Foreword
之前在有哪些适合技术传播从业者关注的优质博客?(一)中,分享了以下四个博客,感兴趣的小伙伴可以戳链接去瞄一眼。
本篇再跟大家分享如下五个较为优质的博客,有事没事可以翻来读一读,以增进对技术传播行业的认识,而不是封闭地认为它是一个新出现的行业。
1. ClickHelp
博客:ClickHelp Technical Writing Blog
主页:https://clickhelp.co/clickhelp-technical-writing-blog/
Twitter:@ClickHelpNews
博客内容分类:
- ClickHelp
- Design
- Fun
- General
- HTML Tips
- SEO
- Social Networking
- TechComm
- Technology
这个博客上关于技术传播的文章还比较实用,TechComm 分类下的文章速览:
- 5 Simple Steps to Build a Career in Technical Writing
- Technical Writer Job Challenges
- To Jargon or Not To Jargon in Technical Writing
- Page Layout for Printed and Online Documentation
- Cross Team Communication for Technical Writers
- How To Optimize Documentation Team Workflow
Design 分类下的文章也蛮不错,包含网页、字体、文档和图片的设计等:
此外,还有其它一些相关话题的内容:
2. HelpScribe
HelpScribe 博客是黑白色调的简约风格,看起来很是清爽。
博客:HelpScribe Technical Writing Blog
主页:http://www.helpscribe.com/p/home.html
Twitter:@HelpScribe
博客内容分类:
- Best practices
- Career
- Document types
- Resources
- Theory
- Tools
博客文章速览:
刚看到这篇文章的标题就觉得好有趣,读完发现还真是哎,Technical Writer 和幼儿园老师的工作确实有一些共同点:
- Warnings matter - Kids will eat the glue
- Short attention spans
- Complaints, complaints, complaints
- Rewards are everything
3. TechWhirl
TechWhirl 博客主要是关于 Content Management & Technical Communication,内容比较丰富。
博客:TechWhirl — Helping the world explore Content Management & Technical Communications
Twitter:@techwhirl
博客三个主要板块:
- Content Management
-
Technical Communication
-
Technical Writing
博客文章速览:
- What is Technical Communications?
- What is Technical Writing?
- How Does DITA Change Authoring?
- Escape from the Grammar Trap
- Management and Leadership in Technical Writing
然而,从现代的审美来看这个博客的网页设计,总觉得略杂乱,颜色也怪怪的。不过,内容还是值得一看的。
4. Scriptorium
博客:Scriptorium - The Content Strategy Experts
主页:https://www.scriptorium.com/
资源:RESOURCES 板块下有个 Content Strategy 101,可免费下载 EPUB 版本或在线阅读全部内容,建议一读。
博客文章速览:
- Best practices for localizing DITA content
- Localization strategy: Your key to global markets
- A hierarchy of content needs
- A hierarchy of localization needs
- DITA specialization: Extensibility and standards compliance
- Content strategy, a food analogy
5. ffeathers
博客:ffeathers - A technical writing and fiction blog by Sarah Maddox
主页:https://ffeathers.wordpress.com/
Twitter:SarahMaddox
博客文章速览:
- API types
- Documenting the tools you use
- Guide to operating a safe
- Redirecting anchor links on web pages
这个博客有个板块叫 Tech Comm on a Map,记录的是当前技术传播在世界范围内的发展动态,涵盖以下几个方面:
- Conferences, categorized by year.
- Societies, including societies and associations.
- Groups for smaller groups and regular meet-ups of technical communicators.
- Businesses for commercial organizations specializing in tech comm.
- Courses for educational programs and technical communication courses.
- Other.
当我在网页上打开 Tech Comm on a Map,将鼠标悬停在北京那里的红点上时,惊喜地发现,显示的竟然是 Technical Communication Association of Peking University。毕竟在读时也曾是其中一份子,现在虽已离开校园,但依然有种莫名的亲切感。
Afterword
以上就是要跟大家分享的五个技术传播、技术写作相关的优质博客,学习工作之余可以看一看。小伙伴们若是有其它好的资源推荐,欢迎留言分享哦!
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