I Wonder What This Button Does
We've all lost work to file overwrites and other minor disasters. There are remedies--and as Mike West explains, you don't have to have awe-inspiring technical skills to take advantage of them.
West, Mike. List Apart, A (2006). Articles>Project Management>Technology
A Curmudgeon's Guide to Computer Documentation
Is documentation a bad word? It is if you’re the Curmudgeon, a character I invented, who some say bears an amazing resemblance to … me.
West, Mike. MBWest.com. Articles>Documentation>Technology>Technical Writing
A very brief review of the first edition of Edmond H. Weiss’s How to Write a Usable User Manual.
West, Mike. MBWest.com (2006). Articles>Reviews>Documentation>Technical Writing
Review: What Excellence Looks Like
Comments on the magnificent Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte.
West, Mike. MBWest.com (2006). Articles>Reviews>Visual Rhetoric>Information Design
Understanding what really goes on where the eyeballs meet the photons.
West, Mike. MBWest.com (2006). Articles>Typography
Structured Writing, Structured Documentation: What and Why?
A brief comparison of two often-confused concepts.
West, Mike. MBWest.com (2007). Articles>Documentation>Information Design
Review: Clear, Brief and Bold: Will Strunk’s Legacy
A masterpiece of concision so tightly written that you almost don't need to read past the table of contents.
West, Mike. MBWest.com (2004). Articles>Reviews>Writing>Minimalism
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