Wanted: Technical Writers for Wipro Technologies, Pune
Wipro Pune is looking Technical Writers with three plus years of relevant experience. If you have worked on creation of user manuals, installation guides, FAQs, and glossary Possess an incisive perspective of the technical writing process Are well versed in publishing tools like Framemaker, Dreamweaver, MS-Office, and Webworks Send your updated resumes to suman@sumankumar.com Job […]
Job openings for young under-grads and graduates in Spectramind
Spectramind the BPO arm of Wipro is looking for Under Graduates/Graduates with Knowledge in Operating Systems, Email Support, Trouble shooting in Connectivity Problem, Windows 2000, XP, 9X.Microsoft Internet Explorer, Networking Management, Working knowledge of Microsoft® Windows NT® Server and Windows 2000 Server, Working Knowledge of Exchange or comparable e-mail system TCPIP, Hands on in Switches, […]
Installing a gas stove: Why I think technical writers are important to this green earth
This morning my wife woke me up from my dreams of swimming with the Dolphins in Mauritius and hollered, ‘get the gas stove working man!’. Groggy eyed, I went to the kitchen and unpacked the stove. The burners kept falling off and there were no instructions on the stove or the packaging about how to […]
Context Sensitive ‘Sticky Notes’: Stick a Sticky Note to your Blog!
Conceptworld’s Quick Notes Plus might appear like any other Sticky Notes Plus (QNP) program, but its context-sensitive notes feature is mind blowing: QNP is the closest to our paper sticky notes. What I mean is you can stick a paper note anywhere you want and that’s what makes them useful. Say, your TV needs repair. […]
New resources for tech writers in India
People I have added a ‘Classifieds’ program to this site. It is in beta. I am just testing it. Give it a spin at Job Ads and also see The Job Forum. Tell me which one you like the best. If you have other ideas please let me know. Pass it on to your tech […]
You are Invited
After a marathon long-distance courtship of four and a half years, Chitra and I are tying the knot. Be there to share the moment, wish us luck, and see us off as we take our first step towards a journey of a life time. “When? Where? Whaat?” -> More information here. So all ye blogger […]
Opportunity: Tech writer for developing dictionary of terms
Tore Nestenius is looking for a good tenchical writer who can help write a kind of dictionary for software development terms and computer hardware terms. Where terms/words are explained. Interested? Rush your mail to synchron(at)algonet(dot)se . Write to me: Suman[at]techwritersindia[dot]com
WebWorks Publisher 2003 – An introduction
WebWorks® Publisher is not a Help authoring tool in the traditional sense. It is, rather, a tool for converting documents created in Microsoft® Word (2000 or XP) or Adobe® FrameMaker® (5.5.6 or later) to any of 11 different online output formats, including 5 different flavors of online Help. More on WritersUA (formerly WinWriters) write to […]
Microsoft Longhorn Help: Highlights
“Authors will develop content for "Longhorn" Help using an XML-based markup language called Microsoft Assistance Markup Language (MAML, pronounced "mammal"). Unlike HTML, this markup language is presentation-independent: topics and the elements they contain are defined semantically. For example, in HTML it’s common practice to format menu options and other user interface elements with a bold […]
Technical Writing Glossary
I think this is a neat idea and is an excellent resource for aspirants and practising pros alike. Check it out. http://members.iinet.net.au/~mbuckler/glossary1.shtmlwrite to me: Suman[at]sumankumar[dot]com