Two years ago, we wrote a number of posts, and an Adobe-sponsored whitepaper, on Agile and its effects on technical communication. This topic was picked by others, including Sarah O’Keefe and Mattias Sander, who made further suggestions. We thought it was time to revisit this topic, and expand on some of the issues raised. In Part… Read more »
Category: Technical Communication
Being Agile in technical documentation – Part one
Two years ago, we wrote a number of posts, and an Adobe-sponsored whitepaper, on Agile and its effects on technical communication. This topic was picked by others, including Sarah O’Keefe and Mattias Sander, who made further suggestions. We thought it was time to revisit this topic, and expand on some of the issues raised. This is… Read more »
Explaining complicated stuff using simple words
Randall Munroe’s latest book Thing Explainer will be released tomorrow. In the book, Munroe uses line drawings and only the thousand most common words to provide simple explanations for complicated objects. It’s good practice to use words that are commonly understood. In some industries, Technical Authors have to write using only a limited list of approved words (a “controlled… Read more »
Dates for our next advanced technical writing & new trends course
Here are the dates for our next advanced technical writing & new trends course: The next public classroom course will be held on 28th January 2016, at our training centre in central London (SW7). A live Web course, for delegates based outside the UK, will be held on 6 & 7 January 2016 (2 x 3… Read more »
Five predictions for technical communication in 2016 and beyond
It’s not quite 2016 yet, but here are our five predictions for technical communication in 2016 and beyond. Please note: You’ll find last year’s predictions here – Five predictions for technical communication in 2015 and beyond. We hope to explore these and other topics in more depth by hosting a number of webinars during 2016. We… Read more »