I’d Rather Be Writing – Tom Johnson

Madcap Flare’s Extensibility: Adding jQuery to Flare

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Posted in Technical Writing | 1 Comment »

Alistair Christie recently published a podcast about Unscripted Screencasts and Flare Extensibility. In the podcast, he considers whether scripts are necessary for corporate screencasts --  a good topic for exploration ... Read more..

Technical Writing Careers — Answering 13 Questions about Technical Writing Jobs

Saturday, February 16th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 46 Comments »

Technical writing careers are often a mystery to those on the outside. What do technical writing jobs involve? What is the industry like? What is the career path of a ... Read more..

Madcap Flare Review: 45 Things I Love About Flare, 31 Things I Hate About It

Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 47 Comments »

Madcap Flare is one of the most advanced, functionally robust online help tools for technical writers who want to single source their content. When you use Flare to create an ... Read more..

All About Madcap Flare: Podcast Interview with Paul Pehrson, MVP in Madcap Software Forums

Saturday, January 19th, 2008 Posted in Podcasts | 16 Comments »

Download MP3 Duration: 35 min. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/paulpehrsonmvp.mp3] Madcap Flare is one of the most powerful online help authoring tools on the market today. In this podcast, Paul Pehrson, MVP in the Madcap Software forums, ... Read more..

Madcap Flare Spotlight — “Six Persistent Flare Problems” Post by Paul Pehrson

Thursday, June 14th, 2007 Posted in Technical Writing | 3 Comments »

Update Feb 2008: If you read Paul's post at the link below, almost everything is now crossed out, because Madcap has either fixed all the problems Paul raised or they ... Read more..