Monthly Archives: August 2009

Do you make your own decisions?

Posted on 29 August 2009 by David Farbey

To what extent do you make your own decisions, and to what extent are your beliefs and your behaviour influenced by how you see other people around you acting? This rather deep philosophical question was the theme of the last … Continue reading →

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London Technical Writers social evening

Posted on 26 August 2009 by David Farbey

Please join fellow technical writers and their friends for an end-of-the-summer social evening on Thursday 10th September. This event is supported by both the ISTC and by the STC UK & Ireland Chapter.

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Two views on manuals from the BBC

Posted on 24 August 2009 by David Farbey

While last Friday’s BBC Radio 4 programme presented by Mark Miodownik on How to write an Instruction Manual presented an upbeat and quirky view of the history and importance of instruction manuals, the BBC’s technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones, has presented … Continue reading →

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Instruction manuals on BBC radio

Posted on 18 August 2009 by David Farbey

BBC Radio 4 is presenting a half-hour documentary on instruction manuals this Friday 21st August at 11:00am. One of the interviewees is Simon Butler, President of the ISTC. A few weeks ago, the researcher working on this programme posted a … Continue reading →

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Technical writer and proud of it

Posted on 17 August 2009 by David Farbey

An Australian technical writing consultancy, Abelard, have prompted a great deal of debate in the last couple of weeks by asking technical writers to take part in a survey to suggest an alternative name for our profession. The Abelard survey … Continue reading →

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Everybody needs an editor

Posted on 12 August 2009 by David Farbey

I know I am a little late in reacting to this – my excuse is that I’ve been on holiday – but I did like the way that Vanity Fair magazine got its editors to review and mark-up Sarah Palin’s … Continue reading →

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STC joins the blogosphere

Posted on 9 August 2009 by David Farbey

I am delighted to see that the Society for Technical Communication (STC) has joined the blogosphere, with what appears to be a WordPress powered site at http://notebook.stc.org. As a recent convert to WordPress myself, I am delighted to see that … Continue reading →

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