http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Regional A listing of the most recently indexed works about Regional in the field of technical communication. en-us Copyright (c) 2005-08 by the EServer. All rights reserved. tclib-editorial@eserver.org (TC Library Editorial Board) webmaster@eserver.org (Geoffrey Sauer) http://tc.eserver.org/images/newlogo.gif http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Regional http://tc.eserver.org/35808.html http://tc.eserver.org/35808.html The Charlotte Regional chapter of STC serves primarily members in and nearby the city of Charlotte, North Carolina. http://tc.eserver.org/35686.html http://tc.eserver.org/35686.html Doing business in a foreign country and encountering an unfamiliar business culture can be a complex and strenuous activity. Even more so, if the country is torn between three different business cultures and mentalities. This is the case in contemporary Russia. http://tc.eserver.org/35689.html http://tc.eserver.org/35689.html In the translation and localization business we often come across the terms US Spanish and Latin American Spanish. Are there any differences between them? In what way do they differ from International Spanish and Neutral Spanish? Despite the slight variations that may occur in US Spanish, Latin American (LA) Spanish, International Spanish and Neutral Spanish, they all have one thing in common: none of them actually exist. http://tc.eserver.org/35691.html http://tc.eserver.org/35691.html Some visitors to Japan are disappointed. The images on tourist posters – the graceful curves of a temple, the enigmatic smile of the geisha – are hard to find in this industrialized, high-tech, post-modern society. “Westernization” is everywhere. Geishas and Samurais do not walk among the skyscrapers of the Shinjuku district in Tokyo. For foreigners doing business in Japan this perception gap can be a challenge. http://tc.eserver.org/35692.html http://tc.eserver.org/35692.html Thomas Kaeslin is Vice President and Director of ABB’s Robotics Division in Japan. Having lived and worked in Japan for ten years – with no fixed plans of returning to his home country Switzerland – he is well-integrated and holds rich experiences in the Japanese day-to-day business life. http://tc.eserver.org/35694.html http://tc.eserver.org/35694.html Historically India attracted a lot of Western attention due to its different and complex culture, its spiritual philosophy and rich natural resources. Obviously, this attraction had both positive and negative effects. However, during the many centuries of colonization the country tried to safeguard its unique cultures and value systems. Nowadays, India as a country with a booming economy and a relatively stable democratic system looks even more promising to the West. All this explains the growing stream of foreign tourists, business people and researchers. http://tc.eserver.org/35504.html http://tc.eserver.org/35504.html There are a multitude of digital media companies in Brighton and many different networking groups. However there are very few opportunities to talk in detail about design both theory and practice. Let’s see how many people we can get together to form an informal group of user experience / interaction / web designers. The aim would be to meet on a semi regular basis maybe using the 20×20 Pecha Kucha presentation format maybe just bringing in problems / concepts or whatever to discuss in an atmosphere of open collaboration. http://tc.eserver.org/34553.html http://tc.eserver.org/34553.html A list of hiring opportunities in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas. http://tc.eserver.org/34409.html http://tc.eserver.org/34409.html The STC Chicago is an active local community, with frequent meetings and a collection of online articles and resources. http://tc.eserver.org/34366.html http://tc.eserver.org/34366.html Zur Einschränkung der Liste auf für Sie interessante Positionen nutzen Sie bitte die Suchfunktion. Für Details zum Stellenangebot klicken Sie bitte auf die Stellenbezeichnung. http://tc.eserver.org/34182.html http://tc.eserver.org/34182.html Indian business clusters have contributed immensely to the country’s industrial output, poverty alleviation and employment generation. However, with recent globalization these clusters can lose out to international competitors if they do not continuously innovate and take advantage of the new opportunities that are available through economic liberalization. In this paper, we discuss how information and communication technologies (ICT) can help in improving the productivity and growth of these clusters. http://tc.eserver.org/33918.html http://tc.eserver.org/33918.html The France Chapter Job Bank has been providing a link between employers and technical communication professionals since 1992. The success of the Job Bank is made possible by employers submitting job announcements whenever they’re available. http://tc.eserver.org/33211.html http://tc.eserver.org/33211.html A community of hundreds of technical and professional writers, editors and illustrators from around Cleveland, Akron-Canton, Youngstown and Ashtabula who exchange ideas and feelings about their careers. http://tc.eserver.org/33194.html http://tc.eserver.org/33194.html UsabilityMatters.org is a non-profit organization working towards design awareness and exchange of design sensibilities through interaction between designers and design sensitive consumers. It is a forum dedicated to discussing, improving and promoting the work of the Usability and Interaction design community in India. http://tc.eserver.org/32738.html http://tc.eserver.org/32738.html Alle kvinder, der interesserer sig for IT, kan blive medlemmer af Webgrrls. Netværket er både for novicen og nørden, for den unge, den ældre og dem midt imellem. http://tc.eserver.org/32667.html http://tc.eserver.org/32667.html Gives the Indiana technical communication community access to relevant, valuable career opportunities of interest to local technical