Not many of us started off here. Although it seems that the field has been growing steadily for twenty years, there haven’t historically been a lot of technical writing programs, and thus most ...

Presenting part 2 of Geoff Hart’s The Computer Graveyard for Tech Writer Halloween Horror Stories Week. This week’s Halloween stories are celebrating Halloween and the terrifying things that happen to ...

Single sourcing was one of the earliest motivations for structured writing. However, the term single sourcing gets used to mean different things, all of which involve a single source in one way or ...

Most technical communicators have worked for employers that mistook activity for productivity and have tried to teach our bosses the difference between churning out words and crafting useful ...

In this information age and with the advent of DITA’s topic-based writing practices, it’s not uncommon for companies to get completely overloaded by their own technical content: thousands or millions ...

Editors Note: This eLearning Standards and Style Guide Template is one in a series of templates to help readers plan and manage communications and content management activities, resources and ...

Editor’s Note: The following piece, by M. Katherine Brown, is part of our collection of “classics”–articles that stand the test of time no matter how many technologies come and go. Mention team ...

In Implementing Onscreen Editing (Hart 2019; ), I describe how to implement or revise a writing and revision process across an organization. The book is based on my personal experience with two ...

The technical communications industry has been anticipating and asking for authoring and publishing tools that follow the Software as a Service (SaaS) model. In December, Author-it Software launched ...

But what about Builtin.com? What’s that? You haven’t heard of Built In? It’s the newest online job-search engine, focused on tech jobs, so I’m not surprised you know little or nothing about it. If you ...

People who are familiar with the various documentation and content management systems understand that while there are many options and features, not all of them are created equal, much less tailored ...

Editor’s Note: The following piece by David Stewart is part of our collection of “classics”–articles that stand the test of time no matter how many technologies come and go. Imagine the perfect ...