Author: Elmira

It’s hard to imagine our lives without the Internet here and now. It is our go-betweener in communicating with those far away; watching movies, listening to music, playing games on the web, and even reading technical documentation. Virtual reality absorbs us so much that it makes sense that such technologies as AR, VR, MR, and…

We have great news for you: following our article about DITA we had the honor to participate in the “ClickHelp as a DITA Alternative” webinar organized by Scott Abel. Watch the webinar. About the Host and Presenter Scott Abel is known as “The Content Wrangler,” he is a global content strategist who specializes in helping…

A QR code or a Quick Response code is a type of matrix barcode first designed in 1994 in Japan to track vehicles in the automotive industry during the manufacturing process, not as a helpful marketing tool we see today. A barcode is a machine-readable optical label with information about the item to which it…

This is the second part of our introduction to the “Markdown universe”. In our previous post, you can learn more about Markdown history. Today we are talking about the variety of editors for Markdown. Variety of Markdown Editors Nowadays, Markdown comes all-in with tools that don’t demand you to learn the syntax instantly, so even…

It’s officially springtime! The spring is always filled with bloom, hopes for better days, and beauty. So today, we decided to talk about women in technical writing. They inspire, motivate, surprise, and compel us with their determination, creative approach, and intelligence. Women in History of Technical Communication The tech industry has been a “boy’s club”…

A system for commenting on a document so that it is syntactically identifiable from the text is called a markup language. When the document is processed for display, the markup language is not shown and is only used to format the text. The “markup” term is derived from the “marking up” of paper manuscripts, the…

The realities of modern life demand constant learning of new trends and tools almost in every profession. Nowadays, conferences are a part of such knowledge acquiring. So, if you want to stay relevant as a professional in tech comm, you should definitely visit some of them. Keeping in mind the unprecedented situation of 2020, many…

“The tendency of remote working in 2020 is blended into 2021”. And, the field of technical communication continues to grow since this sphere is one of those that are not tied to a certain workplace. Worldwide demand for simplified technical English also keeps growing because developing countries (i.e., India or China) export great amounts of…

What Is DITA? DITA is short for The Darwin Information Typing Architecture. It comprises the principles of specialization and inheritance that are much like the Darwinian theory. “Information typing” means the classification of information into topics, not “typing” as in keyboarding 🙂 “Architecture” is a hierarchy of elements or adaptable set of structures. It provides…

It is the end of December, and we are approaching the close of this atmospheric year for sure, time for some wrap-up. So what did 2020 bring us? Of course, first that pops up in one’s head is the pandemic. That event has changed the lives of the entire humanity. No person left untouched by…