Technical Communication

On the morning of 29 August, Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama with...

SUMMARY * Argues for a significantly different design of presentation slides that is particularly well suited to technical...

SUMMARY ** Explores the history, guidelines for writing, and rhetorical techniques of glossaries ** Finds that glossaries are...

SUMMARY * Reports the authors' experience teaching technical communication in China * Concludes that introducing technical communication in...

SUMMARY * Reviews workplace stress research and the ineffectiveness of popular stress-control methods * Recommends that technical communicators...

SUMMARY * Introduces technical communicators to the mechanics of eye tracking and to usability-related research in the areas...

Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft PowerPoint to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate, and Inspire Cliff Atkinson. 2005. Redmond,...

Powerful Proposals: How to Give Your Business the Winning Edge David G. Pugh and Terry R. Bacon. 2005....

Communication of Complex Information: User Goals and Information Needs for Dynamic Web Information Michael J. Albers. 2004. Mahwah,...

Understanding Your Users: A Practical Guide to User Requirements Methods, Tools, and Techniques Catherine Courage and Kathy Baxter....

Online Communication: Linking Technology, Identity, and Culture Andrew F. Wood and Matthew J. Smith. 2005. 2nd ed. Mahwah,...

Managing Learning and Communication Systems as Business Assets: How to Engineer Organizational Performance and Demonstrate Value Diane M....

Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures Ronald Czaja and Johnny Blair. 2005. 2nd ed. Thousand OK,...

Your Own Words Barbara Wallraff. 2004. New York, NY: Counterpoint Press. [ISBN 1-58243-282-1. 278 pages, including index, $24.95...

Usability and Internationalization of Information Technology Nuray Aykin, ed. 2005. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. [ISBN 0-8058-4479-1. 366...

Voice User Interface Design Michael H. Cohen, James P. Giangola, and Jennifer Balogh. 2004. Boston, MA: Addison Wesley....

Taming HAL: Designing Human Interfaces Beyond 2001 Asaf Degani. 2004. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. [ISBN 0-312-29574-X. 320...

The Elements of International English Style: A Guide to Writing Correspondence, Reports, Technical Documents, and Internet Pages for...

Twisted Rails, Sunken Ships: The Rhetoric of Nineteenth Century Steamboat and Railroad Accident Investigation Reports, 1833-1879 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Writing for Magazines and Trade Journals: Finding Them, Writing for Them, and Getting Paid by Them Gary Michael...