As a graduate student in scientific and technical communication, I was fortunate to have been introduced to many texts for learning technical writing at Miami University in Ohio. I have kept those books, keeping them on my bookshelf wherever I work, and have added to that bookshelf ever since. Perhaps this list could be considered […]
April 16 Central Texas DITA User Group meeting
From http://dita.xml.org/book/central-texas-dita-user-group Using DITA Content for Learning Content Development John Hunt, of IBM, will give a presentation regarding the use of DITA for learning content. He’s been working on a new Learning and Training Content specialization that will be part of OASIS DITA 1.2 release. If you’d like to do a little pre-work, check out […]
How to be an Agile Technical Writer with a cool acronym like XTW
One reason why I like the show Dirty Jobs so much is because Mike Rowe, the host, is so respectful and honest about the work that people do each day. Dirty Jobs offers such a great viewpoint on work that is done each and every day. I recently discovered that Sarah Maddox, a technical writer […]