Brand authenticity and the role of the Technical Author

The current edition of Autocar (14/12/11) contains an interview with David Woodhouse, head of Ford’s London Strategy Concept Group, a semi-secret team that looks at emerging consumer trends. From the article: Woodhouse said “One of the rising trends is the search for authenticity. How does it (the product) tell you what it is?” Woodhouse points… Read more »

What other technologies do Technical Authors and developers use from 1997?

Did you know the compiled Microsoft HTML Help format was launched back in 1997? In 1997, you’d be using Windows 98 and Internet Explorer 4. Microsoft was buying a $150 million share of a financially troubled Apple Computer, and the first colour photograph appeared on the front page of the New York Times. Almost 15… Read more »

Coming to America

Ellis Pratt will be speaking at the STC Summit, 20-23 May 2012, which is being held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Rosemont, Chicago, IL. If you’re going to the conference, then we look forward to meeting you.

Testpartners are looking for expert software testers (permanent or contract)

Our friends, Testpartners Ltd are looking for exceptional applicants for a couple of test positions. Suitable applicants are likely to have degree-level education, supervisory or managerial experience and at least 5 years experience of exploratory and automated testing of web-based applications. The work will be done in their office in Central London. The job description is at http://www.testpartners.co.uk/exploratory_tester_2.htm