por khassler | Nov 1, 2019 | BlogHassler.ec, ClickHelp, Medium, Technical Writer
People love theorizing about what lies ahead. That’s one of the qualities that pushed human evolution forward according to some studies on chimps behavior. The Cognitive Trade Off hypothesis states that we traded our short term memory for other features like complex...
por khassler | Oct 31, 2019 | BlogHassler.ec, ClickHelp, Medium, Technical Writer
Want to become a technical writer? Check the list of the skills you need to build to get the job. Here is what you should be able to do: Education. In most cases, companies don’t require the tech writing background. You can have a degree in Applied Linguistics and...
por khassler | Oct 30, 2019 | BlogHassler.ec, ClickHelp, Medium, Technical Writer
The world will be celebrating International Literacy Day on September 8. Launched by UNESCO in 1966, it is still an important day for the whole international society. Modern technology advancements make us think we are living in the world of the future now. With...
por khassler | Oct 29, 2019 | BlogHassler.ec, ClickHelp, Medium, Technical Writer
Writing large amounts of information is what technical communicators do. There is no formal guidance on how to write effective documentation but you can use some methods like Information mapping to make your manuals better. It is already used in the business process...
por khassler | Oct 28, 2019 | BlogHassler.ec, ClickHelp, Medium, Technical Writer
There’s a notion in technical writing connected with documentation created in English called Simplified Technical English. This is quite an interesting concept that definitely deserves attention of the techcomm community. Let’s start with a brief history of this term....
por khassler | Oct 27, 2019 | BlogHassler.ec, ClickHelp, Medium, Technical Writer
Today we will not talk about a head covering which is worn for various reasons but about tools for writing. HAT is… HAT stands for a help authoring tool. It’s a software program used by technical writers to create online help topics, documentation, FAQs, and the like....
por khassler | Oct 26, 2019 | BlogHassler.ec, ClickHelp, Medium, Technical Writer
Google Analytics is traditionally an SEO and marketing tool. These departments are known to take advantage of this product daily to track multiple data and come up with conclusions regarding whether their current strategy is any good. Technical writers have their own...
por khassler | Oct 25, 2019 | BlogHassler.ec, ClickHelp, Medium, Technical Writer
It’s the end of the month, so it’s time for the technical writing digest! Here are articles and resources that I found interesting and helpful for me. Calendar of Events The KeyContent calendar of events is your source for upcoming conferences and events! I gathered...
por khassler | Oct 24, 2019 | BlogHassler.ec, ClickHelp, Medium, Technical Writer
We love technical writing, and, we like to think about it as something that can make the lives of so many people better and easier. We place readers on a pedestal and keep looking for ways to connect with them, to communicate more effectively. From our standpoint (as...
por khassler | Oct 23, 2019 | BlogHassler.ec, ClickHelp, Medium, Technical Writer
Here I gathered free resources for learning DITA which will be helpful for technical writers. This is the third article of the series. Read other post to learn more about DITA and technical writing: Courses on Learning DITA for Technical Writers Books on Learning DITA...
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