If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth ten thousand. For technical communicators, video is sure to grow in importance over the coming years. For those of us with training and experience in traditional media, how do we get up to speed on tools, techniques, and best practices?

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Another eventful year in technical communication, 2011 has taught us a lot as a profession. And in a couple of cases it's taught us that we still have more to learn.

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As those of you who follow me on Twitter know, I've been pretty busy working on some XSLT. While this has been interesting and challenging, I haven't forgotten about some of the other things that I know folks want hear more than my excursions into bending the FO processor to my will. This particular article has been rolling around in my head since...

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With the recent discovery of a planet so earth-like that it might harbor life, I enjoy envisioning a world where business leaders understand the value of good technical content and the people who create that content. How can we make our world more like that one?

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So many conferences, so much knowledge. And so many books, magazine articles, YouTube videos, wikis, and blog posts. Can we find the commitment within our profession to take STC's Body of Knowledge, now languishing in obscurity, and build it into a useful and visible source of information?

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More advice for technical communicators from that classic Thanksgiving tradition, Alice's Restaurant: Remember your true purpose, which is to help others and influence their behavior.

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One of my favorite American Thanksgiving traditions is Arlo Guthrie's song, Alice's Restaurant. Guthrie's tale carries some good advice for those of us who produce technical content.

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