A few days ago, I noticed Google’s advertisement for its freeware program called Picasa, a really cool explorer program for all of your graphic files on your computer. So, I took the plunge and downloaded the program. Well, it is truly amazing. As you start the program (after having first downloaded it and installed it) [...]

It is not uncommon for Technical Writers to be asked to help a company’s marketing department. Why is this? Well, for starters, Technical Writers often command a very strong knowledge of a company’s product or product base.
In the case of a software development company, the Technical Writer is the individual who has composed the [...]

My mom gave me two extremely valuable gifts when I was a young boy. The first gift was an extracurricular class called “Great Books” that she led when I was in middle-school. “Great Books” was essentially a group of middle-school students (around twenty or so) led by this extracurricular group leader, then my mom, who [...]

Since graduating from college in 1988, I have had the good fortune of working at many different companies. I have experienced mega-corporations where each department was at least two-hundred people. I have also experienced tiny corporations where there were no more than thirty people in the organization. All work experiences contributed positively toward my growth, [...]