I don’t like to think of myself as a nit-picker, and I do appreciate how the Web democratizes content… I certainly don’t expect or even want bloggers to have editors , for heaven sake. But some sites purport to publish content professionally, and I find...

My colleagues who publish PowerPoint content recently published a collection of learn-by-example PowerPoint templates that show off some effective, visually elegant things you can do with PowerPoint. You can download the templates and find instructions...

Yeah, OK. I need to post regularly, and more often. I need to floss after brushing, too. And workout. And devote quality time to my spouse. And get my work done. Holy cow, how do people do it all? And still find time to twitter? (the real post...

If I look in my crystal ball, I see that video will increasingly be a medium for technical communication. I think this is a good thing; I think it makes sense. I think we in the technical writing field would have gone that direction a long time ago were...

A few days ago, someone here at the office forwarded around a link to a podcast about cloud computing , pointing out that no Microsoft products were mentioned. He mused whether there was an anti-Microsoft bias with the presenter, or whether the Microsoft...

Clive Thompson at the New York Times recently published this very insightful article about the psychological and social ramifications of digital social networking -- specifically Facebook and Twitter. It raises some interesting questions about public...

I set up this blog account ages ago, intending to blog about my career -- or craft -- or whatever it is that technical writing is. At last events have conspired to prod me beyond intent, to action , hooray. Technical writing has changed a lot since...