This grabbed me yesterday. The info I want to discuss is longer than a tweet, shorter than a regular blog post, but I just have to get this out until I can start testing it. So – here’s an interim thought. Just can’t drop everything to think about this at the moment. If nothing else, be [...]
(1-Yr Archive) The Future: Doc Management
May 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Yes, everything has changed. These posts relate more to documentation planning and management, and ways to keep up with changes.
Changes
These posts cover my thoughts on managing the new methods and changes.
Let’s Reinvent Technical Writing
A New Doc Strategy
The Changing Role of Writers and Editors
Methods
Keep up. Keep up. Keep up. The world is spinning faster. Will it [...]
(1-Yr Archive) New Writing Methodologies
May 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Tech writing is changing, has changed, and the old ways won’t work any longer. Many of my posts over the past year address those considerations. Here they are.
Writing Styles
Smaller screens. Smaller devices. Smaller word counts, don’t you think?
Think Mobile When You Write
Cut, Cut, Cut Your Content and Procedures
Video and Touchscreens
Well, keyboards and Flash are perhaps [...]
(1-Yr Archive) Writing Procedures in Twitter
May 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I ran a series of posts about the effect that real-time is having on documentation. Real-time is, of course, changing everything, and impacts documentation as well. As part of research, I tested some procedures in Twitter to see what would happen. The emphasis was on dealing with a “crisis” situation – one in which immediate [...]
(1-Yr Archive) Fav Post: Might We Become Walking Computers?
May 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’m going to be going through my archives from my first year (see other post) and present some again.
This archive post is a definite peek at the future. I had been reading about cool technologies either in place or in development. The post ties it all together, envisioning a time where we wear different components [...]
My Blog’s One-Year Anniversary: A Retrospective & Lessons Learned
May 11, 2010 By 6 Comments
My blog is a year old. Yea! At this important milestone, it seems appropriate to take a moment and look back over this past year. I’ve learned quite a bit, have enjoyed it immensely, and am looking forward to implementing my plans for the future.
I’ll give a quick background, a development timeline, highlights, negatives, and [...]
Think Outside the Computer: Touchscreens, HTML5, & Flash
May 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Touchscreens are here to stay. Computers as we know them are gone already. Really. It’s time to fast-track the planning for delivering docs and content to these types of devices.
Forget a laptop or netbook. I have a computer I can fit in a pocket. That would be my iPhone. I look at it as a [...]
7 Basic Privacy Settings to Check in Facebook
April 22, 2010 By 2 Comments
What’s nice about Facebook is that it provides a way to easily and quickly stay in touch with friends and family in ways we never could have imagined. I can see how easy it is to share information, and to share much more than you might have otherwise. It’s becoming the rule of the day, of [...]
Take a Tulip Break
April 12, 2010 By 1 Comment
This past weekend, we ventured north of Seattle to Mt. Vernon, WA to see the tulips. It’s a rite of Spring. There are fields and fields and fields of tulips. Carpets of color. It’s truly an amazing sight. I thought I’d share some of the pictures with you, as not everyone can drop by.
There were, [...]