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Tag: Ellis Pratt

Jan 24

Letter from the UK: Learning a Foreign Language Will Make You a Better Writer

Ellis Pratt, Guest Blogger

Learning a foreign language is, I believe, one of the most useful ways to improve your writing skills. The modern day English language is a flexible, ever-evolving language. It’s developed from Saxon, Celtic, Old Norse, and Norman French, with words Read more

Dec 20

Letter from the UK: Doctor Who, the Technical Communicator

Ellis Pratt, Guest Blogger

It’s almost Christmas and, in the UK, that means it’s not long until the Doctor Who Christmas episode will be on TV. Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme that is today popular throughout the world. Since the show Read more

Dec 09

Letter from the UK: Using Comics as a Medium for Technical Communication is No Laughing Matter

Ellis Pratt, Guest Blogger

As an experiment, at the end of July 2013, we released a free beginner’s guide to DITA in graphic novel (or comic) form. In the four months since then, and with little promotion by us, over 600 people have downloaded it. Read more

Nov 14

Letter from the UK: Google’s Zero Moment of Truth and Its Impact on Technical Communicators

conferences, Ellis Pratt, Guest Blogger, ROI, trends

I’m just back from speaking at the tekom tcworld conference in Germany, where I spoke on “The changing nature of content.” In my presentation, I described the impact Google’s Zero Moment of Truth is starting to have on organizations’ content Read more

Nov 14

Letter from the UK: Google's Zero Moment of Truth and Its Impact on Technical Communicators

conferences, Ellis Pratt, Guest Blogger, ROI, trends

I’m just back from speaking at the tekom tcworld conference in Germany, where I spoke on “The changing nature of content.” In my presentation, I described the impact Google’s Zero Moment of Truth is starting to have on organizations’ content Read more

Oct 15

Letter from the UK: Red Gate Software’s Technical Communication Skills Map

Ellis Pratt, Guest Blogger

One of our clients, Red Gate Software, has published on its website a series of skills maps, including one for role of technical author (the British equivalent of a technical writer). According to Red Gate, the skills maps are a Read more

Oct 15

Letter from the UK: Red Gate Software's Technical Communication Skills Map

Ellis Pratt, Guest Blogger

One of our clients, Red Gate Software, has published on its website a series of skills maps, including one for role of technical author (the British equivalent of a technical writer). According to Red Gate, the skills maps are a Read more

Sep 10

Letter from the UK: Standards, Standards Everywhere

Ellis Pratt, Guest Blogger

I was reading the conference programme for the upcoming tcworld conference 2013 (the German equivalent to the STC Summit), and I was struck by the number of presentations on international standards relating to technical documentation. Here’s some I spotted in their 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 08

Letter from the UK: How European Technical Communication Conferences Differ from the STC Summit

conference, Ellis Pratt, Guest Blogger

One of the best ways to improve as a technical communicator is to attend technical communication conferences. They provide you with the opportunity to learn new skills, find out about new trends, pose questions to experts in the technical communications Read more

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