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 STC feels this is the right blogging tool to use. (If I was an insecure sort of person, I might feel that STC’s choice validated my decision.) Read more
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Technical Writing blogs
I have just added the details of this blog to Tom Johnson’s Tech Writer Blog Directory.
There are a number of bloggers listed there who I know personally from various conferences and activities (mainly STC-related), including Mark Levinson, Rhonda Bracey, and Sarah O’Keefe, and other names I recognise as being “the usual suspects” (that is, regular contributors) from a number of tech writing related email lists I subscribe to.
The Tool Bar and Grill
Ever since I became a technical writer back in the mid 1990s I have been impressed by the friendly and helpful attitude of almost every single person I’ve met in this profession. I have always benefited from the experiences of my colleagues, and I hope I now do my bit to help other professionals by contributing to various mailing lists and being active in the STC. (By the way, the new STC Europe SIG now has its own web page.)
One of the people I worked with in those early days was a particularly helpful, friendly, and good-natured colleague. He is now writing a blog about free and low-priced tools and utilities that can make your computing life that much easier. I am delighted to recommend Jonathan’s Tool Bar & Grill.
(Now is that one word or two? “tool bar” or “toolbar”? or should it be capitalised as “Toolbar”, or even “Tool Bar”? Answers, on a postcard please, to Tech Writing Pedants Anonymous…)
