I’d Rather Be Writing – Tom Johnson

If No One Reads the Manual, That’s Okay

Sunday, December 27th, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing | 61 Comments »

Most people take time off during the holidays, so if you don't, you end up mostly sitting alone at work, wondering why you're not taking time off too. I wanted ... Read more..

Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers and the Real Reason You Are a Successful Writer

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 Posted in Creativity | 15 Comments »

Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: The Story of Success challenges assumptions about innate genius and natural-born talent. Through a series of detailed examples, Gladwell explains away these gifts by attributing them to ... Read more..

Podcast: Personalities of Technical Communicators — Interview with Deborah (Shapiro) Hemstreet

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 Posted in Podcasts | 2 Comments »

[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/shapiro.mp3] Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Duration: 32 min. [caption id="attachment_2159" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Deborah (Shapiro) Hemstreet"][/caption] In this podcast, I talk with Deborah (Shapiro) Hemstreet about the personalities of ... Read more..

Richard Serra on the Importance of Play

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Richard Serra on the Importance of Play. Read more..