Posts tagged "Technical communication"
When people are searching online, they want short, concise, crystal clear content.
Screens and attention spans have got smaller and so must your digital content.
Searchers on a mission want answers and fast. Nothing else will do!
Google knows this and rewards content editors who know this too.
As a digital content writer, your job is to find out your audience’s burning questions. And answer them!
What is a useful survey question? Without any context, that's a meaningless question. You can't just click your fingers and produce the perfect questionnaire. As always, a writing process is involved, step by step.
My report on the DARE conference 2014 in London was going to happen as soon as the final batch of videos was posted. Here they are now:
Watch at your leisure: 10 videos of DAREconf speakers
I'm packed ... ish. Leaving tomorrow, with the DARE conference 2014 in London my first destination. Don't those bags look neat? It's an illusion. 
The phrase plain language (or plain English) is not plain language. The meaning of this phrase is masked and mysterious, known only to editors, content strategists, technical writers and other specialists.