“Sir, you’re 5:00 is here.”
“Thanks, Sara. Send him in.”
The boss nervously straightens some items on his desk. Wow, this is going to be tough, he thinks. Just stay cool, you’ve done this a thousand times before. Comes with the territory.
A timid knock on the door, and his guest shwooshes into the office as a bicycle, […]
Archive for February, 2007
Good riddance to bad UA
Published February 25th, 2007 in Fiction and Visual/Technical Communication. 5 CommentsTech Comm blog survey
Published February 14th, 2007 in Blogging and Visual/Technical Communication. 1 CommentThe STC Suncoast Chapter has created a very simple survey for readers of technical communication blogs. The survey is short & sweet. Chime in and let your preferences be heard.
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H/Ts: Tom Johnson @ IRBW & Helpstuff.
US interstate system, done tube-style
Published February 8th, 2007 in Visual/Technical Communication. 0 CommentsChris Yates has created a map of the Eisenhower Interstate System, simplified as a subway-style infographic. If you’re traveling to one of the top few dozen largest cities in the US, it’s all you’ll ever need.
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It’s all in the timing. (And the marketing.)
Published February 6th, 2007 in Visual/Technical Communication. 29 CommentsSince my Craptastic review, there have been a lot of folks participating in the comments boards and/or e-mailing me with all sorts of different perspectives on the release of Adobe RoboHelp (RH) 6, both on and off the record. Thank you all very much for your opinions.
Adobe has brought its heavy resources to an all-out […]
“How does a cow go, sweetie?”
MOOOooooooooo.
“Good! How does a cat go?”
Meeee-yyyoww.
“Haha!! How about a pig?”
Oinkoinkoinkoinkoink.
“Good. How does a Mommy go?”
“NOoo-putdatdown!!!”
Exposing children to secondary bad chart design is bad for their health
Published February 2nd, 2007 in Visual/Technical Communication and Humor. 0 CommentsYes, *sniff*, our kids are being desensitized to poor data visualization.
Check out this craptacular chart from the back of a Cheerios box:
I would have had soooo much fun critically evaluating this, but Carl beat me to it already:
First of all, every condition shows a decline in concentration overall - with 8am as the benchmark! I […]
This year’s DocTrain conference is spreading its wings, and moving west from its traditional Boston home to Vancouver, BC. The theme for 2007 is “The User Experience.”
If you’ve never been to a DocTrain conference, you’re missing out. It’s smaller and more intimate than the big STC and WritersUA conferences, yet still big enough to […]
