One of our candidates starts working today – as a technical author at a software company in the Midlands. It’s her first job in, hopefully, a long career as a technical author. She’s had some technical writing experience from the sandwich year on her course, but this is her first permanent writing position. It’s the… Read more »
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Technical Documentation: How it really gets written
This reputedly originates from Damien Katz of The CouchDB Project: “Welcome to the world of technical documentation! The situation you are in is no different from any other technical author. The technical writing process: 1. Ask engineer how the damn thing works. 2. Deafing silence. 3. Crickets. 4. Tumbleweed. 5. Just start writing something. Anything…. Read more »
David Pogue lists the technical terms he hates
Tech Terms to Avoid.
e-learning courses on tax and for financial advisors
Should you need to develop e-learning courses on taxation,insurance, banking or finance related issues, we now have new candidates on our books with those skills. They have developed courses for financial advisors and for banking call centre staff. Some have legal and tax qualifications.
Banking 2.0 – Could a technical author prevent a future banking crisis?
In the United Kingdom, the banking sector has been changed fundamentally today, with HM Government taking shareholdings in two major banks. This change has already been called “Banking 2.0”, and it’s clear that the government support and part-ownership ushers in a new approach to finance and risk. In order to prevent future banking crises, there… Read more »