Should technical writing be boring or entertaining?
Someone said “good technical writing is boring writing.” Not only that is true, but that’s a beautiful thing too. Why? Allow me to explain. Let’s think about what makes a piece of writing EXCITING versus BORING. Read any creative writing book you like and I think you’ll see that the author recommends VARYING word usage,…
Read MoreAn Embarrassing Start to My Technical Writing Career
(Please leave a comment, good or bad, I appreciate them all. What questions do you have? I’m interested to know. Many thanks!) © Ugur Akinci I have a confession to make today… I’m embarrassed and actually still blush a little when I remember how I started my tech writing career. The year was 1998. At the…
Read MoreHow to Create a Daily Job Alert Feed
Here are three email job alert feeds that I use all the time. When you create any of these, you’ll find an email in your inbox every day listing the jobs available for your search keyword(s). GLASSDOOR 1) Create a free account. 2) Go to https://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm 3) Make a search with keywords, company, or title.…
Read MoreTCC has a new logo!
Here is our new logo that we’ll use in all our communications: Did you like it? Let me know what you think. Thanks. Ugur
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