I’d Rather Be Writing - Tom Johnson

FLOSSmanuals.net: A New Wiki Help Authoring/Publishing Tool Hybrid

Friday, September 5th, 2008 Posted in Wikis | 5 Comments »

Flossmanuals.net is a new wiki help authoring/publishing tool hybrid that, as far as I know, is completely unique. The site is more than a wiki. It allows groups of authors ... Read more..

Post Doc-Train Thoughts While Sitting in the Vancouver Airport

Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 14 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..

Are You One of the 824 Technical Communicators on Ning Yet?

Saturday, March 15th, 2008 Posted in Blogging, Podcasting, Technical Writing, social networks | 2 Comments »

Ning ("peace" in Chinese) is a social network application that allows groups to communicate and connect with each other in seamless, convenient ways. Scott Abel just recently started a new ... Read more..

A Web 2.0 Documentation Idea Gone Wrong

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing, Web 2.0 | 7 Comments »

Many of us want to integrate innovative Web 2.0 practices into our online help. But if we create blogs, wikis, or other interactive features outside the help file, users ... Read more..

The Art of Interviewing — 10 Tips for Perfecting the Most Important Element of Podcasting

Friday, January 25th, 2008 Posted in Podcasting | 13 Comments »

Interviewing experts is one of the easiest and most practical ways to generate material for your podcast. Although many people think the difficult part of podcasting is the audio setup ... Read more..