Articles

What is technical communication? Half art, half science, technical communication is much more than just writing software guides or maintenance manuals.

Submitted by: Stephen P. Reynolds, 01/03/2003

What does it take to become a technical author? You need more than just brains or beauty. You'll need some special qualities that they don't tell you about when you start in this business.

Submitted by: Stephen P. Reynolds, 01/03/2003

Something for the business card. We all seem to need a job title. Technical communicator? Technical author? Information designer? Why are people using different titles for essentially the same role?

Submitted by: Stephen P. Reynolds, 01/03/2003

If nobody reads the manual, why are bookshops overflowing with computing books?
This article suggests some explanations for this phenomenon.

Submitted by: Stephen P. Reynolds, 01/03/2003

Single-sourcing: a moving target
For many technical communicators, single-sourcing is an important element in project management. But as the IT world has evolved, the concept of single-sourcing has taken on new meanings.

Submitted by: Stephen P. Reynolds, 01/03/2003

In search of quality
"Quality" means different things to different people. What issues effect the quality of printed and online technical publications?

Submitted by: Stephen P. Reynolds, 01/03/2003