Grab your eggnog, favorite blanket and prepare for a fun old-fashioned Christmas Show. Discover whether technical writers are as good at writing letters to December's favorite fella in red as they are writing instructions and doing end-runs around recalcitrant SMEs. Read more of this technical writing article »
Podcasts
Home of TechWhirl's nearly famous podcast - Inside TechWhirl (cleaver name -eh?). Discussions cover topics such as tips and tricks to working in teams, reviews of new software and discussions on working as a technical writer.
Happy Halloween! TechWhirl’s Halloween Playhouse Podcast
Join Connie, Craig and Al for our First Annual TechWhirl Halloween Playhouse.We converted a few of our Halloween articles and regular articles into online plays. You may as well give the show a try since it doesn't cost anything. No really, this one is completely free since there's no way we could charge for it. Our show contains bad Halloween jokes, variable audio levels and some pretty good music. Read more of this technical writing article »
STC Certification – TechWhirl Interview with Steve Jong, Chair of the STC Certification Commission
What have you heard about the new Certified Professionals in Technical Communication (CPTC) credential (aka Tech Writer Certification)? You've probably read about it online, may have received an email, or were in the audience during the announcement at the 2011 STC Summit. Considering the volume on our email discussion group last week there are a lot of questions and opinions on this "new" program. You have questions and so do we, so we organized an hour-long interview with Steve Jong, current Chair of the STC Certification Commission on Sunday, October 23, 2011. Read more of this technical writing article »
Documenting User Interfaces – Inside TechWhirl Podcast for September
Join us for TechWhirl's first podcast. This month we're talking about documenting user interfaces and how technical writers (and communicators) can keep up with those pesky developers. Podcast can be downloaded or streamed. Go on, click. You know you want too. Read more of this technical writing article »