Kai Weber
Using semantic wikis and information models which map relationships between entities in our content, we can amplify the intelligence of our users and our products – the UAreloaded conference showed us how…
Dave Tang
In this article we define ‘Core Competencies’ and explain them in an infographic. Also we answer the question: How do we develop Core Competencies?
Anne Gentle
What do you think about reviews when you are submitting documentation changes in a code repository? How do you maintain quality and think about levels of editing while working on documentation in a code repository? Here are some ideas…
Dave Tang
The core to Corporate Marketing is to drive Product Adoption. How do we do it? In this article we take a look on various established frameworks to present a comprehensive, holistic look at Product Adoption.
Carl Carlheim-Gyllensköld
Is it old-fashioned to be a technical communicator? Will this profession be replaced? And how important can content creation be if the world wide web is flooded by all kind of contents? Let´s gave this matter some thoughts…
Peter van Bart
We can say that Information 4.0 or smart content is the new era of information. But what does it mean in practice? Why make use of it? What is its value? These questions will be answered in our practice example.
Ulrike Parson
Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT) have changed technical documentation. Users now read small chunks of information that match their context, task, or role. Instead of classical documentation, we now need information that is modular, neutral with respect to format, and accessible via metadata and full-text search…
Jan Benedictus
Many content-professionals are aware of the benefits of structured content. However, in the greater scheme of things, structured content authoring is only a fraction of all content-authoring being done. But this is today and things are changing. This post defines structured content as boxed, interpretable and connected content. It also describes why and how authoring in a structured way will become main-stream eventually.
Reinoud Kaasschieter
Computers help people create film trailers, musical compositions, and even write news articles. We should ask these three questions:
Ellis Pratt
If you had a better understanding of each individual reader of your content, could you create better User Assistance? Could you personalize it for each user? Let´s take a closer look on these questions…
Anne Gentle
Let’s give your readers the chance to do these quality checks for you as easily as possible. How? By reporting the bug on the page where they found it. Your best bet is to look at any given page on your current docs site. We introduce some techniques and a punch list…
Interview with Thomas Walker
Today we talked with Thomas Walker, a young Technical Content Developer at K15t in Stuttgart. We liked to know what makes him love his job..
In our series, people from different age and professional groups introduce us to their IT jobs. Beginners, students, and people with quite long working experience share their motivation and recommendations, confirming prejudices or invalidating them.
