Posted in Tech Writing on Jul 3rd, 2007 2 Comments »
Have you ever downloaded a piece of shareware or freeware (perhaps for ripping DVDs or converting .mp3 files to .oggs)? Once you got it installed, were you able to use it?
The makers of this software, generous souls that they are, clearly assume that I have a degree in multimedia or have in-depth knowledge of DVD […]
Posted in Writing, Tech Writing on May 21st, 2007 3 Comments »
Whew. I’m not as young as I used to be…
I got back last Thursday from the Society for Technical Communication annual conference and finally feel relatively normal. I went early to attend the Master Writers 2-day course held over the weekend, and then spent 3 long days going to various workshops and sessions. The Master […]
Posted in Tech Writing on Mar 27th, 2007 2 Comments »
Saw this on another site and just had to borrow it:
Communication with an engineer is only slightly more difficult than communication with the dead. –Lorren ‘Rus’ Stiles, Sr.
Hilarious! (My apologies to the engineers out there. But I have to say that my first experience with an engineer was when she handed me a lovely 4-page […]
Posted in Tech Writing on Mar 26th, 2007 Comments Off
I just added a WebHelp-specific tip to the ole blog. It took me a while to sort out what went where, even with the helpful documentation provided by demi-god Peter Grainge.
So I wrote up my own instructions for calling WebHelp from a launch page. Tech writers, enjoy.