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Latest Episodes

Managing Writers: Interview with Richard Hamilton (podcast)
March 23, 2009

Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Length: 35 min. Richard Hamilton is the author of Managing Writers: A Real World Guide to Managing Technical Documentation. His book, published in 2009, is one of the few books written spe

Jane’s Presentation, Twitter for Business (podcast)
March 15, 2009

Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Length: 20 min. Last week Jane presented on Twitter to a group of business students at Brigham Young University — Provo. This podcast is a recording of her presentation. For more inf

Podcast — Blogging for Technical Communicators Webinar (Part 2)
March 04, 2009

Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Length: 40 min. This is the second half of the Blogging for Technical Communicators webinar that I gave to the STC-Rocky Mountain chapter on February 19, 2009. Here’s the accompanyin

Podcast — Blogging for Technical Communicators Webinar (Part 1)
March 04, 2009

Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Length: 30 min. This podcast is a recording of the Blogging for Technical Communicators webinar that I gave to the STC-Rocky Mountain chapter on February 19, 2009. I split the recording in

Documentation Review Techniques (videocast)
February 06, 2009

I believe that in order to learn something, you have to do it, for the most part. So forgive me if my first dozen videocasts here are experimental, because I’m learning. I’m finding that video is a little trickier than I thought. To create video, you

Podcast: Make Your Help Indispensable, Safeguard Your Job
January 31, 2009

Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Length: 30 min. In this podcast, I talk with Mike Hughes, second vice president of the STC, about his latest UXMatters article, “Straight Talk: Surviving Tough Times as a User Assist

Screencasting — Workflow and Presentation, by Collin Turner (Podcast)
January 17, 2009

Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Length: 65 min. Screencasting Presentation Summary In this podcast, Collin Turner presents on “Screencasting — Workflow and Presentation” to the Intermountain STC chapter

A Technical Writer with Extra Privileges? Responding to a Question about Roles (Videocast)
January 15, 2009

Download in iPod format Jim from Iowa writes: I was doing some career research involving technical writing and stumbled upon your website.  I had a question about that sort of thing, and you seem like a good person to ask. To be frank, I have two main 

Top Technical Communication News for January 2009
January 12, 2009

Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Length: 12 min. In this podcast, I cover the top 10 technical communication news items during the past month. This is a different type of podcast than I’ve normally done. The show no

Podcast: Help Authoring with Doc-To-Help 2009, Interview with Nicky Bleiel
January 06, 2009

Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Length: 35 min. ComponentOne recently released Doc-To-Help 2009, which introduces a complete redesign of their user interface. In this podcast, I talk with Nicky Bleiel, who works for Comp

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