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
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
In a recent RSA Animate video, philosopher Roman Krznaric argues that western society is moving from an era of introspection to an era of outrospection. In other words, he claims both people and organisations will need to become more empathic. Read more
I promise not all my posts will be about “Swinging London,” but this one is, like my first post, about an event available to the technical-writer-about-town. In this case, it concerns a presentation called Science and the dark art of persuasion, which Read more
Editor’s Note: Introducing our first guest blogger, Ellis Pratt! Before I start this post, I’d like to say I’m delighted to have been asked to become a contributor to the STC’s Notebook blog. I work in a technical writing services Read more