I love this visualization toy, Woordle at http://wordle.net/, and as it turns out, I use the word “love” quite a bit. That and “really.” Who knew? 🙂 It’s quite fun to make a Wordle because of the animation you see while the word “cloud” is added to, so I highly recommend trying it for yourself. […]
BookSprint for Floss Manuals writing for the XO and Sugar
I’ve been busy lately working on plans for a Floss Manuals BookSprint. A BookSprint is a week-long concentrated effort of technical writers getting together to create a manual for free, libre open source software products. BookSprints are like a workshop where writers come together to learn how to write good user documentation. BookSprints are also […]
Examples of content providers blogging for customers
Sarah O’Keefe wrote up a nice summary of the WritersUA Pundits Panel, and Bogo Vatovec (of Bovacon)Â made a statement something like this: Introverted technical writers will not be writing help any more and will be replaced with experts moderating support forums. … Technical writers can no longer afford to hide in their cubes, they […]