I’d Rather Be Writing – Tom Johnson

Aligning Yourself with a Cause

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010 Posted in Technical Writing | 6 Comments »

At a department Christmas social the other week, we had a special meeting following lunch. During the meeting, people spontaneously shared their feelings about working for the Church or other ... Read more..

STC Toronto’s New Five-and-Five Chapter Model

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

[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/annaparkerrichards.mp3] Download MP3 Length: 26 min. In this podcast, I talk with Anna Parker Richards, incoming president of the STC Toronto chapter, about their event-driven chapter model, in which they replace regular meetings ... Read more..

The Interview Question You Should Always Ask – Conversation Starter – HarvardBusiness.org

Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

The Interview Question You Should Always Ask - Conversation Starter - HarvardBusiness.org. Read more..

What I See — James Hall’s Essays and Florida

Sunday, December 21st, 2008 Posted in Creativity | 4 Comments »

[caption id="attachment_2482" align="alignright" width="167" caption="James Hall's book of essays, "Hot Damn""][/caption] On my father's recent visit from Florida, he brought me a stack of books, one of them James Hall's collection ... Read more..

The Podfading Roller Coaster

Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Podcasting | 4 Comments »

[caption id="attachment_2466" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Podfading"][/caption] Podfading is a term used to describe podcasters who start regular podcasting shows, but then fade away -- either quickly or gradually. Podfading is a regular ... Read more..

“Lost the Fire – How to Rekindle It” – A Second Response

Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 6 Comments »

Jayant writes, I am a technical writer from India. I just moved to the UK and find the scenario very different from India. Here technical writing jobs are not easy to ... Read more..

“Could you please tell me what the job of a technical writer is like?”

Friday, December 21st, 2007 Posted in Technical Writing | 26 Comments »

I recently received an email from a reader who asked to know what the job of a technical writer is like. Anoop writes, I am a computer science Master's student at ... Read more..