Last night, we watched Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview on Netflix. It’s a lengthly (70 minute) interview from 1995, in which Steve Jobs discussed his recipe for a successful business. The interview was made 19 years ago when Steve Jobs was still running NeXT Computers, and just six months before he rejoined Apple. Here are some… Read more »
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Writing documentation for the games industry
Last week, I visited Gamescom in Cologne. Gamescom is the largest exhibition and trade fair for computer games in Europe, with over 335,000 people attending this five day event. We visited for social rather than business purposes, but it led me to reflect on the work we and others have done in writing documentation for the games industry.
Taking notes
One of the requirements of being a Technical Author is capturing information provided by others. This means you’re often taking notes, scribbling madly into a notebook as the other person speaks. So can technology help? Recently, we’ve been looking at some of the technology that might be able to help with taking notes.
Location of Technical Authors – new data added to the map
The Institute of Technical Communicators has kindly provided us with additional data for our Location of Technical Authors map. They’ve supplied us with an anonymised list of the location of ISTC members. These are indicated by the peach coloured pins on the map. It confirms the locations where there are shortages of Technical Authors, with the exception… Read more »
Is it ok for technical communicators to experiment on users?
BBC News is reporting the OKCupid Website has revealed that it experimented on its users. It decided to reveal the tests after the discovery that Facebook had been manipulating the feeds of its users. It’s possible for anyone to run experiments on web pages, including technical communicators. You can display one page for 50% of your audience… Read more »