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Documentation and Training East 2007 Registration Now Open

Saturday, July 07, 2007

Documentation and Training 2007 EAST has a full line up of speakers and presentations to get your career moving in the right direction. The leading talents in the industry will be at DocTrain EAST, getting you up to speed on the latest trends and technologies in ...

Filed under: Technical Writing : Career Information

Most Documentation Managers Don’t Use Metrics As Performance Measure

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

If a recent survey of technical documentation managers (conducted by TechCom Manager) is any indication, most managers do not use metrics as a performance measure when evaluating the writers that work for them. This is, in our view, something that needs to change. ...

Filed under: Technical Writing : Career Information

Documentation and Training East: Moving Your Career Forward (October 16-19, 2007)

Monday, April 23, 2007

Held in the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, Lowell, Massachusetts (a quick shuttle ride from Boston’s Logan International Airport), the theme of the 8th Bi-Annual Documentation & Training Conference is Advancing Your Career. No, you won’t see any ...

Filed under: Document Engineering : Technical Writing : Career Information

One Writer’s Revelation: Major Health Complications Result From Lack of Work/Exercise Balance

Friday, March 30, 2007

By Martha Tucker, Special to TheContentWrangler.com

Most writers have dangerous issues they pay little or no attention to until it’s too late--their health! And yet, health can be more of a problem than writer’s block, complications of concentration, writing anxiety, ...

Filed under: Technical Writing : Career Information

TechComm 2006: The Year In Review

Friday, December 29, 2006

This year was an active one for the field of technical communication. New tools and technologies made their mark on our profession, while new pressures and business goals began to impact the way we see ourselves, our role in the organization, and our place in the ...

Filed under: Technical Writing : Career Information

Technical Writing: The New Black Gold Of India

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

If you’ve wondered whether India and its expanding network of 5,000 English-speaking tech writers will play a role in the globalization of technical communication, look no further. In Tech Writing: The New Black Gold Of India (The Economic Times), Rahul Prabhakar, 27, ...

Filed under: Technical Writing : Career Information

One Tech Writer’s “Lifework” Spawns An Information Architecture Career

Friday, November 17, 2006

By Thom Haller, special to TheContentWrangler.com

I wasn’t born an information architect. I couldn’t even figure out what I was going to do when I grew up. I thought, somehow, a career would materialize in a dream—that I would wake one morning and say, “I’m going to ...

Filed under: Experience Design : Information Architecture : Technical Writing : Career Information

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