I’d Rather Be Writing – Tom Johnson

Why Help Authoring Tools Will Fade

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing, Web 2.0 | 21 Comments »

I read a blog post the other day that I can't stop thinking about. In the Myth of Single Sourcing, Michael Hiatt writes, The main issue for me is between authoring ... Read more..

Minimizing Documentation

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing | 12 Comments »

I recently attended an STC chapter presentation on interface design, and the speaker, Grant Skousen, showed us the following graphic. [caption id="attachment_5008" align="alignnone" width="406" caption="Simplicity and complexity"][/caption] Read more..

Duct Tape Technical Writers

Monday, September 28th, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing | 19 Comments »

Keith Soltys recently highlighted Joel Spolsky's thought-provoking post, The Duct Tape Programmer. Joel praises the practical programmer who puts aside snobbish practices and simply goes for the quickest way to ... Read more..

Avoiding the Shut Down Mode

Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Posted in Creativity | 8 Comments »

In a recent episode of This American Life titled "Going Big," Geoffrey Canada explains his model of Baby College, which is a nine-week workshop where poor, inner-city parents to be ... Read more..

If You’re a Writer, Write

Monday, July 13th, 2009 Posted in Creativity | 25 Comments »

Many of you—at least a third, I'm guessing—are writers by nature. You majored in English, dabbled in creative writing, probably immerse yourself in literary novels at lunch. You love the ... Read more..