Technical certifications are good for specific toolset
knowledge, like an MCSE or CCNA.
The equivalent for technical communications would be a
degree, much like CS is for programming/networking.
I can get certified as a Microsoft network engineer
with some form of an MCSE, but for general network
http://wiki.webworks.com/HelpCenter/Reference/FormatGuide
--- John Garison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What sorts of output can WWP produce that is good
> fodder for
> browser-based display?
http://www.dionysius.com
code | tech | docs | leadership
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The suggestion to reboot/restart is good advice.
If not that, can you rename the conditional tag
through the "edit conditional tag" option in the
conditional tag window?
--- "Martinek, Carla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, when I go to show/hide conditions at the
> book level, OLDTAG
> s
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cp_dst
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> There are updates for Windows
> that will make the
> time change happen correctly on your computer.
TV dinner still cooling?
Check out
http://www.phototakers.com/articles/articles/35.html
--- "Lisa M. (Bronson) Gielczyk (TCP)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm reading about channels, now. Anyone have insight
> into that?
Looking for earth-
As far as I know, there's nothing harmful at this
link, but if your admin software blocks it, try this:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2dmoqy
TinyUrl preview lets you see the coming page, so
there's no chance of surprise.
--- Chris Borokowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://
Seconded.
I'm coming to appreciate how hard it is to run a good
list. You both have to avoid the aggressors, and the
little cliques that are passively aggressive. I don't
think I could do it.
This list seems a comfortable place.
--- Gordon McLean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> You do a great job
Humor has a place anywhere, as long as you do not
confuse a part of your audience that would not be
confused without the humor present.
--- Chris Vickery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Humor certainly has a place in lighter web apps like
> Yahoo! Maps.
User Interface design blog
http://user-advoc
How good are you with a lasso?
--- Wade Courtney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I got tired of
> chasing him. I'm 6'1 260lbs,
> he is a maltese.
User Interface design blog
http://user-advocacy.blogspot.com/
Code::Design::UI::Consulting
http://www.dionysius.com/
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It is more easily defended if you have an external
copyright or agency registration (like WGA), should
you have to litigate.
--- "Brierley, Sean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I author text content -- user manual, whatever --
> is it implicitly
> protected as my work or do I need to obtain an
>
IANAL, but my understanding is that an implicit
copyright protects all published works. What I wrote
was more intended to reinforce a reality of the
marketplace: it's easier to defend if you copyright
externally and have an explicit copyright statement on
the work.
--- "Brierley, Sean" <[EMAIL PRO
https://www.stupidcensorship.com/cgi-bin/nph-surf.cgi
--- "Brierley, Sean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Agh. Advice, workarounds, sympathies
> requested.
User Interface design blog
http://user-advocacy.blogspot.com/
Code::Design::UI::Consulting
http://www.dionysius.com/
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First, congratulations on the new adventure and new
business. Next, some answers:
--- "Lisa M. (Bronson) Gielczyk (TCP)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * I received severance; can I also get unemployment?
> Now, or after the18
> weeks?
Varies from state to state. Ask at local welfare
office.
> * W
We're thinking along similar lines. Need a
collaborator?
--- Al Geist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chris Borokowski wrote:
> "Businesses with a future aren't afraid to purchase
> exciting office supplies."
>
>
> Like a nice hot tub, a waterproof lapt
I don't feel I've outgrown any of these resources, but
I feel that temporarily, they've lost their way. The
new path for technical communications is a hybrid role
in which we do usability, documentation, user advocacy
and quality control for the above during the
development process. The old way is
In general, manuals have grown. Writers (and the legal
and other staff overseeing) haven't yet figured out
that shorter is better, even if in incomplete phrases,
because most people do not read the guides but refer
to them when a problem occurs. I've seen cell phone
guides that topped 200 pages, at
I like the idea of branching out into usability,
interface design, information architecture, and
teaching technical skills. Otherwise, it's just one
giant fat networking opp, and there's nothing wrong
with that.
