I’d Rather Be Writing – Tom Johnson

Quick Reference Guides Right Where You Need Them

Thursday, April 9th, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing, Web 2.0 | 5 Comments »

Have you ever tried to adjust your office chair but couldn't remember how to do it? Do you ever look at all the little levers under your seat and wonder ... Read more..

A Five-Click Solution to Publishing and Uploading Screen Videos to SharePoint

Saturday, January 31st, 2009 Posted in Screencasting | 4 Comments »

[caption id="attachment_2820" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Customizing Jing to auto-publish to SharePoint"][/caption] The other day a developer approached me at work to ask how he could quickly capture and upload video to explain ... Read more..

Snippets Toward a Philosophy of Life

Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in Creativity, Technical Writing | 3 Comments »

[caption id="attachment_2361" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Thinking a little about my philosophy of life "][/caption] A couple of months ago I started writing little thoughts on post-it notes next to my monitor at ... Read more..

What’s Convenient Gets Used — a General Principle That Applies to Nearly Everything

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 4 Comments »

Recently I switched from using the iRiver I bought two years ago to my wife's iPod Nano, which she only uses intermittently. I don't know why I used my iRiver ... Read more..