communicators, and from all over North America. http://tc.eserver.org/32669.html http://tc.eserver.org/32669.html The Indiana Chapter of STC represents professional technical communicators in the state of Indiana. Our chapter meetings are held each month in Indianapolis, the state capital. Indiana STC also has a satellite group that meets each month in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. http://tc.eserver.org/32340.html http://tc.eserver.org/32340.html It has been predicted that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) will be adopted for increasingly diversified purposes. In general, it has been argued that earlier forms of communication and mass media are being replaced by new ones. Before the early 1990s, however, neither mobile phones nor the internet were widely available to consumers. It is reasonable to ask whether the relatively recent implementation of ICT has shaped our daily practices already as much as many social scientists believe. Is it true that the new forms of technology are considered to be more important than the older ones? What differences can be observed between population groups? This article examines the perceptions of different mass media forms and communication technologies in Finland before and after the turn of the millennium. The data consist of two nationally representative postal surveys conducted in 1999 and 2004. http://tc.eserver.org/32119.html http://tc.eserver.org/32119.html This is a list of jobs currently available in the San Antonio region, provided by the STC Alamo Chapter. http://tc.eserver.org/31946.html http://tc.eserver.org/31946.html In the past decade or so, multi-national corporations have taken to diverting many of their customer service hotlines to Bangalore and other metropolitan centers in India, primarily as a ”cost-saving measure.“ Yet they’re perpetrating a greater injustice than simply annoying their customers to save a few cents. By giving their distant call center operators little training and even less authority to help customers — as most of them, with a few notable exceptions, seem to do — they’ve left many Westerners with an unfair impression of India as a pool of labor that, while presumably cheap, is apparently unskilled, apathetic, and awkward at communication. http://tc.eserver.org/31935.html http://tc.eserver.org/31935.html In this column I'll give you my strategy for preparing a CV and point you towards useful resources, but first of all let me assume that you are planning to start your career within the UK job market. CV styles vary across the world. http://tc.eserver.org/31764.html http://tc.eserver.org/31764.html Design for people with disabilities sometimes works fine. However, without involving everyone, i.e., unless it will benefit everyone in the society, such design will remain as a kind of orphan technology and will eventually fail to be applied widely. The direction of design therefore should be universal/inclusive. http://tc.eserver.org/31765.html http://tc.eserver.org/31765.html 和许多其它国家一样，日本在努力使残障人士融入主流社会方面也遇到很多困难。 http://tc.eserver.org/31494.html http://tc.eserver.org/31494.html The African regional chapter for the International Association of Business Communicators. http://tc.eserver.org/30819.html http://tc.eserver.org/30819.html The usability and user experience communities of practice are experiencing great growth and have emerged in countries throughout the world. These developing practices have brought about a huge economic boom in the UX market as both customers and clients are beginning to understand the business benefits they bring. In India, we have undoubtedly seen the growth of these practices. Indian UX companies are delivering designs that satisfy users' needs to their clients. http://tc.eserver.org/30644.html http://tc.eserver.org/30644.html Our STC chapter draws members from throughout the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia; from the upper and middle Shenandoah Valley to the Blue Ridge to the Piedmont to Tidewater. Our members are employees and independent contractors or consultants. http://tc.eserver.org/30482.html http://tc.eserver.org/30482.html The following regional STC chapters have established their own scholarship programs. Please visit the chapter Web sites listed below for more information. http://tc.eserver.org/30512.html http://tc.eserver.org/30512.html The ITCF (International Technical Communication Forum) is one of the activities of the STC Tokyo Chapter. Almost all of the Tokyo Chapter members are Japanese. But to take full advantage of this chapter of the STC, we have planned to hold English speaking meetings. These meeting helps us to learn not only the differences of viewpoints and cultures between both countries but also how unstable and diissatisfied native English speakers are. http://tc.eserver.org/30459.html http://tc.eserver.org/30459.html Perspectives is the monthly newsletter of the Society for Technical Communication's Central Iowa Community. http://tc.eserver.org/30086.html http://tc.eserver.org/30086.html This paper describes the results of a study of graduate technical communication programs in the United Kingdom begun in the Fall of 1998. The study intended to 1) describe the general structure of graduate instruction in technical communication, and 2) to analyze the field according to 3 key topics in technical education in the UK: What is the international orientation of programs? What are the subject-matter components of technical communication programs? What delivery methods and other classroom practices do the programs embody The formation in these four areas can be useful to a number of readers. Those in the education can benefit by comparing practices in the U. S. A. to those in the UK, especially comparing delivery methods and subject matter. Practitioners of technical communication seeking employment in the UK or European Union markets can benefit by learning the requirements of work in these areas. Members of professional societies such as the Society