Well, tonight's the annual STC-Carolina awards banquet and I'll be there with a few of my colleagues. The primary reason I'm attending is that I submitted Practical DITA to the competition and it's getting an award but there are other reasons. I decided that I should explain why I think this event, and the entire competition concept,...

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What if the envelopes got mixed up and some of the Oscars went to technical communicators? It's not as far-fetched as you think. We should be as proud of our work as the movie makers are of theirs.

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What is it that really distinguishes technical writing? For me it's the act of explaining -- of saying, "Here, let me show you how."

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Reviewing the "Managing Content" section of Writepoint's DITA Challenges survey is an interesting exercise. While I wonder who the respondents are, the responses are correct but definitely not surprising. In fact, the results are in line with some of the frustrations that have existed for technical communicators for years. Let's look at some of the...

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Climate change. Global warming. Call it what you will. It could be a huge opportunity for some enterprising technical communicator.

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