#14639
A Hands-On Guide to Asia and the Internet 
Yunker explains how American and European companies can communicate with Asian markets by enabling their Web browsers to view Asian languages, send and receive an e-mail message in an Asian language, and input Asian text into Web forms. Yunker also poses ten questions to ask before localizing your Web site for Asian countries.
Yunker, John E. Intercom (2000). Design>Web Design>Regional>Asia
#23494
High-Tech Communication from Finland
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.
Lahti, Maria. TC-FORUM (2000). Articles>TC>Regional>Scandinavia
#31494
The African regional chapter for the International Association of Business Communicators.
IABC Africa. Organizations>Business Communication>Regional>Africa
#23320
Improving the Quality of User Manuals in Japan
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.
Nomizo, Fumitoshi, Teruaki Shioda and Akihiko Suzuki. STC Proceedings (1994). Articles>Documentation>Regional>Japan
#21671
Independent Contracting Opportunities and Issues in Asia/Pacific
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.
Kurtz, Jerry. STC Proceedings (1996). Careers>Consulting>Regional>Asia
#23206
Information Architect Association Japan
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。
IAAJ. (Japanese) Organizations>Information Design>Regional>Japan
#19173
The Information Design Association
The Information Design Association (IDA) was founded in the UK in 1991, to bring together practitioners, users and anyone else with an interest in information design.
IDA. Organizations>Information Design>Regional>United Kingdom
#10396
Information Design: A European Perspective 
This commentary briefly outlines the evolution of information design in Europe, notes the differences between approaches to information design in Europe and the U. S., and speculates on reasons for those differences. Ultimately, however, those who are information designers seek to improve the quality of communication, respecting and improving the lives of others.
Taylor, Conrad. Technical Communication Online (2000). Design>Information Design>Regional>Europe
#10129
Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators
A UK organization (member of Intecom) that allows members to exchange views and information with other technical communicators. Offers book reviews on various subjects (e.g. editing, writing, indexing, web design, user interface design, and programming and mark-up languages). It also offers information on training and education for technical communicators.
#25611
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.
Stansfield, Iain. Design Council (2005). Articles>Intellectual Property>Regional>United Kingdom
#19782
Using case studies gathered from teaching projects, this paper analyses both electronic mail, and real-time chat data of pairs of American-Australian students. Results show distinct patterns of interaction concomitant with small group theory, but with marked differences with respect to modality. Survey data reveals idiosyncratic preferences for using either e-mail or real-n-me chat. Analysis of the actual discourse highlights contextual cultural difficulties such as level of language proficiency and organisational norms.
Duin, Ann Hill and Ray Archee. STC Proceedings (1996). Articles>Cyberculture>Regional>Australia
#10312
An International Internet Collaboration
Describes a year-long collaboration over the Internet between a systems analyst from Sweden and a technical communicator from the United States. Describes the progress of the project, the major difficulties encountered, and the authors' conclusions about its success. In addition, suggestions on how to improve on the process are provided.
Tumminello, Joanna L. and Par Carlshamre. Technical Communication Online (1996). Articles>TC>Regional>Scandinavia
#25741
The Internet and HCI in Australasia
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.
Wood, Dean and Susan Wolfe. SIGCHI Bulletin (1997). Articles>Human Computer Interaction>Regional>Australia
#18653
Islam’s Influence on the Egyptian Business Environment: Tips for a Technical Communicator
While disjointed communication may characterize the communication that occurs between Arabs and westerners, technical communicators should work to resolve conflicts and avoid misunderstandings.
Abolrous, Sally. University of Washington-Seattle (2002). Articles>TC>Regional>Middle East
#25191
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.
Quesenbery, Whitney. Usability Professionals Association (2005). Articles>Usability>Regional>China
#21115
Italy is the fourth largest economy in Europe and the seventh largest in the world. Its status as one of the world's largest economic powers is relatively recent, however. The vast majority of Italy's economic development has occurred since the end of the Second World War. In the 55+ years since the end of WWII, Italy has moved from a primarily agrarian society to a modern post-industrial economy. This extremely rapid economic development has been unique amongst Western nations, and has had a decidedly strong impact on Italian culture and society.
Williams, Brendan J. WebWord (2001). Articles>Web Design>Regional>Italy
#30512
ITCF (International Technical Communication Forum)
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.
Kobayashi, Norio. STC Proceedings (1993). Articles>TC>Regional>Japan
#22627
A list of positions currently available for technical communicators in Western Canada.
#23443
Karlstad, Sweden - a Centre of Excellence in Technical Communication
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.
Lewis-Sturmhoefel, Jeanne. TC-FORUM (1998). Articles>TC>Regional>Scandinavia
#20399
Ci-après vous trouverez la liste de probablement toutes les familles de caractères conçues par les créateurs de caractères Français durant le vingtième siècle.
Larcher, Jean and Jean-François Porchez. ADPF (1998). (French) Design>Typography>Regional>France
#26056
Listen, the Numbers are Singing
Among the constant chattering noise that these numbers are making, they also sing some common tunes.
#13099
Living and Working in China: Understanding Communication Requirements
Technical communicators living and working in China need to be familiar with more than the principles of their craft. They should also understand the requirements of proper forms of address, what makes correspondence “official,” Chinese learning and communicating styles, and other cultural influences on communication, such as the importance of slogans, the rule of silence and the habit of non-specificity. Such understandings lead to cultural sensitivity and increased ability to respond to the challenges of working in the Chinese environment. names is a sign of friendliness. The best practice in China, however, is to address people in the generally accepted Chinese way.
Coggin, William O., Betty F. Coggin and Xiaoli Li. STC Proceedings (2001). Presentations>TC>Regional>China
#14257
Local Chapters of the ACM SIGCHI
ACM SIGCHI brings together people working on the design, evaluation, implementation, and study of interactive computing systems for human use. ACM SIGCHI provides an international, interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas about the field of human-computer interaction (HCI).
ACM SIGCHI. Organizations>Human Computer Interaction>Regional
#18507
Un manuale o una guida in linea efficaci non nascono semplicemente dalla competenza tecnica: il contenuto deve essere rivestito da una forma che ne faciliti la comprensione e la memorizzazione da parte dell'utente. Esistono collaudate strategie per la costruzione di testi, illustrazioni, percorsi concettuali: queste strategie sono elaborate da esperti di psicologia, pedagogia, linguistica e altre discipline.
Comolli, Fabrizio. ErgoSum (2002). (Italian) Resources>Documentation>Regional>Italy
#14149
Materiali e Proposte Didattiche
La scrittura elettronica è una delle più importanti 'conquiste' dell'informatica: anche i più restii all'innovazione tecnologica, ormai, concordano nel ritenere quanto meno vantaggioso, sia in termini di velocità che di praticità e organizzazione, il fatto di scrivere al computer. Ma la scrittura elettronica non serve solo a risparmiare tempo e, almeno idealmente, a evitare spreco di carta. Si è subito capito che essa ha anche molte altre implicazioni: il word processing evidenzia ad esempio alcuni immediati e significativi cambiamenti nel rapporto tra mente e testo, tra spazio del pensiero e spazio dello scrivere. Si può lavorare, in particolare, superando o risolvendo il conflitto tra necessità di immediatezza e necessità di revisione, implicito nella produzione di un testo e difficilmente risolvibile senza l'ausilio del mezzo informatico, unico, in attesa di nuovi sviluppi (come l'interfacciamento vocale), a garantire il completo controllo del processo che parte dall'elaborazione delle idee e arriva alla stesura definitiva di un documento strutturato.
Rotta, Mario. Universita di Firenze. (Italian) Academic>Courses>Regional>Italy
