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The Tim Rosa Associates Technical and Business Writing Blog
A resource center for sharing information and discussing ideas about technical documentation, marketing, regulatory & compliance, training & development, and business intelligence.
Tim Rosa Associates. Resources>Writing>Technical Writing>Blogs
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I like to use software applications. I like to help people figure out how to use stuff. I like to write. I am a technical writer.
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Often conflicting pressures to produce communications that better fit customer demands as well as stay within tightening constraints on budgets and schedules are leading many technical communications organizations to a topic-based approach to authoring. In fact, 58% of participants in Aberdeen Group's October 2008 DITA and the Technical Communicator’s Transformation study report that they currently follow author content in a topic-based manner, with a vast majority of those remaining planning to implement one in the future. A topic-based approach promotes greater content reuse and is seeing a considerable impact on the authoring efficiency of technical communications projects today. The benefits of topic-based authoring can be compelling, with findings from the The Technical Communicator’s Transformation study indicating that when pursued the right way, topic-based authoring can have a broad range of benefits, enabling an organization to meet authoring and localization cost targets as well as documentation quality expectations, among others. However, as the adoption of this approach spreads, the advantages seen by today's leading organizations will flatten out. This Sector Insight provides a guide for current adoption of topic-based authoring and those still considering it; outlining the changes that are expected to take place in as topic-based authoring goes mainstream.
Jackson, Chad and David Houlihan. Aberdeen Group (2008). Resources>Documentation>Information Design>Technical Writing
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Technical Communication blog about products, topics in Tech Comm, tools, teaching tech comm topics, and others
Burton, Sharon. Wordpress (2008). Resources>User Experience>Technical Writing>Blogs
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Mike Hamilton covers topics like technology, PDAs, MadCap products, technical communication and more.
Hamilton, Michael. Wordpress (2008). Resources>User Experience>Technical Writing>Blogs
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The Art of the Functional Spec
'The Art of the Functional Spec' is a forum for those of us responsible for writing functional specs. We'll discuss the basics of functional spec writing, offer tips, provide examples and respond to your feedback and questions.
Functional Spec (2009). Resources>Writing>Technical Writing>Specifications
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Tech Writer - Glossary of Terms and Acronyms 
Some basic terms and acronyms useful to the technical writer operating in Australia.
docDownload (2009). Resources>Dictionaries>Technical Writing>Glossary
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A collection of resources of the technology of writing.
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Toolkit for New Medical Writers
Medical writing is a great career! The work is interesting and often lucrative, and the demand for medical writers is high. Few people start out to be medical writers; most of us fall into it. Some of us have scientific or medical degrees (e.g., MD, PharmD, PhD in a scientific field) and have worked in the field (e.g., as an academic, bench scientist, physician, pharmacist) or in administration and somehow find ourselves doing medical communications work. Some of us have Journalism or English degrees, work in communications, and end up writing about health and medicine.
De Milto, Lori. AMWA (2004). Resources>Writing>Technical Writing>Biomedical
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Technical Writing in Science Class: The Handbook
An organized kit of technical-writing exercises, guidelines, activities, and strategies refined and tested in real high-school classes, with notes and comparisons to help teachers borrow and adapt them. Also used for teacher professional development at the Edward Teller Education Center.
Girill, T.R. STC East Bay (2009). Resources>Education>Literacy>Technical Writing
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Top 50 Technical Writers on the Web
I was preparing a report on freelance technical writers and noticed how hard it was to find technical writing sites run by writers, most were recruitment site. So I’ve made a list of the top 50 technical writers with a web presence. Some of these you might know, such as Darren Barefoot and Tom Johnson. I have also added some other writers from India, Russia and Israel to reach out to a wider audience.
Walsh, Ivan. I Heart Tech Docs (2009). Resources>Directories>Technical Writing
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The technical writing process consists of four main phases. These are planning, writing, delivery, archiving. These phases are not necessarily set in stone and some variations do exist. Every writer is different and they each have their own way of writing that is distinct.
Technical Writer Blog, The (2009). Resources>Writing>Technical Writing>Blogs
