• User-centered design for technical communicators
    Posted on 28th October 2009

    User-centered design for technical communicators

    There's a lot of overlap in skills and process between user-centered design and technical communication. This presentation explores that overlap by answering three questions: What exactly is user-centered design, how can technical communicators borrow from UCD to make their deliverables better, and where in the UCD process can technical communicators contribute to increase their value?

  • <em>Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation</em> is out now
    Posted on 31st July 2009

    Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation is out now

    Anne Gentle's new book, Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation is all about how social media can transform technical documentation into a two-way street of collaboration between companies and their customers.