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Learn about APIs, become a versatile technical writer!
Sunday, 25th August 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM Free, but registration is required. Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpdumuqTgvGdev3uyBxY8YUYPkdK7Pet-5 About the speaker and the session: Mark Wentowski is a seasoned global API documentation...
JIRA for Documentation Defect Tracking in the DDLC
Saturday, 24th August 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM Free, but registration is required. Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUldOmspjksHN0YN-0cRG0N6pxNyQduCauc About the speaker and the session: Tharoor Gopalkrishna has been a dedicated member of the STC...
Foreword (Indus November 2021)
The theme for this edition of the Indus is Above and Beyond. Personally, I’ve always looked for areas where we could make an impact with the skills we possess. From creating enticing stories masquerading as job descriptions, to answering questions on Quora about the...
Journey towards Docs as Code
It was at the December 2019 STC India conference that I had enrolled for the Docs as Code workshop. I had never worked with Git and GitHub and was excited to learn something new. Though I was clueless about these new concepts, I managed to grasp what was taught at the...
Technical Writing Crossword (Indus)
Across1. An element in DITA using which you can make interactive workflow diagrams3. A tool using which you can execute requests and get responses for REST API docs4. Synonym for "Deploy at run time". Should be avoided by writers in the documentation5. A freeware...
Excel saves the day!
Most writers will agree that getting the reviews done for our content is one of the toughest challenges in our jobs. It becomes even more challenging if you conduct 15 reviews for every feature that you document. The challenge is not only to get the reviews done,...
Technical Writing: More than just Writing Help Content
What does a technical writer do? This is a question asked not only by readers or beginners interested in the field, but by technical writers themselves. The Society for Technical Communication (STC) defines technical writing as “simplifying the complex … technical...
Documentation Survey: A Yardstick for Better Documentation
How do you know if the content that you take so much time and effort to create is meeting its needs? Well, one of the ways is to conduct a survey. The survey helps an organization to achieve its goal. In this article, I will share my experience about the journey from...
Career S Curves
We have all heard about bell curves. Especially during a performance review! But bell curves are used to understand a lot of other topics like product lifecycle, marketing, quality control, statistical analysis, and so on. Applying the bell curve to a career...
The year that will be!
Dear All,Greetings from Team STC India! After taking charge in April 2021, the Admin Council, along with an extended team, is looking at ways to go beyond our current practices and add more value. We strongly believe that keeping the community at the center of...
How I Got into Technical Writing: By Chance (and Perhaps, Destiny!)
From having to educate people about the need for professional technical writing services to having a thriving profession that encompasses tens of thousands of technical writers, our collective journey as a community has been as incredible as it can get! As I...
Learning Manager’s corner
When the world is witnessing unprecedented times and we are swinging like a pendulum between what has been and what’s coming, it’s quite a responsibility to take my place as the Learning manager of this great non-profit organization – STC India Chapter. I believe the...
How I Broke into Tech Comm: The Journey and the Learning
Writing opens a world of dualities. You get as much confusion as you get the clarity. And it is both fun and challenging. But if I were to think that it is the only world that has lent such insights to me, I’d be wrong. My technical communication journey began way...
Did I choose to be a tech writer?
More than 2 decades ago, I worked at Bosch. And I loved the work there. Huge monstrous machine churning out parts used in the Automotive industry. The organization was a monopoly in fuel injection equipment. And I worked in the R&D department where we would work...
How I got into technical communication
Like most people who are already technical writers, I'd like to say that the profession chose me. Which is why when I think about how I got into Tech Comm, it's an interesting journey down memory lane. The journey started in Australia, Sydney in 2012. I shifted to...
Indus Newsletter – Issue 3 – 2020
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[Chennai] Learning Session on 17th Nov 2018 – Call for Speakers
The India chapter of Society for Technical Communication (STC) is organizing its next Chennai Learning Session on 17 November (Saturday). . . If you are interested to present a 45-90 min session, please send your session title, abstract and speaker profile...
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