As recently as 10 years ago, a few large companies ruled the publishing business. Today, publishing has become democratized. Nearly anyone can publish and distribute a book worldwide without spending a fortune. The major publishers still hold considerable sway over Read more
Are British and American forms of English sufficiently different to cause problems in transnational technical publications teams? Can British and American technical writing teams work in harmony? If you participated in a recent debate initiated by Scott Abel on Facebook Read more
Today’s post is the second 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.” STC Read more
Danielle Villegas, also known as TechCommGeekMom, is attending the STC Summit for the first time this year, so we’ve asked her to blog about her expectations and excitement approaching the Summit, plus her experiences at the Summit. This is the fourth Read more
Danielle Villegas, also known as TechCommGeekMom, is attending the STC Summit for the first time this year, so we’ve asked her to blog about her expectations and excitement approaching the Summit, plus her experiences at the Summit. This is the fourth Read more
You as a technical writer have written user guides, operator’s manuals, reference guides, quick start guides, other documents. When writing for a medical device, those items are considered by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) as labeling. Yes, when you 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. If you are new to technical writing—or simply want to learn Read more
Mention the idea of using the Comic Sans typeface to your typical hipster technical communicator, and you’re likely to see them spilling their Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino Blended Crème all over their skinny jeans. People have created dedicated websites, comedy sketches, Read more
Danielle Villegas, also known as TechCommGeekMom, is attending the STC Summit for the first time this year, so we’ve asked her to blog about her expectations and excitement approaching the Summit, plus her experiences at the Summit. This is the third Read more
Danielle Villegas, also known as TechCommGeekMom, is attending the STC Summit for the first time this year, so we’ve asked her to blog about her expectations and excitement approaching the Summit, plus her experiences at the Summit. This is the third Read more