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David Farbey, Technical Writer
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Following punctuation rules? Don’t forget to think!
Ugur Akinci published a useful post earlier this week on The Discipline of Punctuation in Technical Writing. I agree with Ugur’s general point, that technical writing needs to display “discipline, precision, and consistency”, and with many of his specific statements, … Continue reading
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“Getting your message across” survey results
At the beginning of February I ran a quick survey under the title “Getting your message across” in association with the UK launch of Adobe Technical Communication Suite 3. I’d like to summarise some of the results here.
London Tech Writer events for January 2011
The London Tech Writers Group have a social evening on January 6th, and the ISTC has a guest lecture from David Farkas on January 27th. Read on for details
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The STC guide to quantum mechanics
Although I’m no longer an STC member, I know that it does plenty of good things at both the local and Society level. I am pleased to count many active STC volunteers amongst my friends and professional colleagues, and I … Continue reading
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The serious side of social media
Recently I was asked whether I thought that social media was just a procrastinator’s paradise or if it was a constructive community for the cyberliterate. Putting aside the irony of the fact that this question was itself posted on a … Continue reading
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Don’t be normal!
Microsoft Word is a wonderful product, and I’m not joking at all. It’s easy to forget that not so long ago, back in the days of BW (“before Word”), creating documents for any purpose was a long and tiresome process. … Continue reading
Farbey’s Law of Document Stability
The other day, I was making final revisions to a group of Microsoft Word documents that were needed for an imminent product release. I placed an updated version of a document on our document management system and sent a link … Continue reading
London Tech Writers Social, February 2010
The first London Tech Writers Social of 2010 takes place on 25th February 2010. Here are the details: Date: 25th February 2010 Time: 6:30pm Venue: Garrick Arms, 8 – 10 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0HG The Garrick Arms pub … Continue reading
