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Glossary – Technical Writing Terms Every Technical Writer Should Know

By Ugur Akinci | February 10, 2009

A new glossary is posted – Technical Writing Terms Every Technical Writer Should Know. Click here to read it…

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Glossary – Software Terms Every Technical Writer Should Know

By Ugur Akinci | February 10, 2009

A new glossary is posted – Software Terms Every Technical Writer Should Know. Click here to read it…

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Book Review – Guidelines for Developing Instructions

By Ugur Akinci | February 10, 2009

Book by Kay Inaba, Stuart O. Parsons, and Robert Smillie Introduction This is a small but information-packed (and rather expensive) 136-page book for all technical writers who are writing procedural guides and/or maintenance and troubleshooting manuals for mechanical systems. The authors clearly have a lot of experience in documenting mechanical systems and working on military…

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Are You a Journalist? How About Technical Writing to Make Ends Meet?

By Ugur Akinci | February 9, 2009

(Copyright-free image courtesy of Unsplash dot com) © Ugur Akinci Journalism is exciting but tough. I should know. I’ve been a journalist for 4 years in mid-90s. I loved every minute of it but had a hard time making ends meet. I was an NPC (National Press Club) member reporter accredited both with the U.S.…

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