One of the most successful software companies in Cambridge is looking to recruit a Technical Author to join its team. The company has grown rapidly over recent years, based on a philosophy of hiring great people, providing an enjoyable working culture and environment, and building great products. For more information, see #4137 Technical Author, Cambridge,… Read more »
Category: Technical Author
Lessons from Undercover Boss: dealing with staff suggestions in an effective way
The latest TV series of Undercover Boss has just finished in the UK, with Peter Harvey, CEO of slot machine company Quicksilver, featuring in the last episode. One of the issues Peter uncovered was that staff were becoming demotivated because their ideas and suggestions on ways to improve the business were knocked back by senior… Read more »
Interest in DITA over time – Data from Google Trends
Here is some data from Google Trends, showing the number of searches in Google for DITA. These are searches within Computers and Electronics, as a way of excluding searches for Dita Von Teese from the data.
Are page layout online documents evil?
Editor’s Note: This post has been written by Dr. Tony Self of HyperWrite. Tony will delivering DITA training during October at Cherryleaf’s training centre in London. UX Magazine recently published an article called How Deceptive Is Your Persuasive Design, by Chris Nodder. The article hasn’t got a lot to do with UX (user experience) design, although Nodder’s book, Evil… Read more »
Writers shouldn’t code… or should they?
Editor’s Note: This post has been written by Dr. Tony Self of HyperWrite. Tony will delivering DITA training during October at Cherryleaf’s training centre in London. In the field of technical communication, an argument crops up from time to time saying that technical communicators shouldn’t have to know anything about XML, because writing is writing,… Read more »