Dear Readers & Blog Subscribers:
Today’s post is going to be really short and to-the-point. If you are a blogger or writer, remember this one fact, and you will ALWAYS continue moving forward with your writings:
I am here to help others, unconditionally.
Simple enough? I hope so. So, while you are worrying about whether your post will [...]

The field of Information Technology continues to grow exponentially. I don’t care how much one can brag that he or she is “always in the know” because today, that simply cannot be. There is simply too much information to be taken in. There are too many things going on and nobody can say that they [...]

Dear Readers: In today’s virtual world and economy, whether you are a writer or not, you need to be able to work with large amounts of data and information. You need to devise a way to read, understand, and eventually “assimilate” this information so that it becomes part of you and that you can use [...]

For those of you who took the time to visit this blog and leave a comment about the post entitled “Ten Truly Great Freeware Programs”, I thank you for your time and candor. Yes, the link I gave for Ultimate Defrag was not the freeware version of the software, but if you wish still to [...]

We live in uncertain and definitely volatile times – to say the least. The financial markets and job markets are extremely unstable and now the U.S. Government has to step into the “free market” and offer a little bit of support to perhaps keep the international economies afloat. Things change in life, but I foresee [...]

For those of you ambitious enough to want to publish your writings online in a professional and high-quality fashion, and who are not big on coding HTML, then Adobe Robohelp is for you. For many years, this software has been the standard software used to create on-line help files and help-systems for companies of all [...]

My very first Technical Writing job was with a company called Rene Perez and Associates, then located in Coral Gables, Florida. Rene’s company was an IBM partner and also based on the AS-400 mid-range mainframe computer system. His software was designed to help manage and control airplane parts and airplane maintenance activities for airlines such [...]

As a Technical Writer currently taking on languages like Microsoft Visual C# and XML, I have noticed that there are skills essential to language mastery. Computer programming is dynamic today in ways unlike before, without a doubt. So, for those of you who are currently trying to expand your knowledge base with a new language [...]

According to a few different surveys on the Internet, the following companies are considered to be the most profitable and successful companies, thus far, in 2008 (world-wide):
One: Microsoft Corporation ($14 billion in net profits)
Two: IBM Corporation ($10 billion in net profits)
Three: Cisco Corporation ($7 billion in net profits)
Four: Hewlett Packard Corporation ($7 billion in net [...]

Becoming a professional writer, ultimately, is the final result of many years of endeavor. You cannot just take a class and *become* a professional writer, like you can take education classes and become a teacher. Writing is a dynamic endeavor that requires sometimes years of reflection and preparation. I remember reading the book “Code” by [...]