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02/15/2019 By John Naples

Creating Smart Documentation and the Future of Technical Writing – Key TakeAways

Technical writers support IOT. As the Internet of things continues to evolve, technical communicators will need to create content that supports audience demand for unlimited inter-connectivity of people to people, people to machine, and machine to machine. Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler, and presenter, Alexander Hoffmann, Technical Documentation Head at Xeditor.com. The Internet of things (IoT)… [Read More]

Filed Under: Trends in Techcomm Tagged With: future of technical communication, IOT, smart content

01/11/2019 By John Naples

Finding Work as an API Documentation Writer – Key Takeaways

API doc skills are in demand Andrew Davis from Synergistech |  synergistech@gmail.com | Presentation Slides Andrew Davis recruits technical writers for software developers in the San Francisco area. Application Programming Interface (API) An API is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software that specify how software components should interact. API Documentation A technical communication… [Read More]

Filed Under: API Documentation, Professional Development, Webinar Tagged With: API Documentation, professional development, technical communications, technical writing

09/19/2018 By John Naples

Negotiation and Content Career Success

The speaker was Jack Molisani, Project Officer in the USAF, President, ProSpring Technical Staffing, author of Be the Captain of Your Career, and Executive Director of the LavaCon Conference on Content Strategy and TechComm Management. Mr. Molisani talked about strategies for Negotiation and Content Career Success. Mr. Molisani delivered an enthusiastic and interactive two-hour presentation…. [Read More]

Filed Under: Meeting Recap, Professional Development, Technical Communication Tagged With: career success, negotiation, professional development, techcomm, technical writing

07/05/2018 By John Naples

Find Technical Writing Jobs and Get Training with California’s EDD

About the Educational Development Department or EDD EDD can help you find a job or get training. The state of California has an Employment Development Department (EDD) whose Workforce Services Branch provides and administers employment and training services in partnership with state and local agencies such as CalJOBS and America’s Job Centers of California (AJCC)…. [Read More]

Filed Under: Resources Tagged With: job searching, job training, technical writing jobs

05/16/2018 By John Naples

User Experience (UX) Writing Panel Discussion – Key TakeAways

Sue Walsh and Morgan Quinn, both UX writers, led the panel discussion. The talk was filled with good information for technical communicators interested in UX writing. What is UX writing? A type of technical communication, UX writing is designing and curating words you see when you interact with software. When do you see UX writing?… [Read More]

Filed Under: User Experience (UX) Tagged With: technical writing, user experience, UX

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