Am I the only one who thinks February is actually the longest month, no matter what the calendar says? We’re only into the second week of the month, but it seems like at least three or four weeks already. Like the duration of a pretty cold month, perception has much more to do with technical writing and technical communications than we realize during the course of a so-called average day. Read more of this technical writing article »
TechWhirl: Technical Communications Recap for February 3, 2012
Six more weeks of winter (as predicted by various groundhogs across the United States) gives us plenty of time to delve into our topic of “More than 1000 words-techniques for visual communications.” So we’re asking for your ideas and contributions to provide useful and relevant information to your technical communications colleagues. However, six more weeks of winter can’t change the fact that today is the last day of our Meet us in Memphis @WritersUA guest writers contest. Read more of this technical writing article »
TechWhirl: Technical Communications Recap for January 27, 2012
We’re approaching the end of our January focus on back to basics, and this past week as been chock full of all sorts of related topics on the technical writer discussion list and in the magazine. Deadlines, juggling, determining how much or if any documentation all factor into how you view quality and how your organization manages it. That seemed like a good segue to this week’s Technical Writer Poll on quality. And everything segues to our latest contest and the chance to Meet us in Memphis @WritersUA in March. Read more of this technical writing article »
Meet us in Memphis @WritersUA
TechWhirl is hitting the road again. We’re a small crew and need a couple of reporters to cover everything that's happening at Writers UA 2012 - the Conference for Software User Assistance. Here's your chance to be one of two (2) guest bloggers to help us report all the technical communications learning, user assistance, and UX happenings from the home of the blues. In fact we want you to meet us in Memphis @ WritersUA, March 11-14, 2012. Follow @WritersUA and @TechWriterToday, and tweet why we should select you to be a blogger. Read more of this technical writing article »
WritersUA Announces Results of Annual User Assistance Tools Survey
WritersUA released the results of its 2012 User Assistance Tools Survey, conducted via Survey Monkey from October 20 to December 7, 2011. This year's survey tabulates responses from more than 700 technical communicators self-identified as working in the software user assistance field. Read more of this technical writing article »
User Assistance Tools Survey Closing This Week
Time is running out to take WritersUA User Assistance Tools Survey. It will close at the end of this week (December 9 2011). Results from the latest survey will be posted later in December. Read more of this technical writing article »