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Thursday, May 5th, 2011Who is the first person you call when you need a website? It should be a technical communicator. Often described as a web content developer or web writer, a technical communicator with knowledge of the important disciplines of web usability and user advocacy will save you thousands of dollars when building or enhancing your web [...]
Techwriter — Good Career for 2011
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011http://money.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2010/12/06/best-careers-2011-technical-writer “As one of the 50 Best Careers of 2011, this should have strong growth over the next decade.” “Suggested job searches: Editor jobs | Technical Writer jobs | Medical Writer jobs | Grant Writer jobs | Senior Technical Writer jobs | Proposal Writer jobs”
My Writers
Friday, August 6th, 2010I teach technical communication at Seneca College here in Toronto. I am also the co-ordinator of the 1-year post graduate technical communication program, so I see these particular students for more than a full year. They are “mine”. They often contact me before they apply to the program so that they can have questions answered. [...]
If the User Can’t Find It…
Friday, May 22nd, 2009… it’s not there. One of the many roles of the technical communicator is to assist developers and designers with making products, websites, and interfaces easy to use. Users who have to search for the functions they need get frustrated, and conclude that the product or website is difficult to use. Consequently, they are less [...]
Ideal Second Career
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009Changes in the economy often mean unexpected layoffs and situations that prompt one to think of a career change. Technical communication is a profession that allows you to leverage your prior background and training into a new career. No matter what industry you worked in, you can take those skills and reapply them in a [...]
Building Bridges
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Technical communicators are always building bridges — between technology and its users, between content and design, and between groups or individuals so that the flow of information can be smooth and easy. In that way, we are always making connections. We connect people with the information they need to solve a problem, perform a task [...]
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