Johnny Holland’s blog talks about creating successful style guides. The Industry Standard discusses Flash, HTML5, and mobile apps. Rebuilding the Web asks if web accessibility is a human right. And finally, the comic strip Speed Bump offers a look at Read more
Friday, 19 February is the last day for Omar Terrie, STC’s always-smiling, ever-helpful Assistant Manager, Community Relations. He moves on to new opportunities and new people to impress. Any of you who have dealt with Omar here at STC—whether it be Read more
Today we bring you another episode of Exec Direct, postings by STC Executive Director Susan Burton. Exec Direct presents a more personal, informal, and direct discussion with Susan Burton on a variety of topics, STC-related and not. In my last blog Read more
The latest offerings of STC’s online certificate courses start tomorrow, 17 February! Click the link for full details, course schedule, and to register. STC is offering the following courses: Business, Management, and Office Skills Presented by Jack Molisani 17 February–17 Read more
Technical Communication, STC’s academic journal, ranked in the Top 100 in downloads in both December 2009 and January 2010 at Ingenta.com. Out of more than 13,000 titles, the journal ranked 92nd in January and 63rd in December for number of full-text downloads. Ingenta provides an online home Read more
The below is from the Washington DC Chapter, posted at their request. The Washington DC Chapter is presenting a webinar Monday 22 February, from 7:00-8:30 PM EST (GMT-5). The speakers are Annette Reilly and George Hayhoe, both Fellows, and they will be Read more
Guest post by Alyson Riley This economy is horrendous. I promise that this will not turn out to be a negative blog post in the end, but really—we all know these are strange times, and we’re all dealing with fear, Read more
Gizmodo discusses HTML5, explaining why they think it won’t save the Internet. CyberText discusses how to evaluate if you should put screen shots in online help. Measuring Usability asks if increasing usability can also increase customer loyalty. The Georgia Tech Read more
Platinum Sponsor, Adobe STC would like to welcome back Adobe as the Platinum Sponsor of the 2010 Summit, taking place in Dallas, TX, from 2-5 May. Adobe, one of Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” is best known Read more
The Board of Directors is delighted to report that 204 members will receive Recovery Packages. The Recovery Packages were made possible by $41,000 from the Marian Norby Fund to help STC members affected by the recession. Members could apply for Read more