Reviewing a document in the late 1990s. I still have all the books, knickknacks, and, I think, the shirt
A message to former STC members
Here’s a brief message, with an action, sent by a former STC officer who’s working on the bankruptcy filing. Please forward this information to colleagues who were members when the organization ceased operations. Urgent: Ensure Your STC Membership is Included in Bankruptcy FilingMay 16, 2025 What’s happening:We’re finalizing STC’s bankruptcy filing, but we hit a…
From Technical Writing to Fiction Writing
The writing process is not one of elaboration, but of honing.
A Requiem for STC
I am predictably and deeply bummed out over this news.
What Does It Take to Fly an Airliner?
The simulator is so convincing that when I climbed and banked away from the runway, I felt it.
The Prudent Technical Writer: Plausibility
Trust, but verify
VR for the Olds
When I physically walked to the edge of a cliff to look down my body involuntarily flinched
The Prudent Technical Writer: AI and Credibility
The tech world is agog with the capabilities and potential of artificial intelligence. AI is the hottest trend in decades, and pundits are all over the map predicting the scope of its impact. Every white-collar job, from the call center to the CEO’s office, can possibly be augmented, replicated, or outright replaced by AIs. Depending…
The Prudent Technical Writer: What’s Style Got to Do With It?
The value of a style guide is well-established across many writing domains. A style guide standardizes presentation across content and contributors in an organization. Creating a style guide is an important step in the maturation of a technical writing team. The bigger the group, the greater the need, but even a sole contributor should create…
The Prudent Technical Writer
My father worked at many different jobs in his life. He wound up as a technical writer at Raytheon in the late 1960s and early 1970s, documenting the Hawk, Sparrow, and what became the Patriot missile systems. As it has transpired, I became a second-generation technical writer and spent a full, 40+ year working life…
AI Comes for Creatives
Hay farmers, pin setters, telephone operators, copyeditors, technical typists, technical illustrators—are we next?
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