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What’s Up, EDoc! – Trends in Tech Comm

The once stable, almost staid world of technical writing has turned turbulent. In less than a decade, we’ve seen:

  • The rise of topic-based authoring
  • The rise of structured authoring in general and DITA in particular
  • Increasingly complex technical ecosystems that ask us to decide about the Mark of the Web and quirks vs. strict browser modes
  • The growth of mobile devices, and the need for single-source output that works on mobiles, PCs, and laptops
  • The growth of social media and the need to integrate social media content with traditional documentation
  • The spread of metadata and the promise of dynamically-modeled online help, CMSs, and more…

What exactly can we expect, and how do we deal with all this?

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AzSEF News

The STC Phoenix Technical Writing Competition for students is held each year in conjunction with the Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF). Next year, our process will be changing a bit.

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2010 Chapter Election Results

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