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Technical Writing Online Course
We are proud to offer our beginner-level technical communication online course: Professional Technical Writing: Advance Your Writing Skills This is a practical hands-on introduction to technical writing for all beginner writers or those who are considering to make a career change and becoming technical writers. Comes with 30-Days 100% Money Back Guarantee! “Why should I…
Read MoreA Membership Web Site and Magazine You Should be Familiar with: SiliconIndia.com
If you’re not familiar with SiliconIndia.com you should be since it is on its way to become India’s LinkedIn and Facebook rolled up in one. It’s a membership web site where you’d find inquiries about CMS, documentation, all kinds of software and hardware platforms or management issues as well as… a spiritual poem a devotee…
Read MoreLIZ POHLAND, Editor, STC and INTERCOM — Technical Communication Interview
In the days ahead we’re planning to bring you detailed interviews with the prominent figures in Technical Communication both to acknowledge and honor their good work and to inform ourselves about the current state of affairs in our dynamic field. Here is our first interview with Liz Pohland, the Editor of STC and its flagship…
Read More3 Reference Guides I Use Regularly for my Technical Documents
As a technical communicator, I rely on a few reference volumes to keep my technical writing as clean, compact, and correct as possible. Here is my list of three most-favored reference volumes to settle any documentation questions or disputes regarding style, usage, or terminology: 1) Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications, 3rd Edition Curiously…
Read MoreTECHNICAL BOOK REVIEW: “Survey of Technical Communication Landscape in India” by TWB
“Survey of Technical Communication Landscape in India, 1st Biennial Report (2011-12)” by The Writers Block (TWB), one of India’s outstanding technical communication training and outsourcing companies, is an authoritative reference volume that all technical communicators should read. Despite its cover price ($499 or 22,797 Rupee), this 158-page report succeeds in giving a detailed snapshot of…
Read MoreCorrelation is not Causality – Cell Phone Towers & Babies
Correlation is not causation This means that just because two things happen at the same time, it doesn’t mean that one caused the other. Correlation does not imply causation is a phrase used in statistics and social sciences to emphasize that a correlation between two variables does not necessarily mean that one causes the other.…
Read MoreSecrets of Good Communication – 5 Tips of Explaining Things More Effectively
Good communication is all about explain things well to others, isn’t it? Here is a wonderful little paper, available as a PDF download from TechRepublic, about 10 ways in which we can all improve the way we explains things to others. I really liked this list. My experience in life tells me that every item…
Read MoreMy Mom – The True Test of My Abilities as a Technical Communicator
As a technical communicator I’m sometimes stuck with situations that I can’t handle. Example… I have a smart mom. She is approaching 80 God bless her yet she is on the Internet. I really admire her tenacity and her lack of techno-phobia. Although she does not have a college degree, she did what millions of…
Read MoreShould You Use Text or Video in Your Posts & Publications?
We need to make a lot of choices every day. The familiar refrain of “paper or plastic?” represents one such mundane choice that we are faced with when we stop by at a supermarket for shopping. Another choice I’m faced with on a regular basis is “text or video” in sharing useful technical writing tips…
Read MoreTechnical Book Review: Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career
If you’re a parent with a high-school kid who is debating whether to become an engineer or not, say this to him or her: “Here, read this book first and then decide on whatever you want to be…” The book I’m referring to is STUDYING ENGINEERING: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career by Raymond…
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