Technical Writing Blog

Today, we will look at the most prominent trends in technical writing for 2020. The end of the year is the best time to try and understand what the future holds to be prepared to embrace the changes. More Accessible User Manuals We would like to mention this trend first as this is highly important….

In one of our recent blogs, we talked about what it means to be a medical writer and what requirements exist in this profession. Today, however, we would like to go deeper – let’s examine closely the content medical writers create. Medical Writing Types In the article called Medical Writer: Guide Into Profession we did…

We like to say on this blog that technical writers are needed in many professional areas, and it’s a hundred percent true, but if you want to hit the jackpot, you will require a certain hunch for jobs. Or, you can keep reading, and we might give you some great ideas. There are professional fields…

Medical writing sounds like an excellent choice of occupation. It is connected to such noble professions as a doctor or a scientist on the one hand, and it is technical writing on the other. Today we will give you an insight into this job. By the end of this blog, you will understand what it…

UX as a term is used more often when talking about user interfaces, but it can be applied to any object a human can interact with. Being an important part of the user journey, technical documentation deserves a special mention in terms of UX. Today, we will give you several tips to make your user…

We are mostly trying to show the bright side of being a technical writer on this blog. And, we honestly believe this is a great role with a nice entry-level salary, good possibilities for personal and professional growth, an occupation that can help you get into basically any industry. A lot of good stuff is…

Decades of mindless consumerism are now pushing people towards simpler ways of living. It is quite shocking to see how many useless things we have been buying for years and years. Common sense seems to be slowly taking over this mess as we are witnessing the dawn of minimalism. Of course, you will find people…

The Black Friday sale is upon us. And, this is the perfect time to buy New Year presents for your technical writing friends! Or, just any presents really – tech writers have birthdays every year as well 🙂 We gathered some gift ideas for you in this article, let’s start: An Extended Mouse Pad Some…

There’s a joke about Google projects that people learn about only when their shutdown is announced. And we wouldn’t be surprised if you didn’t hear about a tool called Google Translator Toolkit. It was never trendy and remained a niche tool. With time, the number of users must have declined even more, and this is…

Usability is a term widely used in web and software development. But it can be applied to nearly anything humans interact with. Or even non-humans. Cats, for example, would tell a lot about usability of automatic feeders, smart litter boxes, or scratching posts if they could talk. So, this is quite a universal concept, really….