Visual Communication and Design, Now with Audio! : August 2006

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August 2006 - Posts

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 2:11 PM

Going into the Field

Writers can increase the value of their documentation by visiting customers where the customers work and seeing what they are doing. It's easier to write targeted topics when you know what readers need. Ann Beebe, User Education manager for Visual Studio,

Posted by HarryMiller | 1 Comments

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:18 AM

Writing the First Draft, Part 1

I got a great request from John in a comment . He suggested blogging about how technical writers prepare their first drafts--how they get started creating a document out of a bunch of facts and features. That's such an interesting topic I'd like to get

Posted by HarryMiller | 2 Comments

Tuesday, August 15, 2006 6:34 PM

Getting Hired as a Writer at Microsoft

It seems that there are not a lot of writers with programming experience who are looking for a position in a big company. But there are jobs available--a search on the Microsoft career site for the job title "programming writer" returns 24 results as

Posted by HarryMiller | 4 Comments

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