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How to Define Information Granularity in Technical Writing

By Ugur Akinci | July 16, 2014

Defining granularity, that is, how granular information topics should be is a perennial dilemma in technical writing. A dilemma is a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two equally undesirable alternatives. The movie “Sophie’s Choice” (1982) depicts how dramatic and terrible such dilemmas can get. Thankfully, the similar granularity dilemmas…

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Resume Cliches to Avoid

By Ugur Akinci | July 15, 2014

© Ugur Akinci When writing a resume either stay away from cliche phrases or explain exactly what you mean by them. Cliche expressions used at face value, without any further details, will fail to impress your potential employer. Without any details, your resume will not stand out among the competition and will be DOA (Dead On…

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How to Create a Structured FrameMaker Document from an Unstructured FM Document by using a Conversion Table

By Ugur Akinci | July 14, 2014

The future belongs to structured authoring but what to do with all that unstructured legacy FrameMaker files sitting on our hard-drives? The obvious answer is of course start to convert them into structured FM documents. If you have Adobe FrameMaker it’s not that hard a process either. Here is a simple way to convert unstructured…

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Technical Communication Certificate Program at NOVA, Northern Virginia

By Ugur Akinci | July 12, 2014

© Ugur Akinci Here is yet another Technical Communication Certificate Program at NOVA, Northern Virginia Community College. “Professional Writing for Business, Government, and Industry Certificate“ The NOVA catalog reads: “This certificate program prepares participants to write with expertise in professional contexts. The curriculum provides skills needed by currently employed or potential writers in business, government, and…

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