http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/ Technical Writing Blog Sun, 27 Feb 2005 04:55:02 PST http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. Writing Computers & Internet http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/archive/69.html Sun, 27 Feb 2005 12:49:59 GMT The second STC learning session in Mumbai was successfully held at US Interactive. The topic was Six Sigma. This time around the organizing team included Meghashri Dalvi and Nandini Menon. Special thanks to them for helping me organize the session. Below is a write up about the session by Swapna Shirwalkar. Photos at http://veblogs.blogspot.com/2005/02/mumbai-stc-learning-session-us.html Vidyut A. Sonde Mumbai City Representative STC India Chapter ----------------------------------- Six Sigma for Business Excellence If there is one word to describe the Mumbai STC... (more) http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/comments?id=69 http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/archive/68.html Tue, 22 Feb 2005 01:42:37 GMT Those of us interested in linguistics might want to check out Language Log, an interesting and enlightening group blog. I was especially interested in one linguist's view of The Elements of Style being "a horrid little compendium of unmotivated prejudices (don't use ongoing), arbitrary stipulations (don't begin a sentence with however), and fatuous advice ("Be clear")". Seeing that we (sometimes blindly) regard the book as one of our bibles, it is nice to hear an opposite point of view. See these Language Log posts for the full story: Those who take the adjectives from the... (more) http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/comments?id=68 http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/archive/67.html Sat, 05 Feb 2005 10:49:16 GMT The first STC learning session in January 2005 was a big success. This was the first learning that I organized as the Mumbai City Representative of the STC India Chapter. Special thanks to Sumathy Sreekumar, Deepali Lalwani, and Saurav Chakrabarti for helping me organize the session. Below is a write up about the session prepared by Swapna Shirwalkar. .................................................................................................................................................................... Being Your Own Editor! The workshop on editing by Richard Wallis of Oracle... (more) http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/comments?id=67 http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/archive/66.html Sat, 06 Nov 2004 19:04:15 GMT The STC learning session for the month of October 2004 was held in the intellectual verdants of IIT Mumbai. Thanks to Meghashri Dalvi, technical communicators from Mumbai got an opportunity to get introduced to Machine Translation. Meghashri and Salil Badodekar were the speakers for the session. To view the photos, check http://veblogs.blogspot.com/2004/11/mumbai-stc-learning-session-iit-mumbai.html http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/comments?id=66 http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/archive/65.html Fri, 24 Sep 2004 19:36:40 GMT Knowledgeable Experience Sanjit Pal of CCG India Pvt. Ltd gave an enriching presentation on why companies require a Knowledge Management (KM) solution and how companies actually benefit from such a solution on the 11th of September at Kale Consultants in Mumbai. Sanjit started his presentation by reasoning that some software projects fail to stick to deadlines because there is a lack of critical information transfer between team members. When new members are added to a project or teams change, time is primarily spent on handing over explicit knowledge – that which is captured in... (more) http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/comments?id=65 http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/archive/64.html Thu, 05 Aug 2004 07:18:49 GMT INTECOM, the umbrella organization for technical writing societies, has a well-written and interestingly illustrated Code of Good Practice. I personally like Number 9: "It is not unclever to express oneself in a simple way." http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/comments?id=64 http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/archive/63.html Mon, 19 Jul 2004 09:25:31 GMT Tata Interactive Systems, the company that I work for has won the APEX 2004 Award of Excellence in the 'Education & Training Campaigns & Programs' category for its work on Simulation-based Learning Objects on Business Ethics at the University of Phoenix Online. The Apex Awards are sponsored by Communications Concepts Inc. that publishes Writing That Works. A good resource for business communication reporting. http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/comments?id=63 http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/archive/61.html Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:58:56 GMT Hi, I'm gathering information about the work habits of technical communicators the world over. For information and instructions on this questionnaire, please go to http://www.my3q.com/home2/41/melaniedoulton/73397.phtml. Feel free to forward this questionnaire to other technical communicators. Thank you. Melanie Doulton Senior Technical Communicator http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/comments?id=61 http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/archive/60.html Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:18:56 GMT Hi, This month's STC learning session is going to be special. For the first time at STC Chennai, we will be having a GRAMMAR CLINIC conducted by Gururaj from Hewlett Packard, Bangalore. What are parts of speech all about? How to write simple sentences? What is the difference between using "which" and "that"? What is anthropomorphism? What are verbal words? Do you want some tips on punctuation (comma, colon, semicolon, hyphen, and period)? What are the syntactic differences between American and British English? Join GURURAJ at this month's learning session as he addresses such issues... (more) http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/comments?id=60 http://techwriting.blogdrive.com/archive/59.html Fri, 28 May 2004 11:47:57 GMT Take the pause that refreshes... Yes, reassuringly refreshing. Are you wondering what it is all about? Come to where the action is... STC India Chapter is pleased to announce the STC India's 6th Annual Conference Theme Competition. Friends, Wherever you are, whatever you do.. Here is an excellent opportunity to "Be Your Best." Unleash the creativity in you..and participate in the "Theme Competition." Who knows: "Your theme will be everywhere, when you care enough to send the very best." The early bird catches the worm. The first three entries will receive... 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