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 […]
STC Intercom – themes and advice wanted
I’m quite flattered and humbled (and more than a little bit intimidated) to serve as leader on the STC Intercom advisory panel for this coming editorial year. We’re five people from different backgrounds and perspectives, tasked with preparing 10 themes for issues by August 2008. We’ve got academia, consulting, work-aday, future thinkers, and the only […]
STC2008 – Engaging diverse audiences with screencasts, wikis, and blogs
Two Sun microsystems writers from southern Cal Gail Chappell gail.chappell@sun.com Cindy Church cindy.church@sun.com “Change is inevitable – except from a vending machine.” Robert C. Gallagher (author) Audience – college age developers, industry-savvy developers working in the workforce coding enterprise apps Documented NetBeans Ruby – tool for creating Ruby language programs, part of Netbeans integrated dev […]