Series 3 of Sherlock has just started on BBC One in the UK. As nearly everyone knows, Sherlock Holmes is a genius consulting detective. Yet, as the saying goes, every Sherlock Holmes needs his Watson (or, in the first episode of this series, needs his Molly). Sherlock Holmes is only a part of a pair,… Read more »
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Technical Author salary trends in 2013/14
Here is a summary of salary trends and demand levels for Technical Authors, derived from the ITJobsWatch website. Demand for Technical Authors has risen The demand has risen from 1 in every 1,000 IT advertised jobs being for a Technical Author in January 2013 to 2 in every 1,000 jobs at the end of the… Read more »
Documents Made to Measure
Content and documents written for users should be like a good fitting shirt – comfortable enough to enable the wearer to function in the most effective way possible. Basic shirts are offered in only small, medium, large and extra large options. The collars can be too tight, the sleeves too long, and the body rarely… Read more »
What would a Technical Author ask from Santa?
Saint Nicholas’s day has passed, which means Christmas is getting close. So what would a Technical Author ask from Santa Claus? One thing we could request is the ability to embed one Google document inside another. That would mean that Google Docs could support some basic content reuse. Another would be to request Madcap Flare’s… Read more »
New training courses are on their way
We’ve been busy bees recently, working on some new elearning courses that we plan to be introducing soon. Shortly, we’ll be offering an online course on DITA Fundamentals, and another on Content Strategy. Both courses have been written and are at the User Acceptance and Testing stage. Of these two, you’re likely to see the… Read more »