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Monday, October 13th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 10 Comments »
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 12 Comments »
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 7 Comments »
Tonight I participated on a career panel for technical writing majors at Utah State University. In preparation, I tried to think of answers to questions they might ask. The one ... Read more..Why People Think Help Is Useless, and How To Change This Thought
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 Posted in Technical Writing | 19 Comments »
I've been rethinking a previous post I wrote about the best response to the remark, "Nobody reads the help anyway. " A better response is to ask people (at just ... Read more..Is technical writing a calling or a job? Recommended DMN Communications podcast
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 Posted in Recom. Podcasts, Technical Writing | 10 Comments »
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