Can we have one in Texas? (Anywhere but Austin.)
--- John Garison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm sorry I missed those then. My response was a
generalized reply to "What could STC emphasize more?"
and most of my STC experience is via websites.
--- John Garison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There were 2-day pre-conference seminars on
> Usability and Info Design in
> addition to multiple co
And who doesn't like a blueberry? I think jobs in
general should involve less sitting, staring at
screens or nodding off in meetings.
--- Melissa Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My
> husband and I are raising chickens and growing
> almost an acre of
> blueberry bushes
User Interface design
He's not the only one. I know of two TWs who write
literature on the side. One has self-published three
books, and the other has been published in several
short story journals.
--- Dana Worley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While I'm not a member of the STC :), I get a couple
> of the
> Intermount
The best writer I personally knew said that if you
were a good talker, and knew a good story, the rest
was research and practice. There may be a "creative
writer" inside many of us.
One of the writers I mentioned is someone I work with
on a daily basis. He does not like the term "creative
writing,
>From my generation, there's Dungeon:
http://thcnet.net/zork/index.php
And its evolution, Zork:
http://www.infocom-if.org/downloads/downloads.html
--- John Garison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone remember Adventure? Or am I *really* dating
> myself with this
> allusion ...
User Interface
Holding down the shift key will do that. Is the shift
key jammed? If not, I would look first in the browser
options and second, accessibility options.
--- John Posada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When she clicks on a link in Internet Explorer
> version 6 on XP Home
> (we'll call this the source p
Employers are careless these days about getting out a
notice on time, it seems. They hone in on one or two
candidates, and chase them with almost all of their
effort. This causes everyone else to bolt, including
often the favored candidates. It's silly.
--- "Lisa Gielczyk (TCP)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From pure business logic, unless they have a need to
brag to customers about the number of MA/PhDs they
hire, why would they want to have to pay higher
salaries?
--- "Brierley, Sean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We just did our self-evaluations for our employer.
>
> At the department m
This is how many think of it: if we can pay a BA
salary for someone who can do the work of an MA, why
encourage that person to rise to MA and cost us more
money in salary?
Of course, on the level of everything that matters,
such a perspective is insane. Personally, I hope you
go for whatever advan
Yes; I don't know (but doubt it); and yes.
--- "Brierley, Sean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Would a masters in MIS including coursework in
> networking benefit a tech
> writer with a BA in English writing documentation
> for a networking and
> telephony company focused on private voice networks
In my view, part of the job is to tell people when
what they're doing is unrealistic. If they can't
handle the input, it may not be worth spending more
employment time there, because the projects will never
improve and so your ability to rise will be extremely
limited.
--- "Brierley, Sean" <[EMAIL
Just like all people are different, and we all have
different levels of intelligence, employers are
different and have different levels of intelligence.
Some employers do not believe in employee retention.
Others are too stupid. Most are somewhere in the
middle, balancing factors. If you feel
unde
I don't think it was.
I think people are going to see it as a continuation
of your shock at finding out that employers have zero
financial motivation to pay for continuing education.
Personally, I understood the shock, and was glad for
what some might see as naivete but I see as a very
optimistic
Turnover rate is one of the best ways to assess
quality of leadership. It's something I ask at any job
interview. High turnover rate means that insanity
rules the day, and important contributions are not
recognized. Unless you're just looking for a dumb as
bricks day job, that's an awful place to w
You could phrase it this way:
In which restaurant would you rather eat?
A) a high employee turnover joint
B) a low employee turnover joint
Good luck with the salmonella, e. coli and hepatitis
at option A.
--- "Brierley, Sean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, a high rate of turnover is meaningl
Generally, they don't wash the employees enough before
cooking.
--- Dick Margulis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wait a minute, wait a minute. I must have missed
> that one. Where do run
> across restaurants that serve any kind of employee
> turnover--high or
> low? I mean I've seen apple turnove
I view it the same way. A yes-person is probably
cheaper and easier, as long as the boss is infallible.