for Technical Communication can benefit by learning about the state of the profession of technical writing in the UK as it is supported by and reflected in the education of advanced practitioners. http://tc.eserver.org/29825.html http://tc.eserver.org/29825.html While research in international technical communication has flourished during the last 10 years, there has been little published on technical communication programs outside the United States. This article addresses this need by describing 12 representative academic technical communication programs in Germany, including Germany's first master's degree program. While there are no statistics on the number of technical communicators working in Germany, tekom (Gesellschaft für technische Kommunikation), the German professional society for technical communication, estimates roughly 4,400 members. While German academic programs in technical communication share many features with their counterparts in the United States, German academic programs do stress internships, foreign language study, and study abroad exchange programs more than technical communication programs in the United States. http://tc.eserver.org/29866.html http://tc.eserver.org/29866.html Is there a need for technical communication as a profession in China? This research aimed at answering the question through two surveys--one on the practice of technical communication in industries in China and the other on the opinions from users of technical documents. The survey results showed that there are problem areas that need to be addressed by professional technical communicators. http://tc.eserver.org/29450.html http://tc.eserver.org/29450.html You may only get one opportunity in a home visit and good planning and preparation is important. Here are some tips and hints from recent home site visits in both China and Taiwan. http://tc.eserver.org/29260.html http://tc.eserver.org/29260.html A list of career opportunities in the fields surrounding technical writing in India. http://tc.eserver.org/29168.html http://tc.eserver.org/29168.html A weblog to help create usability awareness in India. http://tc.eserver.org/28885.html http://tc.eserver.org/28885.html Commonwealth Scholarship Commission encourages mid-career professionals to update their knowledge in sectors regarded as making an important contribution to the development of Commonwealth countries. The programs are very intensive and challenging, and demand very hard work to complete successfully the varieties of activities within the time limit. This paper describes the program and activities of a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship (CPF) in the United Kingdom in education and technology and its contribution towards sustainable professional development undertaken between 1 November and 31 January 2006. http://tc.eserver.org/28667.html http://tc.eserver.org/28667.html The leaders of the China UPA chapter wanted to raise the profile of usability engineering and user-centered design in China and create the biggest usability conference in the region. http://tc.eserver.org/28327.html http://tc.eserver.org/28327.html The European Design for All e-Accessibility Network is a network of 160 organisations in EU member states. The goal of the network is to support all citizens' access to the Information Society. http://tc.eserver.org/28307.html http://tc.eserver.org/28307.html COM&TEC è l'associazione italiana per la comunicazione tecnica. Il suo obiettivo è quello di fornire supporto sia ai professionisti della comunicazione e della documentazione tecnica che a quelli della traduzione e localizzazione. L'associazione mira a creare maggiore consapevolezza in merito all'importanza della documentazione tecnica di buona qualità e svolge a tal fine attività di sensibilizzazione ed indirizzo per l'intero settore. http://tc.eserver.org/28301.html http://tc.eserver.org/28301.html STC France is a geographic community of the Society for Technical Communication (STC). Our Mission is to encourage and support technical communicators in France with regular networking and training events, news, useful resources, and an online job bank service. http://tc.eserver.org/28224.html http://tc.eserver.org/28224.html If you think accountants are boring, you are so very wrong. Accountants can be comical, scary, amusingly threatening and sometimes also really smart. http://tc.eserver.org/28225.html http://tc.eserver.org/28225.html Setting up a company in Japan as a foreigner isn't as difficult as you might guess. Of course, it helped that I knew some things about Japan, and starting off--before I started off. http://tc.eserver.org/27634.html http://tc.eserver.org/27634.html Takes a good hard look at just exactly how major Australian sites are developed, and how well (or otherwise) they adhere to best practices. http://tc.eserver.org/27571.html http://tc.eserver.org/27571.html As a service to the technical-writing community and potential employers, the Connecticut Chapter of the STC posts résumés and jobs. http://tc.eserver.org/27472.html http://tc.eserver.org/27472.html Margaret Richardson on British designer Jonathan Barnbrook’s latest work. http://tc.eserver.org/27466.html http://tc.eserver.org/27466.html The Houston Chapter of STC was formed in 1962 and provides networking, employment, volunteer, and educational opportunities to local and satellite members. http://tc.eserver.org/27465.html http://tc.eserver.org/27465.html The Southeastern Michigan Chapter (STC/SM) ranges from Jackson, Michigan, to Lansing and Port Huron—with a majority of our members concentrated in the metro Detroit and Ann Arbor areas. Our local chapter provides learning and networking opportunities for technical communicators and supports the international STC organization with its efforts. http://tc.eserver.org/27464.html http://tc.eserver.org/27464.html All postings listed on this page were originally provided to the STC-SM listserv community. http://tc.eserver.org/27277.html http://tc.eserver.org/27277.html Martin