Is There an Enhanced eBook in Your Future?

A lot of people are talking about eBooks these days. And while a lot of the conversation seems to hover around a handful of examples, it’s great to hear that people are discussing eBook functionality and how it can and should vary. Regular eBook A regular eBook...

Meeting the New Demands of Content Creation

I’ve been told that I think too much like a writer. Well, I suppose that’s true – after all, I’ve been writing all my life and professionally for more years than you will get me to admit. This post is in the “I’m thinking like a...

Random Notes from STC12 in Chicago

Wow, it is amazing how tired you can get after two days of…well…just sitting around and listening to other people talk. I mean, I spoke for one hour this morning, but man I am beat. Okay enough complaining. Before I leave windy Chicago, I wanted to take a...

Oh for WYSIWYG: My Dream Authoring Tool

One of the persistent problems in the world of adaptive content is our inability to see how our content will be rendered on different types of devices until the conversion to each device type is complete. For example, if I create content that is destined for the web,...

How to Find Good Programmer Writers

This post was written by Andrew Davis, Manager of Talent for Content Rules. As a former tech writer who recruits truly technical tech writers in Silicon Valley, I sympathize with the predicament of anyone needing to hire tech writers with software development...