New technical writing screencasts, Madcap win an award, and the Intercom editorial calendar is finally announced. What more could you want?
Here is a quick roundup of this week’s technical writing news.
Entries Tagged as 'Reviews'
Technical Writing News – Nov 6th
November 5th, 2009 · Comments Off · Reviews
Tags:Adobe Framemaker·Betsy Weber·Business·Business Services·Camtasia·Cherryleaf·Communications·Contracting·contracts·Freelancing·Intercom·israel·Jobs·MadCap·MadCap Software·Open Source·OpenSource·Screencasts·Seneca College·Snagit·STC·Symposium·Tasks·tech writing·Technical Authors·Technical Writing·Techsmith·Website·Writing and Editing
Robohelp or Doc-to-Help – which one do you recommend?
November 2nd, 2009 · View Comments · Reviews
I have a choice. Robohelp or Doc-to-Help? My client has given me permission to use whatever tool I want to do the next batch of tech docs — and they’ll buy the software. No cost to me. Which one should I choose?
Tags:Adobe RoboHelp·Business Services·Communications·Component 1·Doc-to-Help·Help Authoring Tool·MadCap Flare·Microsoft Word·Price·Product Comparision·Review·Robohelp·Technical·Technical Communication Suite·Technical Writing·Techsmith·user interface
Reviews of 9 Mind Mapping apps
October 25th, 2009 · Comments Off · Reviews, Technical Writing, Tips
David Appleyard reviews 9 different specialist mind mapping applications. Some are expensive, commercial solutions – others are relatively budget-friendly.
Tags:books·ConceptDraw·Curio·FreeMind·iMindMap·Mind Manager·Mind map·MindMap·MindNode·MindView·MyThoughts·Publications·Shopping·Tony Buzan·XMIND·XMind Pro
Google Squared Confirm that Richard Nixon was a Quaker & Obama is a Zombie President!
June 4th, 2009 · Comments Off · Reviews
Google Squared Confirm that Richard Nixon was a Quaker & Obama is a Zombie President! Google Squared is now live. This is a specialized search engine that creates meaningful data from large data sources and lets you compare this information by adding different attributes. Excel+Wikipedia+Search Engine = Google Squared
MadCap MadPak – 1 Minute Review
May 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · Reviews
Technical writers who use Madcap Flare may not be aware of another technical writing application, MadPak, This claims to be the industry’s first true single-sourcing product suite, resulting in the tightest product-to-product integration ever seen.
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