Two years ago, we wrote a number of posts, and an Adobe-sponsored whitepaper, on Agile and its effects on technical communication. This topic was picked by others, including Sarah O’Keefe and Mattias Sander, who made further suggestions. We thought it was time to revisit this topic, and expand on some of the issues raised. In Part… Read more »
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Being Agile in technical documentation – Part one
Two years ago, we wrote a number of posts, and an Adobe-sponsored whitepaper, on Agile and its effects on technical communication. This topic was picked by others, including Sarah O’Keefe and Mattias Sander, who made further suggestions. We thought it was time to revisit this topic, and expand on some of the issues raised. This is… Read more »
What can LinkedIn tell us about the number of Technical Authors in the UK?
As there are no official statistics recording the number of people employed as Technical Authors in the UK, we have to make some educated guesses to get a sense of the size. Searching LinkedIn might provides some useful information. In LinkedIn’s advanced search page, if we search the job title field for Technical Author, LinkedIn states… Read more »
Update on training course bookings and places
Happy New Year! A quick update on the availability of places on our upcoming courses: We’ve just three places left on our advanced technical writing classroom course on the 28th January. We have free places on our advanced technical writing live Web course, for delegates based outside the UK, which will be held on the… Read more »
How-to books prove popular this Christmas
Although it is said “no-one reads the manual”, a look at Amazon’s list of best selling books shows that how-to books are very popular. It’s a mixture of parody Ladybird “How it works” guides, recipe books, plus this year’s surprise hit, Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way. We hope you all have an… Read more »