shares the intercultural tips and tricks he has learned during his thirteen years of working in Italy, and discusses how they contrast with his business experiences in America. http://tc.eserver.org/27275.html http://tc.eserver.org/27275.html Andrea Ames shares anecdotes and impressions of the cultural and communication differences she observed while in Hyderabad, India, to speak at a conference for STC members. She outlines growing changes in India's IT and technical communication industries. http://tc.eserver.org/27150.html http://tc.eserver.org/27150.html The Suncoast chapter of the Society for Technical Communication includes approximately 180 technical writers in the Tampa Bay area. The chapter's mission is to promote and advance the technical communication profession in Florida's Suncoast area. http://tc.eserver.org/27151.html http://tc.eserver.org/27151.html You can post job listings here yourself. When you post a job, it appears immediately on the site. http://tc.eserver.org/27137.html http://tc.eserver.org/27137.html Many professors are using the Internet and the Web in connection with teaching traditional classes. Even if you don't want to use the Internet or the Web extensively, you may want to consider using them for some communication functions (see below) or for some information technology topics you might choose to include in a traditional course. Civil procedure professors, for example, may find it useful to visit websites linking to caselaw and commentary about the criteria for obtaining personal jurisdiction over those who maintain websites or on cyberspace as its own jurisdiction. Torts professors may find of interest Web-based materials on the potential liability of online service providers for torts committed by users. A panoply of materials about the Communications Decency Act and the Reno v. ACLU case are available on various websites for constitutional law courses. At the very least, law professors may want to treat the Internet and the Web as useful sources of information when preparing their classes. http://tc.eserver.org/27027.html http://tc.eserver.org/27027.html You may only get one opportunity in a home visit and good planning and preparation is important. Here are some tips and hints from recent home site visits in both China and Taiwan. http://tc.eserver.org/27004.html http://tc.eserver.org/27004.html After participating in UF2005, I'm left with the impression that the design and usability professions in China are developing at a breakneck speed. http://tc.eserver.org/26984.html http://tc.eserver.org/26984.html The website of the Bay Area Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. http://tc.eserver.org/26939.html http://tc.eserver.org/26939.html The XML Authoring Group is an informal gathering of technical communication professions in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) area of North Carolina who meet once every two months or so to discuss issues regarding the development of technical content with structure or XML tags. We are not a group of XML programmers and we are not beginners with XML either. We are using XML for developing, delivering, and maintaining technical content, not data. http://tc.eserver.org/26846.html http://tc.eserver.org/26846.html For the past two decades or so, science communication activities have gained momentum in India. Efforts have been made from both governmental and non-governmental platforms to enhance the public understanding of science. The idea is to help science and a scientific culture penetrate India's socio-culturally diverse society, and to transform it into a nation of scientifically thinking and scientifically aware people. http://tc.eserver.org/26787.html http://tc.eserver.org/26787.html A selection of HCI-related publications, standards, organisations and on-line resources which complement the work of the British HCI Group. http://tc.eserver.org/26769.html http://tc.eserver.org/26769.html tekom is the German society for technical communication. Nearly all contents of tekom's website have been translated into English. A lot of contents are free, others are for members only. http://tc.eserver.org/26676.html http://tc.eserver.org/26676.html The STC Austin newsletter is now in blog format. Archives available at http://www.stcaustin.org/newsletter/archives.html. http://tc.eserver.org/26671.html http://tc.eserver.org/26671.html This section of the RMC web site contains information for both jobseekers and freelancers, including listings of recent job postings in the area, national job postings, freelance resources, and an FAQ for freelancers. http://tc.eserver.org/26613.html http://tc.eserver.org/26613.html Curitiba, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte were the three cities in Brazil that had events for World Usability Day (WUD) on November 3, 2005. These events marked the formation of the UPA Brazilian chapter. http://tc.eserver.org/26459.html http://tc.eserver.org/26459.html Along with China’s rapid development in science and economy, technical communication between Chinese and Westerners is becoming more and more important. The purpose of this study is to promote the teaching of technical communication in China by introducing it into China’s college English for specific purposes. Postgraduate classes from grades 2001 to 2004 at Capital University of Medical Sciences in Beijing were assigned to study English for Technical Communication, a course that integrated the concepts of technical communication into English for specific purposes. In the survey of Grade 2004, over 96% of the graduates claimed that it was necessary for them to study English for Technical Communication; more than 90% of the students confirmed that the course was practical; and 90% of them claimed that the course had significantly improved their abilities in technical communication. Therefore, introducing technical communication in English for specific purposes would be a feasible way to develop the teaching of technical communication in