Last September, I had an eerie experience of posting a comment on an STC blog—and the comment appeared with someone else’s name on it. We finally straightened it out, but that started a random, lovely, productive relationship with Marcia Riefer Read more
In addition to techcomm professionals, we’ve also invited a few of our best corporate partners to provide their product evangelists as guest bloggers. This guest blog post is from Doc-To-Help. Studies have shown that people learn more effectively by “doing” in Read more
Perhaps the trickiest aspect of typography isn’t so much selecting the correct typeface as knowing what to do with it and how to make your type look great without distracting from your message. As Alex White writes in Thinking in Read more
I just came back from a short vacation that included a road trip with my son, Charlie. We drove from Washington, DC, to Boston for a graduation, then back a few days later. We split our listening between podcasts (Fresh Read more
Today’s post is another from one of our regular guest bloggers, Ruth E. Thaler-Carter. Ruth will be blogging monthly on various topics in the area of freelancing. Look for her posts under the main title of “Freelancing Basics.” One of Read more
Today we bring you another guest blog post from MadCap Software, written by Jennifer White, a product evangelist at MadCap. When MadCap Software announced the integration of the MadCap Flare API and HyperSTE, it got a lot of people excited. Read more
Today we bring you another guest blog post from MadCap Software, written by Jennifer White, a product evangelist at MadCap. When MadCap Software announced the integration of the MadCap Flare API and HyperSTE, it got a lot of people excited. Read more
Recently, at Cherryleaf, we were discussing the different ways documents could be written collaboratively. In many organisations, the standard method is still to write a document in Microsoft Office, email it to someone else for them to add content and Read more
The London Underground (aka the Tube) is a railway system in London that’s used by 3.25 million passengers every day. The system has recognised the power of effective communication and design almost since it began back in 1863. Some elements Read more
You may have noticed that for every one Web application, there are a dozen similar Web applications. Do you know what makes a well-designed Web application? Usability, that’s right. You probably have several Web applications on your smartphone and you Read more