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UA Salary Survey Now in Progress

Posted by Joe Welinske on Nov 5, 2014 in Announcements, Uncategorized | 0 comments

The annual summary of compensation by user assistance professionals for UA professionals. The WritersUA Salary Survey is designed to give you information drawn specifically from the user assistance community. Please contribute your own information. The results will be publicly posted on the WritersUA site.

Joe Welinske Presenting Keynote for STC India Conference

Posted by Joe Welinske on Oct 2, 2014 in Announcements | 0 comments

Joe Welinske of WritersUA is going to be in Bangalore as the keynote speaker for STC India this year. Many thanks to Adobe for sponsoring Joe’s trip! www.stc-india.org/conferences/2014/program  

Review of presentation to STC Puget Sound

Posted by Joe Welinske on Oct 2, 2014 in Announcements | 0 comments

Leslie Brown provides a summary of talk I gave to the Puget Sound chapter of STC a couple of weeks ago. www.stc-psc.org/wp/supporting-the-language-of-touch-gestures-and-voice-in-technical-documentation/

Mobile UA book (2nd ed.) is now available

Posted by Joe Welinske on Oct 1, 2014 in Announcements | 0 comments

“Developing User Assistance for Mobile Apps” 2nd edition is now available. There are two versions. One is grayscale. The other has full color illustrations and screen captures. Information on the book, including links to buy, is available here: www.welinske.com/duama/

Online Workshop – An Introduction to Mobile User Assistance

Posted by Joe Welinske on Sep 6, 2014 in Announcements, Webinars | 0 comments

September 17 • 9am – 12:00pm Pacific Time Joe Welinske is hosting a half-day, online workshop on mobile user assistance. This workshop is designed to provide an introduction to key topics and also to foster discussion on the best ways to design UA for this new paradigm. As the mobile market continues to expand, this is becoming the next frontier for user assistance professionals. Registration is just $29 and limited to 24...

Tech Comm Tools videocast

Posted by Joe Welinske on Aug 18, 2014 in Announcements | 0 comments

I had the chance to speak with Matt Sullivan on his new Tech Comm Tools YouTube series. It looks like a great start at an informative series of technical communication news!

2014 User Assistance Tools Survey

Posted by Joe Welinske on Aug 2, 2014 in Articles, Surveys | 19 comments

The use of software tools is an important part of user assistance development. They make it possible to author, edit, and design our content. Tools are also required to transform our content into digital deliverables. Some tools are extremely robust and do many things. Others are very specialized utilities. Today, with our very diversified documentation sets, the number of tools we regularly use has become quite sizeable. This survey supplies you with a peer review to assist you in planning your tool acquisitions. Methodology The original...

The Language of Touch – STC Session

Posted by Joe Welinske on May 18, 2014 in Announcements | 1 comment

Joe Welinske will be talking about the language of touch in a presentation at the Phoenix STC Conference, Monday, May 19, 1:00p. This session will include a lot of information from the upcoming second edition of Developing User Assistance for Mobile UA. Topics will include: Our new set of verbs for touch Writing concise text while retaining meaning How Simplified Technical and Plain English can be used What to know about voice technology and other emerging interactions Choosing a generic or custom language scheme Explaining touch through...

Mobile UA Webinar through IconLogic

Posted by Joe Welinske on May 2, 2014 in Announcements, Webinars | 0 comments

Joe Welinske is going to be presenting a webinar on mobile UA through IconLogic. Developing User Assistance for a Mobile World June 24, 2014

Joe Welinske Presenting at STC Conference

Posted by Joe Welinske on May 1, 2014 in Announcements, Conference Presentation | 0 comments

Joe Welinske will be contributing his expertise at the annual STC Conference taking place in Phoenix. May 17 * Structured Authoring and DITA Workshop May 18 * Adobe Day May 19 * Touch, Voice, and Gestures: How to Craft Your User Assistance  

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