Welcome! This site is owned and edited by Dr. Ugur Akinci, Fortune 500 Senior Technical Communicator and Information Designer.
Contact
writer111-at-gmail-dot-com
Short Bio
Ugur is a graduate of University of Texas at Austin (BA) and Brown University (MA and PhD).
After graduate school, Ugur set up his own desk-top publishing business with one of the first Mac SE’s that ever hit the market.
Until 1994 he wrote, edited and published many newsletters, magazines and all kinds of print documentation.
During 1994 -1998 he covered the U.S. State Department and U.S. Congress as a reporter for a daily newspaper.
Since 1998 he has worked as a technical writer for Fortune 500 corporations like ADP, Honeywell, Fannie Mae and for his private clients.
Ugur shares his technical communication expertise with his readers through his free Tech Writing Tips ezine (http://www.learntechnicalwriting.com)
In his spare time, he loves to catch up with his magazine reading (New Yorker, WIRED, Economist, Harper’s, Vanity Fair, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, etc.), attend the concerts of Baltimore Symphony, watch movies, and (tries to) jog 5 to 10 miles a week.
Education
- Ph.D. and M.A., Brown University
- B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Membership
- Senior Member ~ Society for Technical Communication (STC)
- Member ~ Bethesda / Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce, Maryland
- Member ~ American Writers and Artists Institute (AWAI)
- Member ~ Road Runners Club of America
Awards
- Bravo Award for Technical Writing Excellence, Honeywell Access Systems, 2010
- Merit Award, Technical Publications Competition, STC, 2002-2003
- Merit Award, Technical Publications Competition, STC, 2001-2002
Other
- Juror, Technical Communication Competition, STC, Wash-DC Chapter, 2010-2011
- Lead Juror, Technical Communication Competition, STC, Wash-DC Chapter, 2008-2009
- Lead Juror, Technical Communication Competition, STC, Wash-DC Chapter, 2005-2006
- Juror, Online Communication Competition, STC, Wash-DC Chapter, 2002-2003
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This Technical Communication Center is quite effecive and informative for all the budding Techncial Writers. I will be happy, if i get a chance to be a part of this community.
Thanks,
Suvendu
Looking for a local ghost writer for non-fiction, (Austin,Tx) – would appreciate any contacts or suggestions. thank you!