User Experience – Get the Band to Jam
Written by Jonathan Frazier on October 6, 2015Throughout the development cycle they (developers and designers) jam–they reprioritize, tweak, or de-scope features as the band adjusts. UX exists to champion the needs of the user, at all times advocating for them.
Conference Report: Friendly, Diverse Rust Camp
Written by Lois R Patterson on September 30, 2015A small debate broke out about whether the page shown on the screen was actually correct and how it should be modified. Not exactly high drama, but proof that in the Rust world, documentation is indeed very important.
The Real Truth about Outsourcing Content Creation
Written by Connie Giordano on September 28, 2015If you can identify tasks that can be off-shored, you can expand team capacity at much lower cost. The result is increased morale for the original team members, because now they can focus on the higher-level tasks that they find more interesting,
Tech Writer This Week for Sept. 26, 2015
Written by Connie Giordano on September 26, 2015The worlds of content, communication, and experience design don’t always run on schedule, but traveling to the many destinations takes on a frenetic pace during fall conference season.
The Help Files’ Fall Special: New & Classic Job Hunting Tips & Tricks
Written by Craig Cardimon on September 23, 2015The summer of 2015 is in the books, at least here in the Northern hemisphere. September arrived and cooler temperatures are sure to follow. After you shake the last of the beach sand from your hair, and you step back into the office, you might realize that you’re no longer happy there.
LavaCon Sneak Peek: Getting Jazzed about Content in New Orleans
Written by Roger Renteria on September 19, 2015LavaCon, the conference on content strategy and technical communication management moves to New Orleans this year. And more than 300 professionals from around the world are getting jazzed about attending this top-rated event, taking place October 18-21.
Structured Writing: Writing in the Media Domain
Written by Mark Baker on September 15, 2015At its most basic, a hand guiding the pen over paper or chisel over stone is working in the media domain through handwritten-bitmapdirect physical interaction with the media. But this is not structured writing in the sense we mean it here. No computable structures are involved because no computer is involved.
Tech Writer This Week for Sept. 12, 2015
Written by Connie Giordano on September 12, 2015Often in the content business, we end up having to choose between treading water in the open sea, or facing a crew of angry pirates who mistakenly assume we have the treasure map.
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