I’d Rather Be Writing – Tom Johnson

Reinventing Yourself Through Your Blog

Sunday, November 1st, 2009 Posted in Blogging | 8 Comments »

The other week, while I was at the WebWorks Roundup conference in Texas, where I was one of the featured industry speakers, I was sitting next to Anne Gentle during ... Read more..

Seven Deadly Sins of Blogging: #1 Being Fake

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 Posted in Blogging | 13 Comments »

I've decided to write a series of posts about what I consider to be the Seven Deadly Sins of Blogging (because sins always seem more interesting than virtues). Basically, I'm ... Read more..

Richard Hamilton’s XML Press Imprint

Monday, May 25th, 2009 Posted in Podcasts | No Comments »

[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/xmlpress.mp3] Download MP3 Length: 9 min. In this podcast, I talk with Richard Hamilton about his new publishing imprint, XML Press. Richard started XML Press to serve the needs of technical communicators, publishing ... Read more..

James Bond: The History of the Illustrated 007 (Podcast with Alan Porter)

Monday, May 11th, 2009 Posted in Podcasts | 3 Comments »

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240" caption="James Bond: The History of the Illustrated 007"][/caption] [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/porteronbond.mp3] Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Length: 7 min. James Bond: The History of the Illustrated 007 ... Read more..

STC Summit Atlanta Adventures: The Agony and Ecstasy of Presenting

Friday, May 8th, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing | 16 Comments »

[caption id="attachment_3501" align="alignright" width="202" caption="STC Summit in Atlanta"][/caption] This week I returned from the annual STC Summit in Atlanta. Every year is always a series of adventures at these conferences. I'd ... Read more..

Generations Change, But Help Formats Remain the Same?

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 11 Comments »

Today should have been a day of great excitement, almost like a coronation. Having struggled with a 175 page user manual for several months, I finally finished a first draft. ... Read more..

Corporate Migration to the Blogosphere

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Blogging | 3 Comments »

[caption id="attachment_1878" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Looking into the future"][/caption] A few months ago, I started to write a post about the cultural shift blogging would create in the near and long-term future. ... Read more..

Post Doc-Train Thoughts While Sitting in the Vancouver Airport

Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 15 Comments »

Doc Train has ended, and I'm sitting at the Vancouver airport waiting for my airplane. Lots of thoughts are coming to my head, in no particular order. I interviewed about 12 ... Read more..