If we all flatter each other, truth will die, and then
the boss will be left saying "But why didn't anyone
tell me this was a terrible idea?"
Of course, if the boss doesn't admit criticism, the
Ugh.
Look there for information carefully gleaned from
wikipedia pages, and not much else.
--- Wade Courtney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
http://lifehacker.com/software/word-processor/14-word-processors-reviewed-270347.php
>
> --
> Wade Courtney
> North San Diego County
> Yahoo: wcourtne
> ht
The problem with blogger/blogspot is that four email
complaints get a blog deleted, and often, their
software is far less competent than one like
wordpress.
I've lived through all the hosting nightmares
imaginable, and I'd still prefer it this way.
--- Dick Margulis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
I was on the best self-pity trip I'd ever been on either. I had
rationalized staying at my pointless job, living with my abusive
spouse, enduring a corrupt goverment and equally corrupt, brainless
society, and then you came along with hope... how dare you.
Brierly to the cross!
;)
--- "Brierley,
Attached is a small script to redirect this:
http://www.techcommpros.com/wiki/index.php
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http://www.techcommpros.com/wiki/mediawiki-1.6.10/index.php
Giving you a shorter URL.
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--- "Lisa Gielczyk (TCP)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> G
I'm glad I haven't had to use the incompetent disasters Word,
OpenOffice, or WordPerfect for Windows for any serious projects.
WordPerfect for DOS or FrameMaker or a text editor, no objections!
--- Laura Lemay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm just glad I've never really had to use Word very much
Most larger companies seem to, but they do it after development has
completed, making it just about useless, which influences others to
avoid it.
--- Kevin McLauchlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wonder how many people get to actually DO that stuff.
http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/
tec
Have you tried Guru.com and Craigslist? These seem good places to
solicit short-run contracts.
If you could rope others into it, TechComm Pros is a great name for a
company renting out computer help worldwide. You can't do any worse
than the GeekSquad, and having *articulate* workers is a good dea
Memory is hazy, but I think this came up on the list some time ago.
"VanFossen has several ways of checking to see if other sites have
scraped her posts. She puts full links in her posts to other articles
of hers so that when one of her stories is posted on another Web site,
it will link back to h
This sounds like the STC is trying to maintain the value of certain zip
codes. A mistake, since it's better to concentrate people by
competence.
That STC application that has been languishing in the corner is gonna
keep on languishing.
--- "Brierley, Sean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you mov
Area codes have been very portable in some parts of the USA for quite
some time, but it amounts to about the same result.
--- Milan Davidovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How does that work? Here in Southern Ontario, we seem to be more
> attuned to area codes.
http://technical-writing.dionysius
Some zip codes are more expensive and trendier than others. People in
these zip codes often don't want outsiders to be able to use the
brand-power of that zip code. This is my perception of what's going on.
--- Milan Davidovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What do you mean by "maintain the value o
That doesn't change anything about what I've said. Think it over.
--- Milan Davidovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In STC's case, though, the chapter that gets the member gets money
> (from the fee paid by the member).
http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/
technical writing | consulting | deve
1 : physical or mental damage
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/harm
I think this is mostly an American issue.
--- Milan Davidovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I agree -- but "harmful"? Other than someone ending up in the wrong
> chapter (and the wrong chapter getting the money), what sort of harm
http://www.day.com/site/en/index.html
Looks like a neat product. I imagine it's very similar to any other
CMS, so you're plenty qualified.
--- Gary Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One wrinkle, the client uses a German-based web content
> management system called Day Communiqué. I have ne
Another link:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/12/193221
--- Bonnie Granat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Whatever it was, the story is gone (?)
http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/
technical writing | consulting | development
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A profound observation that I think is true for many of us. There's a
time for phones and computers, and times for other things too. Do too
much of any one and you starve the other parts of your life. I think it
takes a few years of immersion in technology for most people to learn
that, and realize
This isn't a universal term, but in my experience it means:
1 You're cutting up graphics to make buttons on interfaces, like the
situation where you want a button to have a nature scene as its
background, or a gradient.
