Joel WCreate a note style in Microsoft WordI am currently using Word heavily for work. It’s unfortunate but hopefully temporary. One massive annoyance for me has been how to create a…Oct 19, 2022Oct 19, 2022
Joel WIs DITA the best solution for re-use?Content re-use has long been the holy grail of the technical writing profession. Articles, papers and tools have proliferated attempting to…May 3, 2018May 3, 2018
Joel WWhere do DITA’s claims come from?Proponents of DITA make a lot of claims about cost and time savings that will result if you switch over to using it, but are these claims…Apr 15, 2018Apr 15, 2018
Joel WWhat is technical writing?We often speak about technical writing as if it is one thing, when in fact it varies widely from industry to industry and person to person…Feb 21, 20181Feb 21, 20181
Joel WPicking a tool for documentationWe are in a time in the tech writing profession where there is a real fragmentation of tools to choose from. If you are a writer or manager…Feb 15, 2018Feb 15, 2018
Joel WThe value of writing samples in hiring a technical writerThere is almost no value in getting writing samples from a prospective writer. The nature of the job is collaborative and there is no way…Dec 4, 2017Dec 4, 2017
Joel WMadCap Flare and Google fontsRecently we had a problem where despite our css calling Google fonts, our TOC was displaying Times New Roman in certain environments, such…May 12, 2017May 12, 2017
Joel WMadWorld Day 2I focused on as many CSS-related sessions as I could get to on the second day. The highlights for me were Scott DeLoach and Mike Kelley’s…Apr 5, 2017Apr 5, 2017
Joel WMadworld Day 1I am at MadCap software’s MadWorld conference for the first time this year. The fact that it takes place in San Diego is a big plus and I…Apr 4, 2017Apr 4, 2017