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) New Writing Methodologies
May 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Legal Requirements in the New Age
July 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
With the recent news this past week about a woman being sued $50K for a tweet she wrote and the resultant backlash on the company that was suing, it started me thinking about legal ramifications of using social media for business. I’m all for using social media as part of an overall tech doc strategy, [...]
The Changing Roles of Writers and Editors
July 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
As my friends and family know, I’ve been mesmerized of late by a box of old letters I had stashed in my closet. The letters were from long ago – the late 70s and early 80s – before computers were in use, and definitely before e-mail.
The letters are a joy to read, as they recall [...]
Wikipedia to Add Editable Video Functionality
June 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Game over. Print is on its way out. I just read an article about Wikipedia adding video functionality down the road that will enable people to edit videos.
I’ve been figuring that video is key, and that people would take some video already made, come up with their own version, and post it somewhere. I’ve seen [...]
In With the New: Video
October 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment
“Everything is on YouTube.”
So stated my son the other day, in response to a comment about looking to see if something might be there. I’d have to agree with him. Every time I look for something there, I’m surprised. The fact that younger kids think of YouTube as a primary source of information also gives [...]