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How Many Pages Per Day Do Tech Writers Write?

September 16th, 2010 · View Comments · Linkedin

If I asked you how many pages you wrote every day, would you know? We calculated how many pages we wrote per week and then divided it across the team. It was less than we had thought. Actually, we felt guilty that we were performing so poorly. It turns out that other Publishing Depts across the company were more or less then same.

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Using LinkedIn To Find Technical Writing Contract Work

July 7th, 2010 · View Comments · Linkedin

I’ve had some reservations about LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanwalsh) and didn’t join up until last year. Most of the technical writers I spoke to didn’t seem to get much return on the site and looked elsewhere. I should add that most of these were job-hunting and looking to make quick connections. For them it didn’t work.

12 Steps To Getting Started as a Consultant

February 24th, 2010 · View Comments · Books I Like, Career, Communications, How To, Linkedin

Most people think it’s difficult start a career as a business consultant. I used to think the same in my early 20s when I started in IT. In retrospect, I should have made more efforts to establish myself as a consultant earlier; the benefits certainly outweigh the downsides. As luck would have it, I was [...]

Don’t Feed The Trolls!

February 10th, 2010 · View Comments · Communications, Facebook, Google, How To, Linkedin

I have a troll. Do you? Trolls slither over the internet. They start as lurkers, then get brave, creep out and spit things at you. 10 out of 10 trolls feed on attention. Negative or positive – they don’t care. Attention is the oxygen that keeps them going. Here’s the story of how I found my troll and what we may do next?

How To Write Technical Documentation For APIs

February 1st, 2010 · View Comments · Content Management, How To, Linkedin, Procedures, Software Development, Technical Writing, strategy

One of the threads on LinkedIn is how to write technical documentation for APIs. It’s been many years since I’ve documented an API (Java & Oracle) so if you have any thoughts on the best way to do this, then please jump in. An application programming interface (API) is an interface implemented by a software [...]

How Technical Writers Can Move Further Up The Food Chain

January 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · Career, Content Management, How To, Linkedin

Do you feel loved? Many technical writers feel unloved. They feel they don’t get the respect they deserve. I hear this on LinkedIn and Facebook: “people don’t respect the work I do.” Well, if that’s the case, here are a few ways to get more respect and move into a more rewarding career.

Technical Writing News – Crystal Balls, Salaries, Metrics & Twitter

January 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · Career, Linkedin, News, Technical Writing, Twitter

The first Technical Writing Newsletter of the year includes some interesting predictions on the future of technical communications, how to justify your role as a technical writer (i.e. metrics), news of Camtasia Relay’s UK Bootcamp and the results of the salary survey for technical writers in Israel.

Which makes a Better Technical Writer – Writers with Language or Technical Skills?

January 14th, 2010 · View Comments · Career, How To, Jobs, Linkedin

Which of these would you hire to join your Technical Writing Dept? Someone with great writing skills but little technical knowledge or, for example, a Computer Science graduate with deep technical knowledge but average writing skills? We’ve been talking about this on LinkedIn and here are some thoughts.

7 Ways for Technical Writers to Re-invent Themselves & Demonstrate their Value

January 9th, 2010 · View Comments · Career, Facebook, Linkedin

You’ve just being fired. The Technical Writing dept is closed. What do you do? This is a fact of life for many people today. Indeed, there is now a real fear that US technical writers will continue to lose their jobs to offshore companies, e.g. India & Poland. And it’s true; it’s the shape of things to come, I’m afraid. But rather than moan about it, let’s look at what you can do to re-invent yourself and find new, lucrative opportunities.