China. http://tc.eserver.org/26438.html http://tc.eserver.org/26438.html RusCHI serves as an inter-disciplinary group for the exchange of ideas and experience in the field of usability and human-computer interaction (HCI) by bringing together people working on the design, evaluation, implementation, and study of interactive systems. http://tc.eserver.org/26394.html http://tc.eserver.org/26394.html Are you worried as a designer in the U.S. that design jobs will migrate to China? Are you concerned about the increasingly competitive pricing on design jobs and its resultant outsourcing? Are you curious about the quality of design work over there? http://tc.eserver.org/26405.html http://tc.eserver.org/26405.html Belgium is renowned for scrumptious chocolates, Trappist beers, canals of Bruges, Flemish painters, cathedrals, and the metropolitan city of Brussels. But few people know about the champions of usability. http://tc.eserver.org/26170.html http://tc.eserver.org/26170.html If you are traveling to Japan on business it is very important to have business cards created, or as they are called in Japan, meishi. Not only are they a useful tool to identify you and your company, but they can also provide additional information for your Japanese counterparts, such as any professional memberships or associations you may be involved in. http://tc.eserver.org/26053.html http://tc.eserver.org/26053.html Are Pune technical writers the highest paid of the breed in India? The word on the street doesn't say so. As a hiring manager, I don't believe so. But, the salary survey suggests so. http://tc.eserver.org/26054.html http://tc.eserver.org/26054.html Thanks to Makarand, Paresh, Mira, and other contributors, some of our questions are answered after a gap of two years and we have some takeaways from the salary survey. http://tc.eserver.org/26052.html http://tc.eserver.org/26052.html Comparing trends in India and the U.S. gives a sense that the Indian technical communication community is on a strong footing and can gain a competitive edge by focusing on some key areas. http://tc.eserver.org/26055.html http://tc.eserver.org/26055.html When I tried to look at the salary survey from the point of view of a Technical Communication Service Provider (TCSP), I noticed quite a few interesting points. http://tc.eserver.org/26056.html http://tc.eserver.org/26056.html Among the constant chattering noise that these numbers are making, they also sing some common tunes. http://tc.eserver.org/26058.html http://tc.eserver.org/26058.html The movement of jobs from the U.S. and other countries to India has really fueled salary growth. http://tc.eserver.org/26059.html http://tc.eserver.org/26059.html While there are a few obvious anomalies in the numbers, the average salary of people with less than a year's experience being more than that of 1-2 years range, mostly the numbers appear to be credible. http://tc.eserver.org/26060.html http://tc.eserver.org/26060.html Employers are not looking for certification or relevant technical writing educational qualifications while hiring or while designing the compensation package. http://tc.eserver.org/25984.html http://tc.eserver.org/25984.html This article explores the work habits of technical writers in different regions of the world. The article is based on a a survey and publishes the results based on the responses of 900+ technical writers worldwide. http://tc.eserver.org/25928.html http://tc.eserver.org/25928.html STC India chapter conducted a salary survey of Technical Communicators working in India. This web based, anonymous survey was open to all Technical Communicators working in India including those who are not members of STC. The survey was open from 20th April 2005 to 10th May 2005. A total of 455 respondents completed the survey. http://tc.eserver.org/25925.html http://tc.eserver.org/25925.html This is a forum for technical communication professionals in the Philippines. http://tc.eserver.org/25926.html http://tc.eserver.org/25926.html TW@Bangalore is a discussion group for technical communicators in Bangalore. Technical communicators from any part of the country can join this group and interact with the community in Bangalore. This is a free group for interaction, but as far as possible, restrict your mails only to technical communication-related topics. http://tc.eserver.org/25741.html http://tc.eserver.org/25741.html In this article we explore these issues further to find out how the Internet is used by Australasian HCI professionals and how they see themselves using the Internet in the future. http://tc.eserver.org/25611.html http://tc.eserver.org/25611.html Intellectual property is the area of law that enables designers, innovators and other creative people to protect and exploit their work and to prevent misappropriation by others. It is concerned with the legal protection of 'the good idea'. Failure to obtain such protection can have serious economic and operational consequences. http://tc.eserver.org/25419.html http://tc.eserver.org/25419.html Technical communication in the United States has been defined as 'any effort that makes it possible for people to get the most from the technology in their lives.' This broad definition covers the breadth of the profession that includes such communities as instructional design, information architecture, marketing communications, documentation development, usability, management, training, business communication, translation, writing, and editing. The 21 Special Interest Groups (SIGs) within the Society for Technical Communication (STC) illustrate the diversity and breadth of technical communication. The diverse specialties that make up technical communication in the US are at once its strength and its problem. http://tc.eserver.org/25392.html http://tc.eserver.org/25392.html Is usability the same in New York as in China? As I thought about it, this is really two questions: Is our professional practice the same? Are we working from the same basic assumptions about how to approach the