Five Industry Best Practices to Improve Your Proposals and Technical Documents
Tweet Every time I turn around, there is a new “industry best practices” model that every organization is trying to adopt. The funny thing is that they are very similar to one another. There is CMMI, ISO, Six Sigma, and the list keeps going. If you don’t know, industry best practices are business processes that assist companies, government agencies, and non-profit organizations in maintaining the highest level of quality in the...
Read MoreTechnical Writer Looking for Writing Gigs or Telecommute-Friendly Company
Tweet City: Fairfax, VA Education: Bachelor of Arts Profession: Technical Writer/Business Analyst Drinker? Socially Height: 5’7″ (170 cm) Smoker? No Seeking: Writing Gigs and/or Telecommute-Friendly Company Intent: To have it all About Me I am a Writer/Analyst with over 11 years of professional experience in the information technology (IT) field. I have worked on worked on several projects where I collected,...
Read More24 Apps to Aid Your Writing
Tweet Writers need to be on top of things, so that they never miss a deadline and their writing is well researched and written. Here is a list of 24 apps that can aid writers with their writing: Source: etsy.com via Lily on Pinterest Keep Track of Research Material Evernote There are tons of blog posts on how Evernote can aid you in everything, from business to personal. I love that it syncs to all my systems, regardless if...
Read MoreHow I Became a Technical Writer
Tweet I have gotten a lot of questions wondering how I became a Technical Writer. I decided to create this blog post to answer everyone all-at-once. Also, for future people who are trying to get into technical writing and want to know how. Here it goes: Pre-Technical Writing Days Before I started, I had been in IT since I was 17. Well, I was already in IT in a way. My mother was a Computer Specialist working for the Department of...
Read MoreTechnical Writers Should Have Multiple Personalities
Tweet I’ve always said the coolest part about being a writer in the technology field is that you are a “Jack of all Trades.” You have to be in order to keep up with the Developers, Project Managers, and Business Analysts. This is what makes us so valuable, and keeps the phone ringing when we have our resumes out there. We have touched all kind of documents, even ones that really had nothing to do with IT or proposals. This is why we...
Read MoreGreat Resource for New and Seasoned Technical Writers
Tweet A few weeks ago, I joined Technical Writing World. It is a social networking site for technical writers (finally!). It has already grown to over 300 members, and it won’t stop there. It’s a great resource for new and/or seasoned technical writers. There is a Techdoc Superfeed that is a feed of blog posts from various members. If you are on Twitter (you should already be on there), then you can follow the Twitter list. There...
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