Technical Writing Blog

Source: LinkedIn. For 70 years, the Society for Technical Communication (STC) has been at the forefront of advancing the theory and practice of technical communication. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the history and mission of the STC and explore how it has contributed to the success of its members and the…

Fresh year – fresh start! It’s time to shape up your future and grasp a chance to communicate or collaborate with scientists, research scholars, and industry leaders from various regions. Keep in mind that some events from this list will be updated or rescheduled. February Effective Technical Writing and Editing is an online course dedicated…

Document design can be regarded as one of the efficiency factors of your documentation. Some may say that this factor is minor compared to the relevance of your content for the readers. Practice shows that no matter how important or useful your content might be, it is the design that makes a reader stay on…

Developer documentation is the foundation for every new mobile or web app. This is due to the process of constant integration that rules today’s IT world. Isolated software simply does not exist anymore. It means that many identical or similar features (code elements) are copied and reproduced. If your company developers are smart enough, they…

Today’s global business has global geography. It often means that a company has headquarters in one place and branches in different areas of the world with a time difference of several hours. Sometimes, it means one company has business partners abroad, not just in the neighboring states but several time zones away. The main reason…

It is the middle of 2022, and the events for technical communicators are going full blast. We hope you got the chance to attend some exciting and practicable conferences or webinars that we have listed in the article Conferences to Attend for Technical Writers in 2022. Since life is starting to go back to normal,…

A significant increase in customers’ demands, business activities, and permanent cooperation between different spheres of social life leads to a necessity of providing more and more content of any kind: from educational to entertaining and promotional. Companies worldwide deal with the challenge of producing and updating relevant content for different types of audiences to successfully…

Have you ever faced a situation when you cannot find the text you need and, what’s more important, the text you have authored yourself? Or, when you cannot localize a news story, you posted some time ago on your website? This often happens when you have to work with large amounts of text like company…

Today’s reality shows us that technology is integrated into our everyday life so that we can’t imagine doing simple things without electronic gadgets and smart devices. We study, communicate, consult doctors, buy food, tickets, clothes, and do far more things with the help of apps, websites, and other software products. Have you ever thought of…

The field of technical communication is vast. It encompasses forms of communication that can help users accomplish a defined goal or task. Strictly speaking, any text intended to convey information about using technology is considered “technical communication.” Technical communicators specialize in website design, graphic design, marketing communications, online help, print production, training, and technical documentation….