Monday, September 8th, 2008 Posted in Tech Writer Voices | 13 Comments »
[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/sharonburton.mp3] Download MP3 (right-click and select Save Target As to download) Duration: 60 min. Flare 4 was just released today by Madcap Software. In this podcast, I talk with Sharon Burton -- product ... Read more..Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 Posted in Flare | 92 Comments »
[caption id="attachment_1924" align="alignright" width="105" caption="Madcap Flare"][/caption] Madcap Software is preparing to release Flare 4 shortly (an exact date hasn't been announced). Being the cool people they are, they gave me a ... Read more..Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Blogging | 2 Comments »
[caption id="attachment_1878" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Looking into the future"][/caption] A few months ago, I started to write a post about the cultural shift blogging would create in the near and long-term future. ... Read more..Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 10 Comments »
Blaze is a new Framemaker alternative that Madcap Software has just released into beta. With Blaze, you can create printed documentation and publish it to Word, Framemaker, PDF, XPS, and ... Read more..Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Tech Writer Voices, Technical Writing | 4 Comments »
Download MP3 Duration: 30 min. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/putkey1.mp3] In this podcast, I talk with Theresa Putkey, a writer/usability consultant in Vancouver, about the largest project of her career. She explains how she approached a project ... Read more..Sunday, February 17th, 2008 Posted in Blogging, Technical Writing | No Comments »
I've discovered two new blogs that I think are definitely worthwhile to add to your Google Reader: The first is Helpscribe, by Craig Haiss. He seems to have good common sense ... Read more..Saturday, January 19th, 2008 Posted in Recom. Podcasts, Tech Writer Voices | 15 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..Saturday, December 29th, 2007 Posted in Recom. Podcasts, Technical Writing | 17 Comments »
Charles Jeter recorded an excellent podcast with Mike Hamilton, V.P. of product management at Madcap Software, and posted it on his blog yesterday. Jeter is a technical writer in the ... Read more..Monday, November 5th, 2007 Posted in Technical Writing | 13 Comments »
I'm proud to welcome another sponsor to the Tech Writer Voices podcast: MadCap Flare. You may be wondering exactly what sponsorship involves. Basically, it's different for each company, but I'm offering ... Read more..