When Aaron and I started our guest blog post experiment, we we’re sure how it would go over – either with the people who read the words published in this space, or with the folks we approached to do guest posts. Much to our surprise and delight, both camps responded enthusiastically. The only problem (if [...]

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Text editors. I’m sure that more than a handful of people in our wacky profession don’t see text editors as valuable tools. But for many of us they’re that and more. A good text editor is indispensable. You might be editing HTML or XML — as I did to get around a problem I had. [...]

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by: Rhonda Bracey Recently, Bill Swallow stated on the HATT list: I’ve been a long-time advocate for efficient process and documentation. I base this on one key truth: I’m lazy. I’m so lazy, in fact, that I bust my butt to make things easier. And so it is with me and Word. If I can [...]

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Utilities. Those Swiss Army Knives of the software world. Little (or sometimes not-so-little) programs that help make your computing and work just a bit easier. We all use them in one form or another, no matter what operating system we use. We’re curious: as technical communicators, what are some of your favourite utilities? The ones [...]

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If you’re a consultant or a freelancer of any stripe, one of your basic marketing tools is your business card. While I try to have a stack of business cards with me, things don’t always work out that way. Scribbling your information on a piece of paper or sending it electronically is one option, but [...]

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Lately, I’ve been chatting a bit with a some people who use MadCap Flare, or more specifically the MadPak Suite. Something that came up more than once in those chats was MadCap Analyzer, a tool for finding problems in a Flare project and for making various suggestions. Surprisingly, not everyone I talked to has used [...]

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