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According to a few different bloggers as well as a few of the Microsoft blogs, the name of Microsoft’s next major release of its Operating System for personal computers is not just any arbitrary name. Quite the contrary. The […]

Technical Writing is one among many careers in the larger field of Technical Communications. It has been a long and interesting journey since writing my first college newspaper article for the Willamette Collegian in Salem, Oregon. I have met many people and learned from many accomplished professionals. Over the years, I have enjoyed likening the […]

Technical Writers often find themselves mediating between two departments: Business Development and Software Development. Surely, the Business Development Managers have a good idea about what the product should look like, because they have met with the client, and between the two of them, they have discussed all angles of the software product. So, they are […]

Today’s post is short like the previous post from this past weekend. The message, also, is short, but powerful: short stories are the best path to improve your overall reading comprehension and writing skills. Why do I say this? It is because most systems today can be broken down into smaller sub-systems. So, if you […]

When creating online help systems, it is important to include a glossary as well as the traditional table of contents and search sections. Why a glossary? Because sometimes people get tired of surfing the help explanation for something, and go right to the explicit definition of a term to find out what it means. It […]

Dear Reader:
Today I offer you a challenge. Yes, a true challenge!
Here is the question you must consider:
What assumption must you, as a writer, NEVER make as your compose your article, paper or blog?
Please answer this question by using the Contact Form of this blog.
If you get the answer correct, I will send you a […]

Technical Writers usually count around five applications as their “faves”, or favorites. These applications all play a unique role in the creation of documentation and write-ups of all kinds. Here are my faves, and why I love each one of them:
One. Microsoft Word 2007. Some people have had a tough time adjusting to the new […]

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 […]

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 […]