Mobile devices with touchable screens are used by more and more people all over the world.  New software is being created for them.  And we have a problem… what do we do with this screen? We TAP the screen as iPhone manual says, we TOUCH the screen as Android manual says, but what do we […]

I found today this network and I am interested to in communications related to nanotech.   Some words about my project: The heat is on for an online social networking community for nanoscientists. The Internet Nanoscience Community, TINC, was cooked up by Hungarian chemistry PhD student Andras Paszternak. It now provides a rich menu of […]

“As Information Developers, we need to be familiar with various social networking mechanisms and how they may be influencing our customers’ expectations of the information experience we provide,” Lori Fisher, Director of User Technology at IBM stressed more than once at the Northern California East Bay STC chapter meeting on May 5. She encouraged an […]

This veritable gold mine of free writing education links is a must-share among fellow writers, or those folks who aspire to write.   CLICK HERE FOR FULL TEXT…  

With the widespread destruction of newspapers and traditional news portals we’ve seen in recent years, there are many of out-of-work journalists hitting the streets for new work.  Here’s some encouragement for those many gumshoe scribblers who may be considering technical writing as a possible career…   CLICK HERE FOR FULL TEXT…

Ever since I have actively been interested in technical writing, I see instructions everywhere. Worse, I have started reading all sorts of information shared with products as diverse as hair removing creams to ready-to-eat food packets. The other day, I was marveling the person who must have put all the important information in the Hair […]

Even in the world of technical writing, you have to know how to sell. You have to sell your idea for a documentation strategy, a project plan, the need for new software, better equipment, etc. But books on selling are generally geared towards the full-time salesperson, and are often filled with a bunch of gee-whiz […]

The need for technical writers is present in some form in every industry. In the absence of a readily available job, you can have a shot at creating a new one through stealth. Here’s how…   Click here for full text…

It’s all about content these days. How to organize it, how to find it, how to present it, how to make it relevant, authentic and useful. Tech writers have been tackling these challenges for years. We write procedures, make videos, sweat over infographics – trying to tell the best most engaging story about our product. […]

Indoorsy – Happily contracting since 1993, I love burrowing deeply into the tunnel of my brain to analyze complex IT processes and procedures and translate them into the voice and media appropriate for my audience. I’m still amazed I get paid to have so much fun in my head! With no kids, a techie mate, […]