The closing keynote presentation of TCUK 2010, made by J Haynes, Chairman of the Haynes Publishing Group, contained advice useful not only to those creating manuals but also to any organisation looking to communicate information to others. John went through the 50 year history of Haynes, publishers of the Haynes manuals, and explained the reason for the company’s… Read more »
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Motivating Technical Authors for peak performance
Daniel Pink’s lecture for the Royal Society for the Arts, describes some surprising truths about what motivates people like Technical Authors.
Video on the future of publishing
Penguin has released a very clever presentation on the future of publishing. Make sure you watch it all, as it shows the future can be viewed both positively and negatively. It is based on an Argentinian political advertisement called “The truth”.
Is search dying? Your manual within 140 characters?
Internet Psychologist Graham Jones wrote an article last week, in which he stated, search is dying, and is being replaced by sharing information socially. “So worried is Microsoft about Google that they haven’t realised that Google is not their real competition any more. It is the likes of Twitter and Ecademy…Google already knows this. Much… Read more »