Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 34 Comments »
Last week a student emailed me with some questions about technical writing. I didn't have time to respond, so I forwarded the questions to the Techwr-L listserv, where 6-7 people ... Read more..Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Tech Writer Voices | 3 Comments »
[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/byuidaho.mp3] Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Duration: 55 min. Several weeks ago I wrote about my trip to Brigham Young University-Idaho and the presentation I gave there titled ... Read more..Monday, October 13th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 11 Comments »
[caption id="attachment_2087" align="alignright" width="400" caption="The Boredom Myth: Unlike what a tech comm professor taught me, tech writing is more than just formatting the layout of phone books."][/caption] Last week I drove ... Read more..Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in creativity | 5 Comments »
Hi Tom, My name is Hannah, and I live in San Antonio, Texas. I found your web site when I typed technical writing in google.com. You have a beautiful ... Read more..Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 14 Comments »
Kalyani from Saudi Arabia writes, My name is Kalyani. I am 37 yrs old and live in Saudi Arabia. I have finished my Diploma in Electronics (4 year course). I was ... Read more..Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 5 Comments »
I read on Holly Harkness's blog that the 2008 WritersUA Salary Survey has just been published. Holly writes, The good news is that salaries in the United States now average $76,044, ... Read more..Friday, December 21st, 2007 Posted in Technical Writing | 24 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 ... Read more..