. Continue reading ...