by Val Swisher | Dec 7, 2011
In this article, written by Alan Pringle from Scriptorium, he discusses the profligation of the term “like” all over the internet. Every where we turn, we see “like” buttons. We can +1 or click “like” to show our pleasure at just...
by Val Swisher | Dec 1, 2011
Ugur Akinci is one of my favorite bloggers. He is the owner of the Technical Communication Center and an experienced writer. Ugur’s posts are usually insightful and well-balanced. In this post, Ugur discusses three publishing platforms for eBooks: Kindle,...
by Val Swisher | Nov 21, 2011
This is a fabulous post and discussion by Tom Johnson and Mark Baker about the use of wikis. I’d almost call it “the good, the bad, and the ugly” of wiki usage. To paraphrase Tom’s paraphrase of Mark…: “[Wikis] eliminate the distinction...
by Val Swisher | Nov 20, 2011
Ugur Akinci is, by far, one of the best bloggers on the topic of technical writing. I have personally learned so much from him. In this post, Ugur examines the current state of affairs vis-a-vis the economics of being a technical writer. What he uncovers does not...
by Val Swisher | Nov 16, 2011
Thanks to all of you who commented on my recent blog post, What’s Become of Adobe Framemaker? There are many ways to slice the content creation onion (or is that peel the onion?) and many of you are using a variety of tools to solve customer problems. One of the...
by Val Swisher | Nov 15, 2011
In this article, Tom Johnson, a writer for the LDS Church in Utah, outlines the pros and cons of wiki-based, community-created documentation. In this blog post on idratherbewriting.com, Tom discusses the issues he has faced with having way too much to do, and some of...
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