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  • How Microsoft Visual Studio Is Doing Help

    Saturday, November 7th, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing | No Comments »

    The following 10 minute video shows what's new in the help system for the upcoming release of Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2. The key trends are as follows: Help is embedded in ... Read more..

    Zoho: The Little Engine That Could (Take on Both Microsoft and Google) – ReadWriteWeb

    Monday, September 22nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

    Zoho: The Little Engine That Could (Take on Both Microsoft and Google) - ReadWriteWeb. Hat tip: Thanks to Sarah O'Keefe for pointing out this article. Read more..

    Customizing Your SharePoint Site? Read These 10 Concepts/Gotchas First

    Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 27 Comments »

    Preface: I wrote this post after spending a month digging deeply into SharePoint, attempting to customize and brand the site as well as migrate all my help content to it. ... Read more..

    Usability Research Behind Microsoft’s Ergonomic Keyboard

    Friday, October 5th, 2007 Posted in Podcasts | 15 Comments »

    [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/ergonomics.mp3] Download MP3 Duration: 34 min. In this podcast, Microsoft Usability Researcher Hugh McLoone talks about Microsoft's Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000. Hugh originally gave this presentation to the Puget Sound (Seattle) SIGCHI group ... Read more..