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Category: Industry News

Aug 30

An Interview with Marcus Hunt, Cohost of AMC's Owner's Manual

AMC, Industry News, Owners Manual

Owner’s Manual, broadcast on AMC Thursday at 10:00 PM EDT (GMT-4), pits two cohosts against each other in a series of difficult tasks. One, Marcus Hunt, has read the manual; his partner, Ed Sanders, has not. STC, of course, is Read more

Aug 29

Talking Usability: User Acceptance

David Dick, Guest Blogger

As technical writers, we do not drive user acceptance, but we can influence it by writing about a system’s new features and functions, provide training, and answer users’ questions. I believe we can do a little more to help win Read more

Aug 27

Letter from the UK: British Library Bans Hamlet

Ellis Pratt, Guest Blogger, Industry News

The BBC has reported a man using the British Library’s wi-fi network was denied access to an online version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet because the text contained “violent content.” This news item was especially newsworthy in the UK, because David Cameron, our Read more

Aug 21

Freelancing Basics: How to Make that Website Work for You

Industry News, Ruth E. Thaler-Carter

In one of many LinkedIn group posts that had me shaking my head over the lack of business sense of “colleagues,” someone recently said, “I found it very hard to get anyone to respond to my website for editing. How Read more

Aug 20

MadCap Software: Harnessing the Power of your Local User Group

Guest Blogger, MadCap Software

Guest post by Jose Sermeno, Product Evangelist, MadCap Software Here at MadCap Software we’ve seen a sharp increase in the number of tech comm professionals creating user groups to discuss tips, tricks, and best practices, learn to use new tools, Read more

Aug 16

Business Matters: How I Survived My Own Personal Recession

Bette Frick, business survival strategy, personal recession, recession

One of the many advantages of getting older is that I’ve survived several U.S. recessions (1973-75, 1980-1982, 1990-1991, 2001-2003, 2007–2011). I even launched my business during a recession after experiencing two layoffs in the first seven months of 1990. I Read more

Aug 14

Publishing Perspectives: Following Trends

Guest Blogger, publishing, Richard Hamilton

Over the last year, my company has had the good fortune to publish books on two popular trends: DITA and content strategy. I originally thought that developing publications related to new, interesting concepts would be easier than developing publications in Read more

Aug 08

Owners Manual Debuts in One Week; Plan Your Viewing Parties Now!

Guest post by STC President Nicky Bleiel Tech docs don’t get much TV love, but the best thing since Andy Richter Controls the Universe debuts next week on AMC. It’s called Owner’s Manual and it is a reality show that Read more

Aug 05

Doc-To-Help Tech Comm Wire: “Summer School” Series Concludes with Single-Sourcing Workshop

Doc-To-Help, Guest Blogger

Studies have shown that people learn more effectively by “doing” in hands-on exercises and workshops than they do by “hearing” information in lectures and presentations. With that in mind, the Doc-To-Help team put together a series of three free, fun, Read more

Jul 26

Villegas Views: Mobile First or Content First? Yes.

Danielle Villegas, Guest Blogger, Industry News

One of the highlights of technical communication is that you hear a variety of viewpoints. Granted, technical communication contains a wide berth of overlapping topics, and debates on particular issues are going to happen. It’s what keeps our field innovative and progressive. Read more

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