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Agile Documentation with doctest and epydoc
A Test Map is a list of unit tests associated with a specific function/method under test. It helps you see how that specific function/method is being exercised via unit tests.
Gheorghiu, Grig. Blogspot (2005). Articles>Documentation>Agile
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A blog from Bangalore based on everything related to the user experience and interaction.
Monteiro, Percy. Blogspot. Resources>Usability>User Centered Design>Blogs
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Blog on Technical Writing, Usability, and More
Suman Kumar's weblog on technical writing, usability, tips, tricks and more!
Kumar, Suman. Blogspot. Resources>Writing>Technical Writing>Blogs
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This Indian usability blog attempts to bridge the gap between user requirements research and UI design.
Pillai, Muthu. Blogspot (2004). Resources>Usability>User Centered Design>Blogs
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Creating Usability Awareness in India
A weblog to help create usability awareness in India.
Cua, Vijay. Blogspot (2007). Design>Usability>Regional>India
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A weblog about web, user interface and user experience design.
Deshpande, Amit. Blogspot. Resources>Web Design>User Experience>Blogs
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Estimating Resources in Technical Writing
Project management principles that can easily be applied to working as a documentation manager.
Prabhakar, Rahul. Blogspot (2006). Careers>Management>Project Management>Technical Writing
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Information Architecture, Usability, Customer Experience
A blog on the Usability, HCI, and customer experience industry by an Indian User Experience professional with a decade of providing customer centric solutions and a pragmatic approach to business problems.
Masood, Nasser. Blogspot (2006). Resources>Usability>User Experience>Blogs
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Review: KnowGenesis Online Library for Technical Communication
What makes KnowGenesis different is, I feel, it has a potential both for the corporate needs and the non-corporate users of knowledge management (KM). On one hand, organizational and corporate knowledge is captured, processed, shared and available in many KM portals are well organized. And, in such a junction, this journal adds value to the existing knowledgebase with its own specialty.
Taher, Mohamed. Blogspot (2006). Articles>Reviews>TC
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Managing Conflicts within a Team of Writers
It is quite challenging for a manager to integrate a diverse group of intelligent and creative professionals into a single, cohesive unit. As much as you may try to avoid it, conflict among your employees is bound to rear its ugly head from time to time.
Prabhakar, Rahul. Blogspot (2006). Careers>Management>Writing>Technical Writing
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Managing the TWI Mailing List: As Tough as it Gets
The success or failure of any mailing list depends entirely on its members - as in how effectively can they contribute on the list or how diligently can they enhance the quality of ongoing discussions. If you watch closely, the level of discussions combined with the maturity of posters is what characterizes these mailing lists to a large extent. For instance, take a firsthand look at Technical Writers India mailing list or TWI, as it is popularly called.
Prabhakar, Rahul. Blogspot (2006). Articles>Documentation>Technical Writing
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Whatever your role in a project, insist on getting the spec right before the code is written. The spec'ing process may take several iterations, so plan accordingly.
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A Tech Writer Dies and Goes to Heaven
A joke about what technical writers' heaven might be like.
Hughes, Michael A. Blogspot (2008). Humor>Writing>Technical Writing>SMEs
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Tech Writer Salaries in the U.S.
It's hard to say how much money full time freelance technical writers make. But we do have some data on salaries made by full time technical writers working for a company.
Adar, Bryan S. Blogspot (2008). Careers>Writing>Salaries>Technical Writing
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A blog about clearly communicating your message.
Casey, A. Blogspot (2001). Resources>Writing>Technical Writing>Minimalism
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Technical writers create documents in various formats like electronic publishing, print, online help, etc. The various tools used to produce technical documents are described below.
Smita, Richa. Blogspot (2008). Articles>Writing>Technical Writing>Software
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Top Ten Lessons I Learned as a Technical Communicator
What significant contribution have I made to the community? Even if I did make one, should I go about writing it?
Prabhakar, Rahul. Blogspot (2006). Articles>Writing>Technical Writing
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Using the Internet for Public Relations
With the advent of the Internet and World Wide Web as an evergrowing and interactive media, Public Relations has a wondrous new tool in its arsenal for managing perception and attitude. Here we discover the leading edge of thought, opinion, and activity in using this new tool to accomplish Public Relations goals.
Stickler, Dwight. Blogspot (2005). Articles>Communication>Public Relations>E Commerce
#31941
I shall attempt to describe to the audience the essence of the Technical Writer.
Hirshman, Yechezkel. Blogspot (2008). Humor>Writing>Technical Writing
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Workshops on Teaching with Technology
Links, references, advice and tips on teaching with technology that are drawn together for campus workshops and faculty discussions.
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The LabVIEW Documentation team consists of some of the most detail-oriented people you will ever meet. We debate using "attend" vs. "participate in". We agonize over "both" vs. "either". We spend half an hour brainstorming the placement of a level 2 heading and worry over its effects on the help file table of contents.
Blogspot (2008). Articles>Writing>Technical Writing
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This tutorial uses the DITA Open Toolkit 1.4.2.1 and the corresponding PDF plugin release, and Wrycan's demo text. This assumes you have a working DITA environment and can run the default formatting with PDF plugin.
Blogspot (2009). Articles>Information Design>XML>DITA
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Why Tech Writers Need To Understand Business: Yet Another Example...
For some years, people, myself included, have noted the lack of interest, even disdain, that many tech writers have for business issues. This reduces these writers' ability to affect company decisions, including decisions that may affect them. Writers from fine arts or English backgrounds can rarely discuss cost-justification in finance terms, so they have little input on buying decisions.
Perlin, Neil E. Blogspot (2009). Articles>Business Communication>Technical Writing
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Why Technical Writers Shouldn't Be "Writers"
Technical writers love the written word. Perhaps, we love it a little too much? We need to ask ourselves is the written word the best thing for documentation? Is it the best thing for us as an industry, and is it the best thing for you as a content developer.
Blogspot (2009). Articles>Writing>Technical Writing>Documentation
