Technical Writing Digest — September
Are you searching for something to read? Here is my September technical writing digest to help you!
Best Tools to Create and Manage Technical Documentation
There are some great tools to enhance and simplify the documentation process. They help produce user documentation of the highest standard. However, choosing technical documentation software demands a lot of work. So to ease the work for technical writers, the ClickHelp team has gathered the best tools for document creation.
Your digital HQ just got better with Slack canvas
The Slack team is unveiling new product innovations at Dreamforce that make it even easier for teams to work together in Slack, and for organizations to get even more value from their digital HQ.
Ali Rayl (SVP, Product, Slack) — “The new Slack canvas will complement the real-time collaboration experience in Slack today by offering a persistent, customizable place for files, multimedia, powerful integrations, and more. It will better empower teams to stay organized, aligned, and productive in their digital HQ.”
Read more here: Your digital HQ just got better with Slack canvas
Writing one sentence per line
Derek’s advice to anyone who writes: Try writing one sentence per line. He has been doing it for twenty years, and it improved his writing more than anything else.
Read more here: Writing one sentence per line
Techniques for deep work from Cal Newport
In this post, Tom summarizes the ideas from Cal Newport’s popular book, Deep Work. Structuring your time into several periods of deep focus during the day can help you become wildly productive.
Read more here: Techniques for deep work from Cal Newport
Red Flags on a Technical Writer Resume
This article will list the most common technical writer red flags that you should try to avoid. If you can prevent these problems from appearing in your resume, you should easily land among the top 5 percent of applicants.
The challenges of structured learning content (podcast)
In episode 127 of The Content Strategy Experts podcast, Gretyl Kinsey and Alan Pringle talk about the challenges of aligning learning content with structured content workflows.
Learn more here: The challenges of structured learning content (podcast)
What are your September favs?
