The purpose of my blog is to provide tech writers with information about changes and how said changes may impact documentation. That is also the purpose of my Twitter feed. I gather up as much information as I can and pass it on.
I’ve found some excellent feeds to follow related to the various topics of which tech writers need to be aware. Oftentimes, I include these in a #followfriday tweet. I’ve decided to list them here as well. Take a look. I’m sure you’ll find some feeds that are follow-worthy. They will save you hours and hours of time and provide interesting reads. The links I’m including contain all or mainly business-related tweets; I’d like to save time for followers. Here are my recommended Twitter feeds that I’d list in a #followfriday tweet. Be sure and check the comments as well for other links to review.
Note: For information about why to follow the topics listed, see my companion article: Must-Follow Trends for Tech Writers.
Tech Writing
http://twitter.com/scottabel
http://twitter.com/tclibrary
http://twitter.com/tomjohnson
http://twitter.com/stc_org
http://twitter.com/juliov27612
http://twitter.com/ivanwalsh
My feed – follow me!
http://twitter.com/2moroDocs
Agile Programming
http://twitter.com/agiledeveloper
http://twitter.com/theagilenews
Cloud Computing
http://twitter.com/cloud_dennis
http://twitter.com/cloudforum
http://twitter.com/cloudbook
http://twitter.com/MariaSpinola
http://twitter.com/dexin
HTML 5
http://twitter.com/css3gallery
http://twitter.com/html5doctor
http://twitter.com/html5gallery
WordPress
http://twitter.com/wordpress
http://twitter.com/iheartwordpress
http://twitter.com/lorelleonwp
http://twitter.com/wphelpblog
Social Media
http://twitter.com/mashable
http://twitter.com/socialmedia2day
http://twitter.com/pamdyer
eLearning and Mobile
http://twitter.com/kwork
Accessibility
http://twitter.com/w3c_wai
http://twitter.com/tbabinszki
http://twitter.com/AccessibleTwitr
http://twitter.com/stcaccess
General Tech News
http://twitter.com/GuyKawasaki
http://twitter.com/TechCrunch
Search
http://twitter.com/sengineland
Websites
http://twitter.com/webfadds
http://twitter.com/designfollow
If you come across any yourself or can recommend others, please include them in a comment here. Thanks to Cynthia Lockley, Karen Mardahl, Sheila Loring, and Ivan Walsh for their comments and suggestions.
More sites to include:
Accessibility
http://twitter.com/stcaccess
Technical Communication
http://twitter.com/stc_org
http://twitter.com/stcwdc
Thanks for putting together this list.
Suggestions for additions.
http://twitter.com/html5doctor in the HTML5 category. Some real movers and shakers are behind this Twitter account and its site: http://html5doctor.com/
http://twitter.com/stcaccess in the Accessibility category. This is the account for the AccessAbility SIG in STC, which covers accessibility (and usability) as it relates to technical communicators and technical communication. (Disclaimer: I am the co-manager of this SIG.)
http://twitter.com/stc_te_sig in the Tech Writing category. This is the account for the Technical Editing SIG in STC, and they provide an excellent stream of useful writing and editing advice and articles.
For tech writers, I would add the following, though there are many other tech writer tweeters:
http://twitter.com/juliov27612
http://twitter.com/tomjohnson
http://twitter.com/CharJTF
http://twitter.com/annegentle
http://twitter.com/arh
http://twitter.com/sarahokeefe
Hello,
We cover tech writing over on http://technicalwriter.ivanwalsh.com/ and also have a twitter stream at http://twitter.com/ivanwalsh.
We may also be one of the few tw sites in China, so chinese tech writers are most than welcome to pitch in.
Mostly we focus on career development for tech writers and also in-depth specials on tech writing tools, like Framemaker.
Regards,
Ivan Walsh
Technical Writer,
Beijing, China
Thanks for this list:
you can also add:
http://twitter.com/d0cster
and its website:
http://docster.info
BR,
Cho.