Posts Tagged "Tools"

Graduate Research Findings about Technical Communication and Blogs in the Workplace

The following is a guest post by Michelle Tompkins. Earlier this year she asked me to post a survey about technical communication and blogging. I posted it here, and then asked if she would follow up to share her findings. This guest post shares her findings. Earlier in December, Tom Johnson was nice enough to (Read more...)

My Social Media Toolkit and Workflow

It’s no secret that social media and social networks play a vital role in your blogging efforts as they are communication and marketing channels for your blog and the content! In fact, most blogs wouldn’t be nearly as successful or popular without the power of social media and social networking tools – the challenge is (Read more...)

Are You Using the New Facebook Timeline?

I recently updated my personal Facebook profile page to the new-ish Facebook Timeline look and I’ll be honest, I’m actually liking it a lot better. I’m digging the new “cover” portion at the top where you can personalize your visitor’s first impression with a larger image – I’m currently using an older image on a Macbook Pro (Read more...)

What Tools Do Technical Writers Use

Students and others trying to break into technical writing are always wondering what tools they should use. The latest tools survey from WritersUA seems helpful in answering this question. The survey concludes that some of the most popular tools for technical writers are Adobe Acrobat, Camtasia Studio, Adobe Captivate, Dreamweaver, Madcap Flare, Framemaker, Photoshop, Robohelp, (Read more...)

How to Buy and Sell a Website or Blog, Example Contract Included

I’ve bought (and sold) many websites in my history as an entrepreneur and blogger for many different reasons. For some I was simply interested in the IP (intellectual property) that could be used to bolster some existing sites while others were loss-experiments (experiments where I was certain I’d “lose” financially) while others were intended to (Read more...)

How To Get Your Blog Listed on Google Currents in 5 Minutes

One of the neatest develops that has recently be released to the mobile-ready world is Google Currents which allows you to elegantly explore sites that you love in a beautiful and intuitive magazine-like fashion, available in Android and iOS devices. If you haven’t tried it out yet you must – it’s simply brilliant and beautifully (Read more...)