Here is the recording of our “Recruiting the right Technical Author” webinar
TweetFor those who were unable to attend the live event yesterday, here is the link to the recording of our webinar: Recruiting the right Technical Author. The recording lasts 38 minutes.
View ArticleExtra date for Trends in Technical Communication Workshop – Advanced...
TweetYou’ll find we’ve added a new training course date on our Web site for our Trends in Technical Communication Workshop – Advanced Technical Writing Techniques. It will be held on Monday 25th...
View ArticleOur interview in AccountingWeb –“Don’t be a boring accountant: Lessons from a...
TweetCherryleaf’s Ellis Pratt was interviewed recently for an article for AccountingWeb called Don’t be a boring accountant: Lessons from a technical author. The article has been published today. It...
View ArticleTechnical Authors and the dark art of persuasion
TweetOur latest post for the STC’s blog has been published today - Letter from the UK: The Dark Art of Persuasion. The reason why Science and the dark art of persuasion interested me, was because we’re...
View ArticleHow can a Technical Author find more time to write user documentation in an...
TweetWe’ve been working on a white paper that looks at how User Assistance can be more effective and developed more effectively when you’re working in an Agile environment. The white paper should be...
View ArticleShould Technical Authors be allowed to work from home?
TweetWith the recent media attention on Yahoo’s announcement that it is banning its staff from “remote” working, we thought it might be useful to look at the case for and against Technical Authors...
View ArticleTechnical writing career paths in the UK
TweetHere are the slides on “Technical writing career paths in the UK”: Thanks to everyone who contributed.
View ArticleWhere are all the technical writers?
TweetEditor’s Note: Introducing a new guest blogger to Cherryleaf’s blog: Dr. Tony Self of HyperWrite. Where are all the technical writers? I have often wondered why there are so few technical writers...
View ArticleSlides from the Adobe Day Europe discussion on “Assisting the millennial user...
TweetHere are the slides the panel put together for the Adobe Day Europe discussion on “Assisting the millennial user – challenges and opportunities in the decade ahead”. We didn’t get time to cover...
View ArticleGetting started as a freelance Technical Author
TweetOne of the most common questions we get asked is for advice on becoming a freelance Technical Author. To help address that question in depth, we written an ebook, which you can purchase via the...
View ArticleHow many Technical Authors are in the UK? Here’s the answer
It’s quite difficult to know how many Technical Authors there are in the United Kingdom. The profession doesn’t have its own Standard Occupational Classification code, so there are no official...
View ArticleThe business benefits of DITA – in graphic novel form
We’ve put together a free illustrated guide that explains the business benefits of the DITA authoring and publishing standard. It’s suitable for Technical Authors and non-Technical Authors. You’ll find...
View ArticleWhat would a Technical Author ask from Santa?
Saint Nicholas’s day has passed, which means Christmas is getting close. So what would a Technical Author ask from Santa Claus? One thing we could request is the ability to embed one Google document...
View ArticleRoboHelp 11 review (finally)
Adobe released its latest version of RoboHelp Version 11 (and Technical Communications Suite 5), a while back and asked if we could write a review. There have been a number of excellent reviews, so...
View ArticleCreating a map showing the location of Technical Authors
Sarah Maddox’s post on how she has added “techcomm titbits” onto an interactive map, prompted me to look at whether we could create a map showing the location of Technical Authors around the UK. It’s...
View ArticleIs it ok for technical communicators to experiment on users?
BBC News is reporting the OKCupid Website has revealed that it experimented on its users. It decided to reveal the tests after the discovery that Facebook had been manipulating the feeds of its users....
View ArticleLocation of Technical Authors – new data added to the map
The Institute of Technical Communicators has kindly provided us with additional data for our Location of Technical Authors map. They’ve supplied us with an anonymised list of the location of ISTC...
View ArticleYour policy and procedures manual as software
Jared Spool tweeted this morning: PLEASE, PLEASE! Tell me that Apple is going to release Hypercard for the iPad! — Jared Spool (@jmspool) September 9, 2014 HyperCard was a hypertext program that came...
View Article“Bad information is Marketing’s fault problem. Good information is Tech...
The quotation in the title is from Roger Hart’s presentation at last week’s TCUK14 conference. Roger is a product marketing manager who spent a few years as a Technical Author. In his presentation,...
View ArticleWhat it’s like to be a Technical Author
We’re planning to carry out a number of videoed interviews with a range of Technical Authors this week. This is to help promote the profession. We’ll be asking questions such as what their role is...
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