Editorial

From the Editor

When Michael Opsteegh approached me about a special issue of Intercom with a theme of “page design after print,” I was intrigued. His plan was to focus on the perils of designing information when it comes from a variety of sources (like content management systems) and is viewed on a variety of devices. In articles on the theme, the authors provide four compelling responses to Michael’s call for content; topics include: investigating the credibility of content displayed on mobile devices, designing wiki templates, help system Web fonts, and font selection in virtual reality environments.

Michael has been a Technical Writer in the software and financial services industries since 2004. He is currently a Senior Technical Writer for Eyefinity, which supports eye care professionals with industry-leading software and services, and he is a Lecturer in the technical and professional communication program at California State University, Long Beach. He is among the first in the profession to be designated as a Certified Technical Professional Communicator (CPTC), and he has previously published articles in Intercom and presented at past STC Summits. He most recently began working on his PhD at Texas Tech University, and his research interests include ethics, user experience, visual rhetoric, and risk communication.

It was a pleasure to work with Michael on this issue of Intercom, which will be my penultimate issue as editor. It is my pleasure to announce that long-time Intercom contributor Andrea Ames has agreed to take on the magazine’s editorship is 2018, and I look forward to the topics and editorial direction she has planned for the coming year. Look for more on changes to Intercom in my next editorial, and as always, please email any feedback or articles ideas you may have!

—Liz Pohland

liz.pohland@stc.org