job of making products and applications work for their users, and do we use the same techniques and methodologies? Do western usability principles apply to a Chinese audience? Can we apply what we have learned from usability tests in the US and Europe, or are cultural differences so great that we must rethink what usability 'means?' http://tc.eserver.org/25311.html http://tc.eserver.org/25311.html One of the European Union’s vital tasks is to circulate and disseminate information in 11 languages. People are not generally aware of the scale and complexity of this task, and the ever-increasing amount and multilingual character of the documentation to be distributed, and it is only through continual development of the techniques used and constant rationalisation that the task can be accomplished each day. The Interinstitutional style guide has been produced with these things in mind. http://tc.eserver.org/25285.html http://tc.eserver.org/25285.html The CSSR's purpose is to promote the study of the theory and practice of rhetoric in all periods and languages, and its relationships with other fields of enquiry and realms of practice. http://tc.eserver.org/25191.html http://tc.eserver.org/25191.html I traveled to Beijing, China for User Friendly 2004 to meet a few of our usability colleagues there. What I found was a large and vibrant usability community. http://tc.eserver.org/25166.html http://tc.eserver.org/25166.html Kenn Munk designs wonderfully different fonts and dingbats, some of which are inspired by urban typography. Travel to his neighbourhood, Frederiksbjerg Denmark, for an insightful visit with typography of bygone days. http://tc.eserver.org/25157.html http://tc.eserver.org/25157.html Getting a job in the design field may not be as easy as you think. Seattle designer Melissa Mason goes for yet another job interview in pursuit of a big agency design job. http://tc.eserver.org/25072.html http://tc.eserver.org/25072.html The usual reference to a product's usability is to its efficiency of use，learnability and satisfaction. With the current development of economy and technology, usability testing has been developed recently in China. http://tc.eserver.org/24934.html http://tc.eserver.org/24934.html Basic information about Science Communication Group: what we do and who we are. http://tc.eserver.org/24900.html http://tc.eserver.org/24900.html In 1987 Brockman visited Australia raising a number of issues he saw as critical for the successful progression and survival of Australia’s Technical Communication society, and the profession. Those comments pertain to technical communication as a profession, lack of academic programs in technical communication and a professional journal, need for authentication of members, development of a professional infrastructure, the fragmented nature of the ASTC. This paper reports on how the profession in Australia is progressing in these issues and how we compare with the STC. http://tc.eserver.org/24537.html http://tc.eserver.org/24537.html Teaching business communication in Russia involves operating in a high-context oral culture where few documents are created. However, this article analyzes two Russian teaching contracts, rhetorically comparing purpose and audience, culture, gender, and the role of the individual versus the state. For historical, political, and economic reasons, less documentation is used in business transactions in Russia than is used in the United States. Subsequently, communication scholars have been afforded little opportunity to analyze Russian business documents. This study uses anecdotal episodes as a framework for examining Russian culture and analyzing university teaching contracts, concluding that the contracts are not only brief and factual but also reflect a more oral, less litigious environment than Western countries like the United States. http://tc.eserver.org/24502.html http://tc.eserver.org/24502.html The increasing significance of NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement) to the economy of the United States makes understanding Mexico important. Because the histories and cultures of the US and Mexico differ significantly, the written communication of each country also differs. Rhetorical strategies for written business communication in Mexico reflect the country's bloody, cyclical history and its resulting culture characterized by collectivism, high power distances, fatalism, and emphasis on building trust and relationships. Despite Mexico's economic problems, it is a country in transition. Because of the increasing presence of US business entities in Mexico, communication protocols are changing, as US technology and ways of doing business infuse the traditional Mexican culture. Understanding how to communicate effectively in Mexico requires an understanding of the country's history and culture as well as the changes occurring there. In addition to having a basic grasp of Mexico's history and culture, both old and new, US writers must know where any Mexican company is situated along this changing cultural continuum and how the continuum shapes the design of written business communication. http://tc.eserver.org/24295.html http://tc.eserver.org/24295.html In May of 1997, a delegation of twelve technical communicators and technical communication teachers (all members of STC) from the United States and Canada visited the People's Republic of China. The delegation was sponsored by the Citizen Ambassador Program of People to People International, an organization founded in 1956 by President Dwight Eisenhower to promote international cooperation. In a series of professional meetings with teachers of language, science, and engineering at universities in Beijing, Guilin, and Suzhou, the delegation explored the current status of technical communication and its teaching in China. http://tc.eserver.org/24294.html http://tc.eserver.org/24294.html In May of 1997, a delegation of twelve technical communicators and technical communication teachers (all members