I’m going to start a series on finding a tech-writing job specifically in the high-tech hub of Vancouver, BC (which is where I happen to live). As I started the job search process myself, I noticed a dearth of information on this topic. I hope I can dig up some useful info for those in […]
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Find a tech-writing job in Vancouver – Part 1
March 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: employment · resources · technical writing · working
Come to Northern Voice 2008
February 5th, 2008 · Comments Off
Whether you’re a hardcore blogger or just thinking of starting one up, you can’t miss Northern Voice, Vancouver’s 4th blogging and social media conference. This event gets bigger and more popular every year, but is still “cheap, friendly and open to all.” It’s only $40 for one day ($60 for both). On a similar note, […]
Tags: blogging · events · technical writing
Klingon technical writers
January 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments
This is as geeky as it gets folks. The EAC meeting last night featured a talk entitled “Crouching comma, hidden hyphen” by Ramona Montagnes, one of the authors of the Canadian Writer’s Handbook and director of the UBC Writing Centre. This list was on one of her handouts. The top 16 things likely to be […]
Tags: technical writing · writing humour
Does tech writing bore you?
March 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment
A while ago Tom Johnson asked this question in one of his posts: “Is technical writing boring?”. He got such a plethora of responses on both sides of the issue that he and Heidi decided to explore the issue in a recent Tech Writer Voices podcast by the same name. It was so interesting I […]
Tags: technical writing
Writer’s challenge #1
March 17th, 2007 · Comments Off
As promised in my last post, here is a little segment I’m going to call…(insert drum-roll here)…THE WRITER’S CHALLENGE! Will you muster your courage and face the cunning challenge I’ve set before you? Here it is: I am holding an object in my hand. Guess what the object is by reading it’s patent description. Let […]
Tags: technical writing · technology · the writing challenge · writing