Reading time: 2 mins I’m currently pushing a business case to allow me to hire a new member for our team. The premise is that, particularly with our product set, there will always be areas of technical content that need writing but that with an additional member we can start to create other forms of content. Which begs the…
Reading time: < 1 min Twitter is changing. Whilst the technology is the same, the way it is being used (or perhaps the way I use it?) has been slowly evolving. Evolution is a good thing, but that does mean that I now find myself evolving how I use and interact with Twitter. Maybe I need to slim down my…
Reading time: 2 mins I’ve mentioned before that I’ll be attending, and presenting at, the Technical Communication Conference this year, but as the programme is now full I’ve been trying to pick my way through which sessions to attend. I think I’ve got it sussed. Wednesday Kicking off with the keynote from Peter Anghelides (who recently re-tweeted me on…
Reading time: 2 mins Like most technical writing teams we are small in number. As such, monitoring and tracking both the work that needs done as well as the work that is in progress can be a challenge. So I’m currently casting my net far and wide to find a good way to keep a handle on this so…
Reading time: < 1 min I’m currently scoping some work to provide a set of user guides for an application. The functionality is, mostly, split into two areas with one set for those administering the system and the other for those who use the system to complete their work. Previously it would have been a matter of doing some task…
Reading time: < 1 min A few weeks ago Scott, from the always relevant DMN Communications blog asked me if I’d be interested in writing a guest post. I immediately said yes then, after a short pause, I set the expectation that I wouldn’t be able to write one for a few weeks as I was coming to the end…