of STC) from the United States and Canada visited the People's Republic of China. The delegation was sponsored by the Citizen Ambassador Program of People to People International, an organization founded in 1956 by President Dwight Eisenhower to promote international cooperation. In a series of professional meetings with teachers of language, science, and engineering at universities in Beijing, Guilin, and Suzhou, the delegation explored the current status of technical communication and its teaching in China. http://tc.eserver.org/24214.html http://tc.eserver.org/24214.html Technical Communication is not a profession per se in Nepal, at least not until Pilgrim Asia was founded in 1997. Because of that, finding trained individuals to produce topnotched documentation for Pilgrim Asia can be as adventurous as scaling the country’s and world’s highest peak – Mt. Everest. (Ah ha! Nepal!). It takes perseverance and mountains of pages of writing and editing for increments of excellence. But once skills are learned, the expectation level exponentially rises so new levels of excellence are achieved. And with each product release we prove that technical communication can be a viable profession in Nepal. http://tc.eserver.org/23897.html http://tc.eserver.org/23897.html This page is restricted to active members of the Atlanta Chapter of the STC and to registered employment agencies. http://tc.eserver.org/23667.html http://tc.eserver.org/23667.html MetroVoice is the official newsletter of the New York Metro Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. http://tc.eserver.org/23528.html http://tc.eserver.org/23528.html A specialist job opportunity directory for Midwestern technical communicators. http://tc.eserver.org/23495.html http://tc.eserver.org/23495.html Although CRT is small in numbers, it is already acquainted with the 'big' sister societies, such as tekom (Germany), ISTC (Great Britain) and other Technical Communicator groups in Europe. We were very pleased with the initial contacts made in Brussels early in 2001 aimed at establishing a new umbrella organization for technical communicators in Europe. http://tc.eserver.org/23474.html http://tc.eserver.org/23474.html The European Language Resources Association (ELRA) was founded in February 1995 as a membership association, by a number of leading academic and private-sector bodies in co-operation with the European Commission. As a non-profit making organisation, ELRA aims to serve as a focal point for the collection, marketing, distribution and licensing of language resources, as well as being a provider of general information in the field of language engineering. Day-to-day operations are run by the European Language Distribution Agency (ELDA), while the strategies and plans of ELRA are set by the member-elected board. http://tc.eserver.org/23494.html http://tc.eserver.org/23494.html Technical communication is still quite a young field in Finland, and only a few people have been in the field for more than a decade. The average age of a Finnish technical communicator is probably around 30, and most of us have four or five years’ experience and an academic background in languages. Estimates of how many technical communicators there are in Finland are hard to come by, but our guesstimate would be anything from 500 to 1000 (and growing). Even though most of us speak Finnish as our native language, English is the main language of technical communication, since most of the products are exported. Localizability is one of the key elements in Finnish technical communication. http://tc.eserver.org/23436.html http://tc.eserver.org/23436.html Early in April 2001, delegates from the European societies for technical communication met for the first time in Brussels, following a joint invitation by tekom - the German society -- and ISTC - the UK institute. Among the represented societies were CRT (France), FTI (Sweden), ISTC (United Kingdom), STD (Finland), STIC (Netherlands), TECOM (Switzerland) and tekom (Germany and Austria). The most important outcome was the formulation of a joint declaration of intent to found a European-wide 'umbrella' organisation. http://tc.eserver.org/23440.html http://tc.eserver.org/23440.html There are little pockets of special capability in technical communication throughout the world that we rarely hear about, because the people involved maintain a low profile and just get on with the job. http://tc.eserver.org/23400.html http://tc.eserver.org/23400.html Given the number of Norwegian software and other high-tech companies, there should be quite a few technical writers in Norway. Why don't they cooperate and join a (professional) community? http://tc.eserver.org/23442.html http://tc.eserver.org/23442.html When tekom was established in 1978, education for technical communicators did not exist in Germany. Therefore one of tekom´s main objectives since its foundation was to set up and promote education in the field of technical communication. After all, the improvement of product quality depends largely on the quality of the education of those responsible for the products. By now, a number of universities offer programs in these fields. http://tc.eserver.org/23443.html http://tc.eserver.org/23443.html How did Karlstad, a medium-sized town in central Sweden, come to be a 'centre of excellence' in Technical Communication? Well, a lot of it has to do with Ericsson. http://tc.eserver.org/23416.html http://tc.eserver.org/23416.html During 1998 a member survey was made by FTI, the Swedish Society for Technical Communication as a follow up to a survey made in 1991. Some 25% answered of the 400+ FTI members. Here follows a selection of the results along with some comments. http://tc.eserver.org/23452.html http://tc.eserver.org/23452.html When the Euro comes to bring the EU-countries closer together on the financial level, technical communication won't stay behind. http://tc.eserver.org/23413.html http://tc.eserver.org/23413.html Israel rates as one of the highest per-capita