2. Their designers hand you a .PSD file, and you make it into a web
page usi
As an interesting note, that technique is now deprecated.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I think it's more cutting up graphics into small pieces that will
> enable
> them to load faster.
http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/
technical writing | consulting | development
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As it turns out, putting up one big image is faster.
The exception is if you have 4-5 high speed servers at your disposal
and even then, for the average user, the difference is minimal.
--- "Lisa Gielczyk (TCP)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What method replaced it?
http://technical-writing.dio
I've had good luck with this as well. "Have you considered doing it
this way, for this reason?" works very well, if it's not a massive
change that involves buying new stuff.
--- "Evans, Diane L (Rosetta)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I had received this kind of phone call, I would have asked a
Possibly for rollovers, or they're just using older information.
Someone told them once they should cut up every image, so they've
patiently done it ever since, even if it hasn't helped them.
--- "Lisa Gielczyk (TCP)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, why do you suppose this company wants it done?
wrote:
> The top image is normal size. The bottom one is 10%, and it's
> smaller,
> which makes sense. The second is 50%... but it's larger? Can someone
> help the newbie figure out what's going on here?
http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/
technical writing | consulting | development
The situation could be worse. Here's the code:
Reply via email to
Most spambots won't harvest this. If any spambot knows how this service
works, it can easily harvest the address.
>From a programming standpoint, it's a baffling decision, since they
could have used a database token instead
This is probably a really good idea. On another list I was on, one
member's disagreement turned into a fracas, and things were said that
should not have been associated with anyone's name (although very
politely and masked).
--- Seb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Sue,
>
> You may want to consid
The way such an archive attracts people is through searches for
specific topics. When they find a mailing list, they start to see it as
a source of information, and will join for the convenience in some
cases.
The site in question needs better spam protection, is all. It's not
terrible as it is. W
This is so common it's unbelievable. Many, many, many people have
trouble configuring their websites, or finding sendmail. The guy who
said to phone is right. Humans 1, Technology 0.
--- Suzette Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am and have been a member of the STC for YEARS. I tried to get
Any organization is going to have to aggressively further itself. It
should also do more.
In my view, the STC would do better if it were more vigilantly
promoting technical writing and encouraging technical writers to expand
their horizons.
--- "Harkness, Holly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sue
"Enhance the professionalism of the members and the status of the
profession "
It's that latter part we all (as TWs/TCs) need to be better about. We
enhance status through marketing, and delivering better results,
including expanding our repertoire of tricks so we don't become
obsolete.
--- Milan
In technology, I know many are introverted by choice, since they don't
see much benefit in socialization. I've always preferred the definition
of introvert that means "guided by internal principle" as opposed to
"stays away from social situations." There's overlap, for sure, but
also many cases of
I don't disagree. I think however that different people are introverted
for different reasons.
Use cases for the average office:
* Phil, 31, developer, is an introvert because he considers
conversation chatter and has no idea what it achieves. He socializes
comfortably when discussing equipment.
This is slightly less volatile, and more on topic for those who are
tech writers or project managers.
I'm noticing the first hints of a "flight from certification," as
people are realizing that certification doesn't do enough to filter out
people appointed despite being incompetent, or for politic
Given how dumb the average driver on the road seemed today, that's an
excellent figure. (Probably, to my chagrin, the worst drivers are the
college graduates)
It's never a bad thing to teach useful knowledge. I think kids could
learn a lot from a well-written manual.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The original article is here
http://blogs.officezealot.com/spiller/archive/2007/02/10/20130.aspx
Kinesthetic?
--- Tim Mantyla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Aptly and humorously put, Dori!
>
> Let's trade jobs--from age 9 I always wanted to be a comic book
> artist and
> writer.
>
> As far as t
I agree, with the caveat that different tasks demand different
responses. First person to make a "Set up and Administrate Your PDP-11"
comic book gets a rotten tomato.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> It showed how a team of soldiers came into an area and set up a
> portable
> radar device. It was
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