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Tag: Ellis Pratt

Apr 05

Letter from the UK: Two Nations Divided by an Uncommon Language?

Ellis Pratt, Guest Blogger

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

Mar 22

Letter from the UK: In Defence of Comic Sans

accessiblility, Ellis Pratt, Guest Blogger

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

Mar 04

Letter from the UK: The Empathic Technical Writer

Ellis Pratt, Guest Blogger

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

Feb 19

Letter from the UK: The Dark Art of Persuasion

Ellis Pratt, Guest Blogger

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

Feb 07

Letter from the UK: The Rise of the Content Strategist

content strategy, Ellis Pratt, Guest Blogger

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

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