Technical Writing Digest
It’s the end of July already! So, it’s high time to share articles, books, videos, and news with you which I found interesting and useful.
ClickHelp Echo Update
I’m so excited to try it! New features and improvements look so good:
- Full-Text Search Improvements.
- Machine Translation. Now with MT in ClickHelp you can translate specific units, entire topics or even entire projects or sets of documents with a few clicks.
- XLIFF Files Import/Export for External Translation. Export a set of topic translations as XLIFF files, and work with them in any of dozens of CAT tools that support this format.
- New explicit import modes for Google Docs, Microsoft Word and other tools (like Adobe Robohelp, MadCap Flare).
- API enhancements.
- And many more!
Check out this post to learn more:
Life as a Health Content Writer
Amruta Ranade interviewed Megan — public health pharmacist turned health content strategist. This is quite an informative interview since I didn’t hear about this profession before. Maybe, someone will find it interesting to start something new.
The impact of technical diversity on documentation — epiphanies on a trip to IKEA (Trends to follow or forget)
This post is part of a series that explores tech comm trends that Tom Johnson has either followed or forgotten, and why. The overall goal is to better understand the reasons that drive trend adoption or abandonment in my personal career. This post focuses on the impact of diversity/pluralism/fragmentation on documentation.
Why software engineers should invest in technical writing
At some point in a software engineer’s career comes a time when he or she has to write documentation to share knowledge with others. The alacrity with which software developers do that is on the same or even lower plane as writing unit tests for their code. In other words, hardly ever does an engineer want to write a document despite the fact that documentation is crucial in every project. So, when push comes to shove, the engineers do write documentation but oftentimes what they produce leaves room for improvement. No wonder, since it is not their field of expertise. As a person whose job is to write documentation, Adam Czapski’ll share some good, reliable, and free resources you can find across the Internet.
Podcast: Who we, and others, are hiring
In this episode of the Cherryleaf Podcast, the Cherryleaf team looks at hiring trends.
What did you find interesting this month? Please, share in the comment box!