technology consumers in the world, but its actual market size is small, as the total population is only about six million. This means that most high tech companies here must find additional markets outside of Israel. Therefore, most technical writing is in English, which is accepted in many countries and is also a more practical source language (for localization) than Hebrew. http://tc.eserver.org/23412.html http://tc.eserver.org/23412.html The reason for the relatively low number of technical writers in India is because India has been concentrating mainly on doing projects. It is only in recent years that many top multinationals have set up their development factories here. This has dramatically increased the technical writers' population in India. In some companies in Bangalore and Pune, one gets to hear of teams of 10 and 20 technical writers. Otherwise, India is no different to other countries: a large number of technical writers work alone in their companies. Today, all these technical writers have come together to share information and ideas through TWIN, the Technical Writers of India mailing list. http://tc.eserver.org/23320.html http://tc.eserver.org/23320.html We will share the results and analysis of a survey on customer needs for user documents as a means to raise the overall quality of such materials. Fuji Xerox will provide how to improve the quality of user documents with some examples of user manuals for copier and facsimile etc. Hitachi will report various methods to improve the quality in software-manual development process and provide some examples. http://tc.eserver.org/23209.html http://tc.eserver.org/23209.html EBLIDA is the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations. We are an independent umbrella association of national library, information, documentation and archive associations and institutions in Europe. http://tc.eserver.org/23206.html http://tc.eserver.org/23206.html コンセントによる日本のインフォメーションアーキテクトのための情報提供サイト。IA関連イベント情報、参考文献、IA関連リンクなどの紹介。 http://tc.eserver.org/23024.html http://tc.eserver.org/23024.html An organization for Usability and Design professional, as well as people just enthusiastic about these endeavors, who live or work in the Greater Twin Cities Area. http://tc.eserver.org/22894.html http://tc.eserver.org/22894.html The Australian Society for Technical Communication (NSW) is a professional non-profit organisation dedicated to serving the needs of technical communicators. http://tc.eserver.org/22896.html http://tc.eserver.org/22896.html The Society of Editors (Victoria) Inc. is an organisation for people who are engaged professionally in editing for publication. It has more than 300 members, including in-house and freelance editors. http://tc.eserver.org/22630.html http://tc.eserver.org/22630.html The Editors' Association of Canada promotes professional editing as key in producing effective communications. Its 1,600-plus members, salaried and freelance, work with individuals and in the corporate, technical, government, non-profit, and publishing sectors. http://tc.eserver.org/22627.html http://tc.eserver.org/22627.html A list of positions currently available for technical communicators in Western Canada. http://tc.eserver.org/22626.html http://tc.eserver.org/22626.html Job vacancies that the STC UK Chapter has been notified are currently available. http://tc.eserver.org/22629.html http://tc.eserver.org/22629.html The job bank mail list is open to anybody who is a current member of the STC. It is implemented as a Yahoo group but you do not need to be a Yahoo member to be on the list. http://tc.eserver.org/21671.html http://tc.eserver.org/21671.html As a U.S.-trained writer based in Singapore in recent years, my experiences and observations revealed significant opportunities that technical communicators working in the Asia/Pacific region can take advantage of as well as issues they are likely to need to come to grips with. My emphasis will be on Southeast Asia. http://tc.eserver.org/21672.html http://tc.eserver.org/21672.html The profile of Japanese technical communicators was surveyed in December 1994. The most typical Japanese technical communicator is a 41-year-old man with an engineering degree; he works as a techncial writer/editor with management responsibility for a large-sized high-tech company and lives in Tokyo. In Japan, the profession of technical communication is very new, unknown, and low in its professional status in industry with virtually no formal education or research support from higher education. http://tc.eserver.org/21520.html http://tc.eserver.org/21520.html The Western Canadian Research Project intends to show western Canadian businesses how to improve their performance through the effective use of technical communication. The project consists of intensive research into the current perception and use of technical communication by business and government, and into the current state of the technical communication profession in the region. The project analyzes and presents this primary research in a report, and concludes with a series of publications and events designed to achieve the project’s objective: improved business performance. http://tc.eserver.org/21454.html http://tc.eserver.org/21454.html TCeurope is the European umbrella organisation for technical documentation, currently representing technical writers and illustrators in seven European countries. http://tc.eserver.org/21455.html http://tc.eserver.org/21455.html Die TECOM Schweiz ist der Fachverband der Autoren, Redaktoren, Illustratoren und weiteren Kommunikationsspezialisten, die sich mit Dokumentation von technischen Einrichtungen, Prozessen und Software beschäftigen. http://tc.eserver.org/21402.html http://tc.eserver.org/21402.html NCTWG is a resource for Technical Writers in northern Colorado. Membership is open to all technical writers. STC membership is not required. Meetings are held monthly and begin with an hour of socializing and networking, followed by a guest lecture or round-table discussion.