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    The Urge to Correct: Frustrations with Language Translation and Misuse

    December 27th, 2011 | 12 Comments »

    Hezy Asher

    The following is a guest post by Hezy Asher, a technical writer at Quest Software Israel. VITO CORLEONE: I want you to use all your powers. And all your skills. I don’t want his mother to see him this way. [Removes blanket revealing Sonny's mangled face.] VITO CORLEONE: Look how they massacred my boy. I was barely 14 years old when I saw Godfather I … more »


    Martin Luther and Technical Communication

    December 29th, 2010 | 15 Comments »

    Martin Luther and Technical Communication
    This entry is part 19 of 19 in the series STC Summit in Dallas

    I watched an interesting biography about Martin Luther on Netflix while ironing some laundry the other evening. Luther initiated the Reformation of the Catholic Church in the 1500s largely as a reaction against the practice of indulgences (buying forgiveness of sin) that priests carried out. Luther starts his criticism by posting, on a Church door, 95 theses arguing that forgiveness and salvation are free gifts … more »


    Why No One Will Hire You: 40 Professionals Give Advice on Improving a Technical Writer’s Resume [Collaborative Post]

    September 17th, 2010 | 12 Comments »

    Why No One Will Hire You: 40 Professional Technical Writers Give Advice on a Resume

    A reader asks, Is my resume so awful that no one will hire me? I mean, I’d been laid-off so long it’s pitiful really. His resume is here. I opened up this question up to my friends on Twitter and to those who follow my blog. About 40 professional technical writers responded with all kinds of resume advice. The overall trend in the responses is … more »