Comments on: Tech Writing, Just for the Fun of It http://www.pcmech.com/article/tech-writing-just-for-the-fun-of-it/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ken Circeo: Technical Writers can be interesting (sometimes) | Idiotprogrammerhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/tech-writing-just-for-the-fun-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-23088 Ken Circeo: Technical Writers can be interesting (sometimes) | Idiotprogrammer Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:02:14 +0000 #comment-23088 [...] was reading a small piece from a Microsoft person about how he came to be a technical writer when I decided to plow through his archives. The stuff I found just cracked me [...] [...] was reading a small piece from a Microsoft person about how he came to be a technical writer when I decided to plow through his archives. The stuff I found just cracked me [...]

]]> By: How Video Can Turn Your Career Around | I'd Rather Be Writing - Tom Johnsonhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/tech-writing-just-for-the-fun-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-22934 How Video Can Turn Your Career Around | I'd Rather Be Writing - Tom Johnson Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:50:59 +0000 #comment-22934 [...] He ends the article with a word of advice: There. I hope I’ve done some good by saving you from a life of instructing users to “make sure you click this before you click that.” Please heed my advice. Maintain your sanity. Turn back. The bridge is out. (Tech Writing, Just for the Fun of It) [...] [...] He ends the article with a word of advice: There. I hope I’ve done some good by saving you from a life of instructing users to “make sure you click this before you click that.” Please heed my advice. Maintain your sanity. Turn back. The bridge is out. (Tech Writing, Just for the Fun of It) [...]

]]> By: Tom Johnsonhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/tech-writing-just-for-the-fun-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-22782 Tom Johnson Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:55:33 +0000 #comment-22782 Ken, I enjoyed reading your style. I agree that writing manuals can be somewhat boring. But what about expanding into other related territories, such as video tutorials, quick reference material, illustrations, web 2.0 formats, and so on? There's also the design of an online help skin and help site.Tom Ken, I enjoyed reading your style. I agree that writing manuals can be somewhat boring. But what about expanding into other related territories, such as video tutorials, quick reference material, illustrations, web 2.0 formats, and so on? There’s also the design of an online help skin and help site.

Tom

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