Technical Writing Blog

2022 is coming to an end, and you may start thinking about all the goals you intend to achieve in the new year ahead. If you’re a technical writer, your New Year’s resolutions perhaps include some things related to technical communication, education, and professional software. But sometimes, it’s hard to define your goals. So here…

Technology is evolving at a fast rate, empowering change and progress. And it means you need to keep your eyes on the future to know which skills you’ll need to stay the much-wanted professional. So let’s see what emerging technologies you should watch for and make an attempt at in 2023 and possibly secure one…

Today, we live, communicate, and learn in an information space. Moreover, we trade in this space, and it is now normal to speak of knowledge monetization and information products. In the long run, the latter may materialize, for example, become real books sold in hard copies – this may happen when your information product becomes…

Any company owner would like their business to be self-contained. This means a fully balanced process using human, financial and material resources of its own. Such a company would have one great advantage – it would be fully independent of external factors, like procurement, staffing, creation of intellectual property, etc., or these factors would be…

Some time ago, when the IT industry was still ‘young’ and software products were not so many and diverse, releasing a product was mainly focused on such aspects as design, development, testing, and QA. It was mostly about building a product or a feature. The demand on the market was high, and customers were ‘hungry.’…

“If you fear change, change the fear.” There’s Halloween in the air. We’ll be dressing in costumes, and someone may light bonfires to ward off spirits 🙂 It’s a gut-wrenching (but at the same time fun) time, a high time to reflect upon the fears that technical writers face at their work. Technical writing is…

It’s the fourth survey made by Postman – the world’s leading API platform. The biggest ever report was held within four weeks in June and July 2022. It contains the thoughts of more than 37,000 developers and API professionals on topics that include the economy, employment, remote work, the tools they use, and their views…

A product launch plan is a strategy developed to introduce a new product to potential customers. Some may think it is just a list of actions to create a buzz around the product, like trade shows, publications in the mass media, press releases, online product promotion, etc. However, all this effort may be in vain…

Every time we come across instructions, manuals, online ‘help’ articles, or other technical documents, we have to deal with the results of component authoring. However, many people still don’t understand what it is and why component content has become the basis of every ‘standard’ text, from a restaurant menu to complex packages of technical documentation….

Documentation strategy is part of the overall business strategy, which contains the vision of the company’s future. Documentation support is needed to put a business strategy into action. Strategic documents are created to describe HR, sales, and marketing strategies. In other words, a business strategy cannot exist without a vast knowledge base (or documentation base)…