I’d Rather Be Writing – Tom Johnson

Ginny Redish — Letting Go of the Words (Podcast Interview at STC Summit)

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Posted in Podcasts | 2 Comments »

[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/ginnyredish_stcsummit.mp3] Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Length: 8 min. [caption id="attachment_3496" align="alignright" width="115" caption="Ginny Redish -- Letting Go of the Words"][/caption] Ginny Redish has just written a new book, ... Read more..

Lessons Learned with Quick Reference Guides: Timing and Truth

Thursday, February 26th, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing | 12 Comments »

One of the fundamental aspects of quick reference guides is knowing when to create them. A few weeks ago I was assigned to a small project team working on a ... Read more..

Quick Reference Guides: The Poetry of Technical Writing

Sunday, July 6th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 27 Comments »

How many times have you written a 75+ page guide and heard the customer say, This is great, but can you give us a condensed version? After the third or fourth ... Read more..