Character Sets: What are they?
Unicode and Character Sets: Thanks Joel!
(It looks like Joel's taking up too much space on this blog... hmm?)
write to me: Suman@sumankumar.com
Wednesday, 15 October 2003
Thursday, 18 September 2003
Joel on Software - The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing
How to weed out the 'unwashed masses'? How to discover and hire the brilliant superstars? Read on:
Joel on Software - The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing
Tuesday, 16 September 2003
The Best e-Learning Sites Links from e-LearningGuru.com
The Best e-Learning Sites Links from e-LearningGuru.com
Monday, 8 September 2003
Blogging and Security
Scott Granneman writes on securityfocus.com about how blogs can be a security pro's best friend.
SecurityFocus BASICS Columnists: Blogs: Another Tool in the Security Pro's Tool
Tuesday, 19 August 2003
Re: [twin] Course Content for Technical Writing
Posted on 11:56 by Unknown
Hi
Your hard skills are okay. But you are not specific when you say 'team
skills' I mean today everyone is expected to be a team player so it is not
necessarily a skill you know? I'd rather focus on specific skills
like 'interviewing skills' and 'survey skills': a tech writer spends lot of
time interviewing subject matter experts and technicians to collect
information.
And on the technical front I strongly recommend they understand and learn
SGML, XML, HTML (stuff like the docbook DTDs is important). They have to
understand Mark up languages in order to write something that can be
published anywhere (cross platform). You may want to add in tools like
robohelp, framemaker PLUS a basic course on 'help' formats (winhelp, java
help, htmlhelp and so on).
A technical writer writes to an audience so her work has to be user-friendly
so you may want to include a primer on usability and usability testing. (I
can provide material on this)
I think a good technical writer is one that is not afraid of code, that is
ready to skim through reams of material, one that loves talking to people,
one that knows the rules of the language and knows when to break them. And
finally one that loves to write. And understand what 'being objective' is.
Hamsila wrote:
>
>Hi All
>
>I have been asked to help develop a post graduate diploma in Technical
>writing. This could possibly train novices in the field or those wishing to
>take up Technical writing as a career.
>
>As I see it, there are two sets of skills required:
>Hard Skills:
> Language
> Tools
> Editing
> Proofreading
>
>Soft Skills:
> Interpersonal skills
> Team skills
> Research skills
> Motivational skills
>
>Is there anything else that could be included?
>
>Regards
>Hamsila
>
>
>
>..........................000000000000................................
>Send messages to: twin@user.itconsult.co.uk
>
>Leave TWIN: Send blank email to twin-leave@user.itconsult.co.uk
>Join TWIN: Send blank email to twin-join@user.itconsult.co.uk
>Digest Mode: Send blank email to twin-digest@user.itconsult.co.uk
>
>Post Job-Ads: Send job-ad to: twinjobs@user.itconsult.co.uk
>
>List Owner: twin-owner@user.itconsult.co.uk
>TWIN Website: http://www.twin-india.org
>TWIN Archive: http://user.itconsult.co.uk/twin/archive/
>
>
>
Your hard skills are okay. But you are not specific when you say 'team
skills' I mean today everyone is expected to be a team player so it is not
necessarily a skill you know? I'd rather focus on specific skills
like 'interviewing skills' and 'survey skills': a tech writer spends lot of
time interviewing subject matter experts and technicians to collect
information.
And on the technical front I strongly recommend they understand and learn
SGML, XML, HTML (stuff like the docbook DTDs is important). They have to
understand Mark up languages in order to write something that can be
published anywhere (cross platform). You may want to add in tools like
robohelp, framemaker PLUS a basic course on 'help' formats (winhelp, java
help, htmlhelp and so on).
A technical writer writes to an audience so her work has to be user-friendly
so you may want to include a primer on usability and usability testing. (I
can provide material on this)
I think a good technical writer is one that is not afraid of code, that is
ready to skim through reams of material, one that loves talking to people,
one that knows the rules of the language and knows when to break them. And
finally one that loves to write. And understand what 'being objective' is.
Hamsila wrote:
>
>Hi All
>
>I have been asked to help develop a post graduate diploma in Technical
>writing. This could possibly train novices in the field or those wishing to
>take up Technical writing as a career.
>
>As I see it, there are two sets of skills required:
>Hard Skills:
> Language
> Tools
> Editing
> Proofreading
>
>Soft Skills:
> Interpersonal skills
> Team skills
> Research skills
> Motivational skills
>
>Is there anything else that could be included?
>
>Regards
>Hamsila
>
>
>
>..........................000000000000................................
>Send messages to: twin@user.itconsult.co.uk
>
>Leave TWIN: Send blank email to twin-leave@user.itconsult.co.uk
>Join TWIN: Send blank email to twin-join@user.itconsult.co.uk
>Digest Mode: Send blank email to twin-digest@user.itconsult.co.uk
>
>Post Job-Ads: Send job-ad to: twinjobs@user.itconsult.co.uk
>
>List Owner: twin-owner@user.itconsult.co.uk
>TWIN Website: http://www.twin-india.org
>TWIN Archive: http://user.itconsult.co.uk/twin/archive/
>
>
>
Monday, 18 August 2003
Latin Words Used in The English Language
Trust me, you’d feel like an oaf when someone rattles out a Latin phrase like ‘Sine Qua Non’ or ‘Summa Cum Laude’ and it goes over your head. You just grin, not indicating whether you understood the damn phrase or not. That’s definitely not the position I want you in -perverts may ignore the pun- So, here today I bring you a collection of oft-used Latin phrases in English language. Did I hear a collective sigh of relief? All right, all right don’t cry now and tell me ‘Suman What’d we have done without you!’ So, as I walk into the bright orange sun-set like the traditional hero... You guys go take a look at the Latin phrases. It’s ‘Sine Qua Non’ baby!
http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/englatin.htm
write to me: Suman@sumankumar.com
Tuesday, 12 August 2003
Importing Word2000 Documents to RoboHelp HTML
Article on Robohelp Community
Above article in Flash-help format
write to me: Suman@sumankumar.com
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