Archive for July 2009
INDIA: Technical Writing as a Career Option
Technical Writing also known as Technical Communication is all about communicating an idea to readers in an easily understandable way. A technical writer’s job is to gather information about a product from various sources, comprehend the technology, and put it in simple and easy-to-understand language. According to a Nasscom-McKinsey report of 1999, India needs to…
Read More4 Layers of "Learning Pyramid" For a Junior Technical Communicator
© 2009-2011 Ugur Aknci Once you take an interest in technical communication and documentation you’ll quickly discover that’s it’s an “endless country,” really. There is so much to learn and track since both the market and the technology changes constantly. But this does not mean that you can learn things randomly and become a successful…
Read MoreXML Authoring is Here to Stay in Technical Writing
by Nabil Freij Guest Author Global Vision If you’ve been following the Technical Communications industry, you may have noticed the obvious migration that is happening towards XML (Extensible Markup Language) processes, tools and formats. Based on a recent survey implemented by scriptorium (scriptorium.com), only 16.2% of 328 respondents indicated that they do not plan to…
Read MoreDocumentation for Consumer Products
Do you read the documentation for consumer products at all? Confession time: I don’t read enough of the documentation for the things that I buy. I used to think it was a combination of arrogance and hubris. That I could figure out how to use just about anything by playing with it. That was true,…
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