Over the next 15 years, the issues facing interface designers, engineers, programmers, and researchers will become increasingly complex and push further into currently abstract and, perhaps, esoteric realms. However, we are not without guidance and direction to follow. Our experiences as humans and what little history we have with machines can lead us toward our goals.
Shedroff, Nathan. nathan.com (1996). Resources>Web Design
International technologies describes a collection of Macintosh technologies and resources developers can use to internationalize or localize their applications. Internationalization is the process of readying your software to handle different text systems and locale-specific features. Localization is the process of translating an application's text elements, and adjusting the user interface for a specific language or region.
Apple Inc. (2002). Resources>Language>Localization>Software
Internationalization is the process of designing and developing software or Web applications so that they can be easily adapted to various linguistic and cultural environments without additional programming or engineering. Central to internationalization is the separation of language and cultural data from the source code.
Usability Body of Knowledge. Resources>Usability>International
This page contains information about making the Internet accessible.
Internet Links for Technical Communicators
A short collection of links to academic and professional resources online.
Internet Resources for Business and Technical Writers
A collection of links to academic technical writing websites.
University of Illinois. Resources>Directories>Technical Writing>Business Communication
Internet Resources for Technical Communicators
This page contains links to Internet resources for technical writers (or if you prefer, technical communicators).
Internetministeriet fokuserer på webdesign og SEO ud fra et tilgængeligheds og anvendeligheds -princip.
Bredgaard, Thomas. Internetministeriet (2003). (Danish) Resources>Web Design>Accessibility
Interruptions in Human-Computer Interaction 
This is a web resource on the study of interruptions in human-computer interaction.
Introduction to Macromedia Dreamweaver (I) 
Macromedia Dreamweaver is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor used for web page creation. This video will guide you through the first use of Dreamweaver MX. It is followed by Introduction to Macromedia Dreamweaver (II).
Hegelheimer, Volker. Iowa State University (2003). Resources>Tutorials>Streaming>Dreamweaver
Introduction to Macromedia Dreamweaver (II) 
Macromedia Dreamweaver is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor used for web page creation. This video will continue to guide you through the first use of Dreamweaver MX. It follows Introduction to Macromedia Dreamweaver (I).
Hegelheimer, Volker. Iowa State University (2003). Resources>Tutorials>Streaming>Dreamweaver
This page helps students in Business and Technical Communication classes at The Ohio State University learn to use the Web, do research on the Web, or design home pages.
Locker, Kitty O. Ohio State University, The (1999). Resources>Web Design
XML, the Extensible Markup Language, has gone from the latest buzzword to an entrenched eBusiness technology in record time. This newly revised tutorial discusses what XML is, why it was developed, and how it's shaping the future of electronic commerce. It also covers a variety of important XML programming interfaces and standards, and ends with two case studies showing how companies are using XML to solve business problems.
Tidwell, Doug. IBM (2002). Resources>Education>Information Design>XML
Investigations in Systems Design: Structure, Context, Failure and Usability
The purpose of this paper is to briefly review and discuss three books related to systems design. The first book is Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering (Petroski, 1994), the second book is The Mythical Man-Month, Anniversary Edition: Essays on Software Engineering (Brooks, 1995), and the third book is Notes on the Synthesis of Form (Alexander, 1964). In this paper, an emphasis is placed on describing the core ideas of the books. Brief discussions of structure, context, failure, and usability engineering are included to highlight several themes found throughout the trio of books.
Rhodes, John S. WebWord (2001). Resources>Bibliographies>Usability
This page provides links to files that people have provided to me to host for downloading. I am looking for files to add to this section, for example, collections of useful macros, templates, or useful utilities. Please email me if you have something you would like to see published here.
iScribe - Information Security Documentation
A blog on documentation requirements of the InfoSec domain, security implications of documentation technologies, tools and practices, and the information security perspective on information standards with occassional blurbs of the writer's views and lessons in technical communication.
Jithra, Khushbu. iScribe (2006). Resources>Documentation>Security>Blogs
The IUSR Project: Industry USability Report
This document is an overview of the Industry USability Report (IUSR)) Project. The IUSR Project is designed to help potential purchasers of software obtain information about the usability of supplier products.
ウェブユーザビリティに関するヤコブ・ニールセン博士の人気コラム『Alert Box』の日本語版。最新号は英語版発行(通常は隔週月曜日)後2日~3日で翻訳・公開。
Nielsen, Jakob. Chimimo (2004). (Japanese) Resources>Usability
This document aims to capture some of the best practices for developing Java Enterprise Application. The information in this document should ideally be used during Design Cycle. Some of the areas covered are a) Resource Handling b) NLS c) Code Documentation d) Error Handling e) General/ Others. The information presented must be used along with Java Standard Practices and Organization level standard practices.
Sundaram, Elango. Yahoo (2004). Resources>Software>Programming>eBooks
JavaHelp: A New Standard for Application Help and Online Documentation
JavaHelpTM software is a full-featured, platform-independent, extensible help system that enables developers and authors to incorporate online help in applets, components, applications, operating systems, and devices. Authors can also use the JavaHelp software to deliver online documentation for the Web and corporate Intranet.
The Webmonkey code library is our own collection of code fragments, function packages, and Web editor extensions - a resource containing generalized code, specific workarounds, and good ideas that you can use to enhance your pages in ways you may not know how (or may not want to bother) to program.
The personal weblog of Jeffrey Veen, a founding partner of Adaptive Path, a user experience consultancy focusing on the impact of design on business.
Veen, Jeffrey. Veen.com (2005). Resources>Human Computer Interaction>Usability>Blogs
Joddy's Visual Rhetoric Bibliography 
This is a working bibliography on visual rhetoric, visual studies, visual literacy, and anything concerning the image and writing.
Murray, Joddy. Morrismurray.net. Resources>Bibliographies>Rhetoric
John Renish publishes by far the most complete booklist within technical writing. The booklist includes books, tools (incl. software), periodicals, and Internet references (newsgroups, mailing lists incl. TECHWR-L, and ftp/html netsites). The list is at present approx. 192 Letter landscape pages and a little more A4 pages, organised as tables. For A4 printout of the books.rtf you need to reformat it to A4 Landscape (Files/Page setup), and then update the list of Contents.
Renish, John. Peter Ring Consultants. Resources>Bibliographies>TC
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