Last night I saw a presentation from Rob Hinchcliffe, a community strategist, in which he discussed how Netflix had disrupted the TV market with its decision to start making its own content. I wondered if Netflix’s action might have some bearing 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. The Doc-To-Help team is very excited to bring you some big Read more
This truth I know to be self-evident: a well-written user guide is a not a solution for a poorly designed product. The user guide might win an award in an STC publication competition, but users will not buy a product Read more
Another guest blogger joins our ranks today. Please join me in welcoming Michael Opsteegh! This is the first in a series of posts on design issues in technical communication. I probably spent more time thinking of a series title than Read more
I didn’t write this blog post. Instead, I spoke it using Dragon* NaturallySpeaking 12 Speech Recognition for PC* and edited it by voice with a little help from my mouse. I had used Dragon before, maybe 15 years ago, and Read more
I didn’t write this blog post. Instead, I spoke it using Dragon* NaturallySpeaking 12 Speech Recognition for PC* and edited it by voice with a little help from my mouse. I had used Dragon before, maybe 15 years ago, and Read more
Today we bring you another guest blog post from MadCap Software, written by Jennifer White, a product evangelist at MadCap. Whether you are a technical writer sending documentation for translation or a linguist managing the translation, MadCap Software has stepped Read more
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
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
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