Some updates

At last, I have some time to post some news to our Blog. It’s been a very busy time for us, which is why we haven’t posted a great deal to this Blog. One project that has been taking up our time is for a company where they face making multi million investment decisions based… Read more »

1920s computing

(c) Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Div.More gems at http://www.officemuseum.com/photo_gallery_1920s_1930s.htm

Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us

The “Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us” video reached the top of the Technorati video list this week. I was emailed the link, with the comment “A good advert for Cherryleaf work”. They were right, in that it sums up a lot of the issues that technical authors face and will face in… Read more »

Tech Writing 2.0 – Use of tagging increases

Tagging is a way that users can organize online information, using their own terminology. Pew Internet & American Life Project found that, in its December 2006 survey, 28% of internet users have tagged or categorized content online such as photos, news stories or blog posts. So how could tagging be best used with user documentation?

New ways of collaborative working for technical authors

“Here is an announcement of a forthcoming STC UK Chapter event to be held in Birmingham on 10th March. Bookings for the first major STC UK event of 2007 are now being taken. To use our online booking facility, visit the STC UK web site at: http://www.stcuk.org/programme/programme.htm Our meeting will be about new ways of… Read more »