Tech Writer This Week for March 14, 2015
Written by TechWhirl on March 14, 2015It’s time to lodge a protest. While thousands of geeks and wannabe geeks celebrate Interational Pi Day, who’s looking out for the interests of donuts?
Tech Writer This Week for March 6, 2015
Written by TechWhirl on March 6, 2015Out beyond the shoreline of the TechWhirl pool (see what we did there?), we found a lot of fascinating posts on topics that, rather than chum to stir up a gaggle or two, should serve as some delicious and nutritious feeding of our content-oriented brains.
Users’ Advocate: Structured Content and the Needs of the User
Written by Mark Baker on March 5, 2015Structured writing is contentious in the tech comm world. I suspect the objection to structure is more rooted in structured writing practices that were not actually designed to improve or maintain the quality of the content, but to save costs somewhere in the content process through techniques such as single sourcing or reuse.
Standard, Frameworks and Content Development (poll)
Written by Connie Giordano on March 2, 2015Content developers may need to be familiar with standards, even if their work is not directly impacted by them. Questions arise around which standards to stay current on, which frameworks are worth training or certifying on, and how much will they change near and mid-term.
Delivering eLearning in Bite-sized Chunks
Written by Chris Denman on February 25, 2015Remember the email you sent your team regarding the change to the time entry system? That was a form of eLearning. How about the text message you sent your lead sales rep regarding the customer’s requirement for a signature at the delivery dock, or your call to the new intern about proper use of his security badge? They’re both eLearning too.
When Good Technical Writers Deliver Bad News
Written by Dan Goldstein on February 23, 2015Believe it or not, there are people in this world whose job it is to tell the boss what the boss wants to hear. But we few, we lucky few, we band of tech writers, are paid to tell the boss what’s really going on.
Tech Writer This Week for February 20, 2015
Written by TechWhirl on February 20, 2015If you don’t feel as though you have the world on a string, fear not… neither do the rest of us. Those lovable deadlines keep whooshing by in a Douglas-Adamsy sort of way. But we managed to find a few minutes to scour the internet world for useful stuff all content pros can use.
The Help Files: How to Use Facebook for Your Job Hunt
Written by Craig Cardimon on February 18, 2015This edition of The Help Files compiles slightly older but still valid posts to help you land that gig using Facebook. Why Facebook instead of LinkedIn? Because more people browse Facebook and post status updates every day.
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