What is "Cloud Computing"?
© 2009 Ugur Akinci Technical communicators need to stay abreast of developments in the IT field. “Cloud Computing” is one such development that’s taking the world by storm right now. It’s the way commercial giants like Google, eBay, and Amazon are handling their data and juggling their enormous system loads. Cloud computing is an example…
Read MoreWrite for Niche Markets to Earn More
© 2009-2010 Ugur Akinci We live in a world of specialization and specialists always earn more. There are neighborhood car mechanics who fix any old car and those who repair only Jaguars, BMWs and Porches. Guess who charges more? Your family doctor may know a lot about a number of different diseases. There’s also your…
Read MoreDocument Menu of Adobe "Writer" (Professional)
I know — the good and hard-working folks over at Adobe do not like me refer to Adobe Professional as “Writer” but there are 2 good reasons why I do so: 1) “Writer” is a term well-established within the technical writing community. Every tech writer I know refers to Adobe Professional as “Adobe Writer.” I’m…
Read MoreHow to Write a Software Installation Guide
© 2009-2010 Ugur Akinci An installation guide is written to describe the installation of either a mechanical/electronics system (like a child’s swing or a hi-fi set) or a software product. Here we will focus mainly on the latter. A software installation guide overlaps with System Administration Guide since it covers similar configuration tasks. That’s the…
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