Technical Writing Blog

If you would like to take up a career in the technical writing field, you should be mindful of the specifics of this job. All technical writers are different, that goes without saying. And, still, there are common personal characteristics most of them share. Keep reading to learn more and to figure out where you…

Technical writing is constantly evolving due to technological advances. Among the upcoming trends in techcomm there are AI, the Internet of Things, online help authoring and many others. So in order to be a valuable player on the team and an employee on the market you need to keep up with evolving technology. Along with…

The Internet gave us so much freedom. Back then, when it all began, we couldn’t even imagine how deeply it would affect our lives. With the development of the Internet, a big dilemma appeared that rings true for many office jobs, and, technical writing is one of them. At a point in time, not so…

Technical writing and communication involves communicating complex information to specific audiences with clarity and accuracy. The key word here is communication, which is a term for two-way interactions. But in case of technical writing, the addressee side is shrouded in mystery. Technical writers often have a very vague idea of the end-users, their level of…

Technical writing became global a while ago. Tech writers set up events and conferences, network and share ideas. It is a huge community now with its own trends and difficulties. Humanity strives for improvement, and documentation authoring is not an exception, of course. In this article, we are going to discuss major trends in this…

Hiring a new person is always exciting and a little scary. We are often spending more time with our colleagues than we do with our family. So, ideally, we need to find a good specialist which is already the tricky part in itself, and, this person should also be not too terrible to be around…

Source: GitHub Blog Microsoft has announced that it will buy GitHub. The deal will be done for $7.5 billion. What is GitHub? Why are people concerned about this? Why did Microsoft decide to buy GitHub? This article will help you to find answers to all these questions. About GitHub The logo of GitHub GitHub is…

Technical writing deals with different technical spheres such as engineering, science, manufacturing, medicine, etc. It may seem that this profession is boring. So many people hesitate to start their career in this field. We decided to show you what inspired people to choose this profession. Believe us, they have powerful reasons. Creative Tasks Because of…

What do you expect from a help authoring tool? Let us try and guess: an intuitive interface, stability, flexibility in terms of features, a lot of supported formats, a great customer service, a reasonable price. We might have missed out on a couple of things, but you get the idea. But, what if a solution…

Almost any product has some kind of documentation to go with it. It might be just a warning or brief usage instructions. And, still, even then, there’s supposed to be a person allocated to write these two lines, and, more importantly, to decide what’s even supposed to be written. For more complex products, however, there…