Technical writing careers are often a mystery to those on the outside. What do technical writing jobs involve? What is the industry like? What is the career path of a technical writer, and what challenges do technical writers face? Carmen, a student in a technical management program, found me by searching for “technical writers” on Yahoo.com. Fulfilling an assignment in a Career Development course to … more »

In this Jing video tutorial, I explain how to get up and running with Jing. What’s Jing? Check out my previous post that includes several sample Jing videos showing how technical writers can benefit from Jing. You can also see the [kml_flashembed movie="http://idratherbewriting.com/screencasts/jingEXPRESS/jingEXPRESS.swf" height="335" width="420" /] Note: If you’re seeing some bracketed text and a link rather than a video player, it’s because the flash-embed … more »

TechSmith (the creators of Camtasia Studio, SnagIt, and other tools) has the best free tech support I’ve ever seen. I submitted a question yesterday about reducing file size in Camtasia Studio, and today I received a screencast reply from one of the TechSmith staff. He wrote, Thanks! Here’s a few answers to your questions: http://screencast.com/t/QNIh41u4 I was blown away by the screencast reply. I bet … more »