India is having countrywide power outages in the evenings, with rolling blackouts in various places. These outages are somewhat unpredictable. For best results, it’s been suggested to schedule meetings in the morning India time if possible, at least through monsoon Read more
Looking to improve your website? Here are 69 free (or low cost) tools to improve your website from one blog. Shhhhh! Next week is National Library Week. How are you going to celebrate? CyberText Newsletter tested three tools for getting Read more
Last week we presented a New York Times editorial on a push for national school standards and a stronger emphasis on writing. We asked for comments and got a nice start. You can read the original post and comments here. We also received Read more
The New York Times published an editorial a couple weeks ago about the proposed national school standards. One particular section reads: The standards, based on intensive research, reflect what students must know to succeed at college and to find good jobs Read more
Gryphon Mountain Journals discusses “The Technical Communicator’s Role in Managing Expectations.” What’s the difference between usability and user experience? CMSWire takes a stab at it. Jim Thatcher presents a tutorial on web accessibility for Section 508. Wordnik.com (an awesome online dictionary Read more
The SEM Blog has a discussion on how “Accessibility for everyone is good design.” Prestwood IT Solutions presents “The Five Biggest API Documentation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them” From the U.S. Federal Government comes advance notice of a proposed Read more
Scott Nesbitt presents the Four Keys to Writing Quickly in his Words on a page blog. Gryphon Mountain Journals talks about how to present a better face and become “the friendly neighborhood tech writer.” Spiegel Online International writes about an Read more
The Technical Communication Center discusses how to prepare and do research for a technical document before writing it. ClickZ offers five social media trends to watch in early 2010. The Words on a page blog talks about topic-based writing and Read more
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
The offices of Stately STC Manor may be closed due to the impending Snowstorm of Dooom (the extra O stands for “Omigosh, we need milk and bread and TP!”), but Your Friendly Neighborhood Blogger is still on the job. At Read more