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Bob Bly, one of my favourite writers, asks Is the College You Go to Important? He quotes, “One tragic misconception is that you have to go to a prestigious, big-name academic institution to really get ahead,” writes Thomas Sowell in … Continue reading →

Proposal and Grant writers can now download free EPA Grantee Forms online. Preaward Compliance Review Report for All Applicants Requesting Federal Financial Assistance MBE/MBE Utilization Under Federal Assistance Agreements and Interagency Agreements Close Out – Lobbying and Litigation Certification for … Continue reading →

Calix is seeking an experienced technical writer with a strong technical aptitude to produce high-quality user documentation, including installation and operation manuals and bulletins. • Ability to perform all phases of technical publications development, including planning, research, writing, reviewing, editing, … Continue reading →

Every week we review free or shareware software that competes with more expensive high street brands. This week we look at a free project management software. GanttProject is a project management software that is partly compatible with Microsoft Project. It … Continue reading →

Microsoft has released its Sync Framework, a synchronization platform for enabling collaboration and offline scenarios for applications, services and devices. This tool lets developers build sync ecosystems that integrate any application, any type of data, using any protocol over any … Continue reading →

If you like Adobe Photoshop but dont like the price, you might want to look at Splashup. Splashup is a very powerful editing tool (and photo manager) complete with layers and other effects you’re used to in Photoshop. The site … Continue reading →

If you don’t like the ribbon in Office 2007, download this software so you can use the Office 2003 menus and toolbars that you were used to. This software allows you to work with Office 2007 as if it were … Continue reading →

PowerMapper is an automatic site map creation tool for information architects, information developers, usability analysts and web developers. 25% of the Fortune 100 and major organizations like NASA and MIT use this tool to create their site maps. Multiple Map … Continue reading →

IBM is seeking an information developer (technical writer) for a full time position at Silicon Valley Lab documenting Content Management products. A sound working knowledge of markup languages such as XML and SGML is required. Requirements include: Written technical communication … Continue reading →

AT&T is looking for a Web Content writer to assist in the preparation and update of content for the B2B customer facing web properties, maintaining the department’s editorial voice, marketing messages, brand and established standards of information quality. “In this … Continue reading →

Bob Bly’s books are always worth a read and this is no exception. If you want to know how to write white papers, then take a look at this. It tells you how to create effective white papers using a … Continue reading →