One of the exciting aspects of e-books and the newer standards for them is the ability content creators have to create a format that provides for accessibility for everyone. From individuals who are visually impaired to those that have cognitive Read more
Guest post by Nathaniel Lim. Attending the STC Summit can appear a little daunting for students. With so many seasoned professionals who have decades of experience, some students can feel overwhelmed. The STC Summit is a unique opportunity to learn Read more
On Thursday, 21 March, from 4:00-5:00 PM EDT (GMT-4), Jamie Gillenwater presents the live Web seminar InDesign for Technical Communicators. Below is a blog post from her talking about the topic. I entered the field of technical communication with a Read more
Though most of STC’s members know me for my work with our communities, I am also the staff liaison to STC’s nominating committee. What does that mean? It means that I’m very close to everything that happens throughout the election Read more
Guest post by Steve Jong, Chairman, STC Certification Commission Are you ready to take on your next professional challenge? Perhaps you want to advance to the next level. Maybe you are looking for a way to differentiate yourself from your Read more
When projects fail, managers often blame inadequate tools and training. But poor processes often are the root cause—and fixing those processes is the key to success. But that’s easier said than done. When the system isn’t working, how do you Read more
Note: Starting with this guest post by Paul Mueller, we’ll be putting Summit-related blog posts here on STC’s Notebook instead of the Summit blog to give readers just one place to look for all the official STC blog posts. In Read more
Today we have another guest blog post from MadCap Software, written by Jose Sermeno, a product evangelist at MadCap. As the scale, complexities and deliverables of technical communication content have evolved, authors and content creators have an ever-increasing arsenal of Read more
Did you know that many of Apple’s products do not have an On/Off button? I read it in the book about Steve Jobs called Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson. Mr. Jobs did not like the Off button because he had Read more
In the last year or so, have you … … used QR codes or NFC stickers or augmented reality for a tech comm application? … shaken your head at the idea of using words like “augmented reality” in relation to Read more