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Technical Writing

Career Outlook for Technical Writers to 2010—Article summarizes US Dept. of Labor's “Occupational Outlook Handbook, Writers and Editors."

Ethics of Technical Publishing: Trust Yourself—An article providing a look into the ethic side of technical publishing and writing. Who can you trust and what do you do when you are confronted with an unethical boss, co-worker or assignment.
Making Money In Technical Writing—Peter Kent, author of the best-selling Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet (Que) and Making Money in Technical Writing (MacMillan Publishing) shares his secrets for breaking into this lucrative field.
Newbie TechWriter—A resource for beginners to technical writing with information about finding jobs, publishing tools and writing resumes.
Online Technical Writing: Online Textbook—This text is used by students in online technical-communication courses worldwide as well as the online version of TCM1603, Introduction to Technical Communication, taught by David A. McMurrey, at Austin Community College (ACC) in Austin , Texas USA
Technical Writing FAQ—Answers to frequently asked questions for beginning technical writers by technical writer John Hewitt.
Technical Writing Tips—Ten useful tips on technical writing by Matthew Arnold Stern, creative and technical writer.
Usability
Usable Web: Guide to Web usability resources—A collection of 449 links and accompanying information about human factors, user interface issues, and usable design specific to the World Wide Web.
Design and Style Guides
APA Style Guide—This site is devoted to APA Style and includes free style tips as well as links to online purchasing of the APA Publication Manual, Style Guides, and APA Style-Helper software.
Document Design—Journal of Research and Problem Solving in Organizational Communication. Site provides back issues, subscription, contribution guidelines, and board members.
Style Manuals & Writing Guides—What is a Style Manual? A handbook or guide that illustrates the accepted format for citing your references in term papers, theses, articles, etc.
Writing for the Web—A research project about how users read on the Web and how authors should write their Web pages (a study by John Morkes and Jakob Nielsen): includes downloadable files, tasks, and questionnaires to allow replicated or revised experiments
Reference

EServer TC Library—A real-time chat site for technical communicators, built to create an inviting online space as a way to foster a sense of community among professionals in this emerging field.

Yahoo Groups - Technical Writing—Choose from over 15 discussion groups and mailing lists directly related to technical writing.

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