Comments on: How to Create a Site Where Users Can Actually Find Information — Interview with Thom Haller http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/01/23/how-to-create-a-site-where-users-can-actually-find-information-thom-haller/ Technical Communication Blog / Technical Writing Blog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:43:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: name http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/01/23/how-to-create-a-site-where-users-can-actually-find-information-thom-haller/comment-page-1/#comment-133998 name Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:56:06 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/01/23/how-to-create-a-site-where-users-can-actually-find-information-thom-haller/#comment-133998 Hi!, Hi!,

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]]> By: kyberboy08 » How to Create a Site Where Users Can Actually Find Information — Interview with Thom Haller http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/01/23/how-to-create-a-site-where-users-can-actually-find-information-thom-haller/comment-page-1/#comment-79350 kyberboy08 » How to Create a Site Where Users Can Actually Find Information — Interview with Thom Haller Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:09:18 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/01/23/how-to-create-a-site-where-users-can-actually-find-information-thom-haller/#comment-79350 [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptHow to Create a Site Where Users Can Actually Find Information — Interview with Thom Haller January 23rd, 2007 Tom Posted in podcasts [...] [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptHow to Create a Site Where Users Can Actually Find Information — Interview with Thom Haller January 23rd, 2007 Tom Posted in podcasts [...]

]]> By: I’d Rather Be Writing » The Curse of Knowledge — The More You Know, the Worse Communicator You Become http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/01/23/how-to-create-a-site-where-users-can-actually-find-information-thom-haller/comment-page-1/#comment-79223 I’d Rather Be Writing » The Curse of Knowledge — The More You Know, the Worse Communicator You Become Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:21:51 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/01/23/how-to-create-a-site-where-users-can-actually-find-information-thom-haller/#comment-79223 [...] This book is so relevant to technical writers. In my recent interview with Thom Haller, he mentioned how familiarity is one of the main things that gets in the way of clarity. This is a total paradox, though. The more you know an application, the better poised you are to write a good help file. But the more you know an application, the more familiar you are with it, and so you are less likely to write a good help file. [...] [...] This book is so relevant to technical writers. In my recent interview with Thom Haller, he mentioned how familiarity is one of the main things that gets in the way of clarity. This is a total paradox, though. The more you know an application, the better poised you are to write a good help file. But the more you know an application, the more familiar you are with it, and so you are less likely to write a good help file. [...]

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]]> By: I’d Rather Be Writing » Latest Podcast Is Posted on Tech Writer Voices http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/01/23/how-to-create-a-site-where-users-can-actually-find-information-thom-haller/comment-page-1/#comment-79221 I’d Rather Be Writing » Latest Podcast Is Posted on Tech Writer Voices Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:00:51 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/01/23/how-to-create-a-site-where-users-can-actually-find-information-thom-haller/#comment-79221 [...] I just posted a podcast with Thom Haller on Tech Writer Voices. It’s an interesting podcast, with the central focus on organizing your site’s information around tasks the users want to perform. We write help documentation the same way of course, but I hadn’t really thought of applying the same principles to a website’s information. [...] [...] I just posted a podcast with Thom Haller on Tech Writer Voices. It’s an interesting podcast, with the central focus on organizing your site’s information around tasks the users want to perform. We write help documentation the same way of course, but I hadn’t really thought of applying the same principles to a website’s information. [...]

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