Camtasia Studio or Captivate: A Comparison
I have spent the last two weeks switching between Captivate and Camtasia Studio. Talk about schizophrenic. I spent a lot of time trying to remember which command I had to use in which program, but...
View ArticleWordPress as a Simple Content Management System
I know that some users of high-end CMS’s may dispute this definition, as a high-end CMS does a lot more. But what is a content management system really? It is content, stored in some kind of database,...
View ArticleTrends for Tech Writing: Notes from the AODC
I spent the last three days at the AODC. Lots to think about, which I may cover in other blogs, but here are some general impressions. Of course, these are my own impressions, and it may be just who I...
View ArticleThe Steepest Part of the Learning Curve is Right at the Start
Microsoft has a lot of information on their sites about these products. Unfortunately, I can never find it. I usually only know it’s there when I stumble on it months after I really needed to know it....
View ArticleSometimes It's Nice to be Reminded There’s a Whole Community of Technical...
The Content Wrangler’s 10 DITA lessons learned from Tech Writers in the Trenches really nails down some vital things you should know if you want to implement DITA. More than that though, you can apply...
View ArticleJoomla: Another Simple Content Management System
Joomla is more complex than WordPress but it has more power. Because it’s a real content management system—unlike WordPress which is a blog with content management capabilities—you don’t have to...
View ArticleI'm not Technical. Why Should I Bother to Learn DocBook or DITA?
First of all, understand that you don’t have to learn it. Every year more and more toolds come out that help place a layer between you and the native XML. In a few years time you will hardly even...
View ArticleDocBook or DITA?
XML is the future. You hear it at every conference you go to, in every magazine you pick up, in every article you read on-line. For technical writers, right now that future comes down to two...
View ArticleDevelopers as Users of SharePoint
In SharePoint, we are likely to think of developers as people who work to customise SharePoint, but there are a lot of developers out there who are simply end users of SharePoint. How do they like the...
View ArticleThe Technical Writer Blog
The technical writing process consists of four main phases. These are planning, writing, delivery, archiving. These phases are not necessarily set in stone and some variations do exist. Every writer is...
View ArticleThe Process of Technical Writing
The technical writing process consists of four main phases. These are planning, writing, delivery, archiving. These phases are not necessarily set in stone and some variations do exist. Every writer is...
View ArticleHow Poor In-House User Documents Cost You Twice
Many organizations produce in-house tools or modify commercially-available tools for their own use. These tools should get documented so they are of use to others in the organization. If this...
View ArticleOccupational Employment and Wages: Technical Writers
Technical writers, also called technical communicators, put technical information into easily understandable language. They work primarily in information-technology-related industries, coordinating the...
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