Tech Writer This Week for August 15, 2015
Written by Connie Giordano on August 15, 2015We ponder the differences in worldviews between content creators who focus on words, and those who design and program, and share interesting commentary on tech comm, content strategy, user experience, and customer experience management.
Tech Writer This Week for August 8-9, 2015
Written by Connie Giordano on August 9, 2015Simplicity is under-rated. A corollary to that rule notes that the bigger the organization, the more complicated simple becomes. But, generally, the more complicated the feat, the better the story.
Tech Writer This Week for July 25, 2015
Written by Connie Giordano on July 25, 2015One thing about bridges though. They have little utility unless some living thing takes action… you have to cross it, build it, pave it, put a toll booth in…
Optimizing the Mobile Web-browsing Experience through Responsive Design
Written by Geoff Hart on July 24, 2015When the information is the most important component of a design, users of the design should have the ability to customize the display to meet their needs rather than being constrained by a suboptimal fixed design.
Git, Github, Source Control, and You
Written by Lois R Patterson on July 20, 2015Documentation and source code should live together in the same repository. Often, docs and source code are hooked together through context-sensitive help. But keeping even standalone documentation in the same place as the other project files just makes sense.
The Help Files: Introvert Special
Written by Craig Cardimon on July 16, 2015If there is a special project at work, the extrovert will say out loud, “I can do that!” The boss needs to ask the introvert if they can do it, and with the harried boss’s plate already too full, they take the easy and fastest way They give the special project to the loudest one–the extrovert.
The Three Domains of Content Structure
Written by Mark Baker on July 14, 2015The process of creating and delivering content consists of translating ideas (stuff someone thinks or knows) into concrete physical form that can be read (dots of ink or pixel on a page or screen). The writing and publishing process is all about how we get from ideas in a head to dots on a page.
Tech Writer This Week for July 11, 2015
Written by Connie Giordano on July 11, 2015Climbing into the ivory tower gives us an opportunity to look beyond the immediate and mundane. Whatever’s really on that far horizon is worth going after, at least for a good look. And, the view from up there can help put things in perspective when the PHB and snarky SME have irritated your last nerve.
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