Since I wrote the post on Technical communication as a brand, we’ve been working on an idea we had for promoting the profession. The end result is another story, another free graphic novel you can download, called The CEO and the technical communicator. It’s published under a Creative Commons licence, so anyone can forward it on, as long as they… Read more »
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How we record videos for our online training courses
We’re just starting to record the video inserts for a new online training course we’re developing. As I’ll presenting at the TCUK 2014 conference on on this topic, I thought I’d take a few photos in case they come in handy during my TCUK presentation. We record the presenter actually presenting the slides, as this results in a more… Read more »
The “Word Crimes” song – does grammar matter?
“Wierd Weird Al” Yankovic’s song about English grammar is actually quite good, and it will appeal to many Technical Authors. It’s important that someone’s message is communicated clearly, and grammar can help achieve that goal. However, the English language is always evolving. Rules change over time, and people should never be too pedantic. What do you think?
Ted Nelson on the future of text
Mike Atherton, Lead Instructor at General Assembly London, tweeted a link to a 2011interview with Ted Nelson on the future of text, document abstraction and transclusion. Ted Nelson is one of the pioneers of information technology. He has been credited as being the first person to use the words hypertext and hypermedia (although he denies this), transclusion and… Read more »
Email and Website – now fixed
The Cherryleaf website and our email system were down this morning (14 July 14), due to an ICANN/DNS renewal issue. Apologies if you sent us an email and it bounced back.