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Links on Book Sprints
Posted in Help Design, Writing & Editing
Tagged book sprints, manuals, open source
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August 19, 2009
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More Quick Reference Guides/Cheat Sheets
More lists: WPTavern’s List Of WordPress Cheat Sheets
30 Handy Cheat Sheets and Reference Guides for Web Professionals
And, Quick Ref Guides in the form of iphone apps for web designers
Posted in Graphic Design, Web Design
Tagged quick reference guides, WordPress
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Visual Trend: Quick Reference Guides
Some links on quick visual guides:
Overview pieces by Tom Johnson Quick Reference Guides: Short and Sweet Documentation and Quick Reference Guides.
On WordPress 14 Essential WordPress Development and Design Cheat Sheets
And, last, not on software but on drawing 75 Ways to Draw More by Michael Nobbs via Moleskinerie.
Posted in Graphic Design, Help Design
Tagged manual alternatives, quick start guides
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Cool Posters about Design via whatconsumesme.com
Fun to sort into what their messages really are.
July 6, 2009
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Video Trends in Technical Communications
Help works well when it is seen as answering real questions. Users look for solutions to those concrete problems they encounter using software.
Answers can be shown visually as well as verbally. (Pet peeve: “verbally” means with “words” and does not mean the same as “orally.”) The technical communicator can do this with videos, quick start guides, screencasts, or infographics. ( Apparently, tech writers do infographics better than copywriters )
When WordPress.org released its latest installation, 2.8 or Baker, on June 19, it also put out a video. This video answers an implicit question, “How does this version provide a cooler, smoother ride, like the music of Chet Baker sounds?” Quick reply: with an automatic theme installer, code highlighting PHP editor, and widget and interface improvements in the administration panel. It is an aural as well as visual answer and it hits its point in a nifty video package.
More on video’s potential as help:
Posted in Software Tools, Web Design
Tagged answers, documentation, help, infographics, videos, WordPress
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Test
Seeing if this posts from the iPhone…
Yes, it does…
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September 3, 2008
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