I was recently interviewed by David Dick for the Usability SIG newsletter. The title of the interview is “I’d Rather Be Writing – The Man Behind the Words.” Check it out. They also reprinted my post on Customizing Sharepoint, which has gotten more hits than I ever imagined.

Author-it launched a blog today. You can view it at http://author-it.com/blog. I had a sneak peek of the blog about a week ago and contacted Kathy Howes for an interview about it. The questions I asked her are below. Why did you decide to start a corporate blog? We see blogging as an essential part of an organization’s content strategy, and a great opportunity to … more »

A Career in Technical Writing: By the time I get to Phoenix : PoeWar.com Writer’s Resource Center.

A Career in Technical Writing: Planes, Trainers and Automobiles : PoeWar.com Writer’s Resource Center.

I watched a couple of interviews this week that spiraled downhill. The first is a Luke Burbank interview with the Icelandic band Sigur Ros. The second is a Sarah Lacy SXSW interview with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

When I woke up this morning, I reread the latest STC email, which said although the deadline for proposals to the next STC Summit is today (Friday, Oct 19), they won’t actually download the proposals until Monday morning. This is an indirect way of giving people the weekend to finish their proposals, and also a hint that they want more proposals. (Perhaps after the low … more »