Should you develop a comic instead of a user guide?

Listeners to BBC Radio Four this morning heard a report that a new study by researchers at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) discovered comics are a better educational resource than traditional textbooks. In a related article, called How the humble comic book could become the next classroom superhero, SHU’s Paul Aleixo explained: “We found that the use of… Read more »

Technical communication as a brand – The CEO and the technical communicator

Since I wrote the post on Technical communication as a brand, we’ve been working on an idea we had for promoting the profession. The end result is another story, another free graphic novel you can download, called The CEO and the technical communicator. It’s published under a Creative Commons licence, so anyone can forward it on, as long as they… Read more »

The business benefits of DITA – in graphic novel form

We’ve put together a free illustrated guide that explains the business benefits of the DITA authoring and publishing standard. It’s suitable for Technical Authors and non-Technical Authors. You’ll find this guide is in graphic novel (or comic) format, comprising 18 colour pages. You can download the guide from the Cherryleaf website in EPUB, PDF and… Read more »