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In technical documentation, we avoid recommendations. They rarely help the reader: The producer recommends ultra-light power cells. Why? What happens if I use others? Read more

A former translator, I worked the first seven years of my professional life in the translation industry, in various positions. While I learned a lot from this experience, it also left me, as a writer, frustrated. Translators are chained to their source text and writing the words of others in another language, usually focusing on what their clients want. Read more

Part 1: Improvisation, fluff hunt, and videos for technical documentation. Read more

I love verbs. Verbs are active and lively. They talk to me. Nouns don't. Read more

When should we use delete and when remove in technical writing? Read more