It’s always interesting to see how different generations deal with technology. I am that stage in life where my home is often overtaken by teenagers, those in their early to mid-teens. What’s interesting is how they communicate technical information to Read more
In about two weeks’ time from this writing, I’m going back to graduate school for a summer course. Yes, I already finished my MS in professional and technical communication at NJIT a little more than a year ago. I’m taking a proposal Read more
In this post, we’ll look at some of the challenges and decisions technical communicators face when designing a website for their business. To help illustrate this, we’ll include some examples of technical communication companies’ websites. Designing a website for your Read more
Last September, I had an eerie experience of posting a comment on an STC blog—and the comment appeared with someone else’s name on it. We finally straightened it out, but that started a random, lovely, productive relationship with Marcia Riefer Read more
Will Rogers once said, “People’s minds are changed through observation and not through argument.” This is why all usability tests involve observation whether intrusive or unobtrusive. Watching a user walk through the steps of a user guide (for example, to Read more
Perhaps the trickiest aspect of typography isn’t so much selecting the correct typeface as knowing what to do with it and how to make your type look great without distracting from your message. As Alex White writes in Thinking in Read more
I just came back from a short vacation that included a road trip with my son, Charlie. We drove from Washington, DC, to Boston for a graduation, then back a few days later. We split our listening between podcasts (Fresh Read more
Guest post by Pam Estes Brewer, Academic SIG Manager. This is the first of another series of guest bloggers, this one focusing on the academic side of technical communication. The STC Summit 2013 in Atlanta was a wonderful experience. I Read more
Today’s post is another from one of our regular guest bloggers, Ruth E. Thaler-Carter. Ruth will be blogging monthly on various topics in the area of freelancing. Look for her posts under the main title of “Freelancing Basics.” One of Read more
Today we bring you another guest blog post from MadCap Software, written by Jennifer White, a product evangelist at MadCap. When MadCap Software announced the integration of the MadCap Flare API and HyperSTE, it got a lot of people excited. Read more