How to Use Wikis for Your Technical Writing Projects
Today I’d like to talk about how you can use a Wiki for your technical document project. A wiki (which means “quick” in Hawaiian) is a collaborative writing software with which you can set up a “wiki site” as well. With wiki’s powerful database, editing and messaging functionalities you can accomplish much for your technical…
Read MoreGive Speeches to Supplement Your Income as a Writer
by Gary Karbon Guest Writer Have you considered giving talks as a natural way to supplement your income as a writer? If you haven’t, you should. It’s a powerful shortcut to become known as an “instant guru” in your field without receiving a Ph.D. degree. Writers are natural speakers since they know how to organize…
Read More"Online Job Bidding" Sites for Writers…
By Gary Karbon Guest Writer Recently I had the opportunity to study some of the Online Job-Bidding Sites out there catering to copy and technical writers. Some of these sites are very well known. And some others are not. But there are a bunch of them out there and they are all similar in the…
Read MoreHow to Avoid "Gender Ambivalence" in Technical Writing
© 2009-2011 Ugur Akinci One of the hardest things in writing English is to avoid using the third person singular pronouns, unless you are writing for an exclusively male or female group. Every time I see a document with a sentence like “the operator must configure his or her machine according to…” I cringe. Some…
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