Jean Hollis Weber
Too many technical editors focus on the details and don’t pay enough attention to the bigger picture when reviewing documents.
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Wonderful and Woeful Warnings
Lawrence Don-Elysyn
One of the true delights I’ve had as an editor is the checking of Warnings, Cautions, and Notes. It thrilled me to think that something I edited, if neglected, would lead to a fellow human being being fried to a crisp or to the destruction of a multimillion-dollar piece of equipment.
Evaluating the Information Mapping Method
Julia Byrd
Technical writers have long searched for a writing method that’s easy to implement and use and that results in formatted documentation that pleases management, developers, and users alike. While some writers may still be searching for a one-size-fits-all method, many have adopted the Information Mapping method of organizing and formatting documentation and other printed materials.
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Breaking into Freelancing: A Beginner’s Guide
Valerie Thursby Hatch
So, you want to go it on your own. But where to begin? Unfortunately, there’s no magic formula to finding contract work. As with anything else, finding contract work takes dedication and hard work, but the payoff can be well worth the effort. Here are a few suggestions that may increase your chances of success.
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Password Psychotic
Lawrence Don Elysyn
We live, it seems, in perilous times. We are reminded constantly that crime is increasing, basic values are breaking down, people shoot at one another on the highway, and men are sneaking onto airplanes with weird and dangerous plans in mind.