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Tech­ni­cal Writ­ing Resources/Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_writing
• Free Wikiver­sity Tech­ni­cal Writ­ing Courses
• Doc­sym­me­try
• Free online guide to break­ing into Tech­ni­cal Writ­ing as a career
• EServer Tech­ni­cal Com­mu­ni­ca­tion (and Tech­ni­cal Writ­ing) Library
• FCH Com­mu­ni­ca­tions: What is Tech­ni­cal Writing?
• Tech­ni­cal Communicator’s Asso­ci­a­tion of New Zealand
• The Death of the Tech­ni­cal Author?
• Writ­ing User Man­u­als from the Mid­dle Out
• Usabil­ity Professional’s Asso­ci­a­tion of New Zealand
• Keycontent.org: Online com­mu­nity devoted to dis­cus­sion of con­tent devel­op­ment, tech­ni­cal com­mu­ni­ca­tion, and related disciplines
• DITA Users – a mem­ber orga­ni­za­tion help­ing peo­ple get started with topic-based struc­tured writ­ing. Dif­fer­ent sec­tion where tech­ni­cal writ­ing is needed
• TechTact.org Tech­ni­cal and Tact­ful writing
• Tech­ni­cal writ­ing stan­dards devel­op­ment by ISO Con­tact page for Inter­na­tional Stan­dards Orga­ni­za­tion work­ing group for tech­ni­cal doc­u­men­ta­tion standards
• http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/technical_writing
• http://www.klariti.com/technical-writing/index.shtml
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_write

Tech­ni­cal Communication

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  • Tech­ni­cal Communicator’s Glossary
  • Arti­cles on trends in tech­ni­cal writing
  • EServer Tech­ni­cal Com­mu­ni­ca­tion (and Tech­ni­cal Writ­ing) Library
  • Insti­tute of Sci­en­tific and Tech­ni­cal Com­mu­ni­ca­tors, The pro­fes­sional body for UK Tech­ni­cal Authors
  • KeyContent.org
  • TECHWR-L, The Inter­net Forum for Tech­ni­cal Communication
  • TWIN – Tech­ni­cal Writ­ers of India
  • The Asso­ci­a­tion of Teach­ers of Tech­ni­cal Writing
  • MITWA · Men­tors, Index­ers, Tech Writ­ers & Associates

Tech­ni­cal Writ­ing Associations

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  • IEEE Pro­fes­sional Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Society
  • Insti­tute of Sci­en­tific and Tech­ni­cal Com­mu­ni­ca­tors (UK-based)
  • Inter­na­tional Coun­cil for Tech­ni­cal Communication
  • Soci­ety for Tech­ni­cal Communication
  • Asso­ci­a­tion for Busi­ness Communication
  • Tech­ni­cal Communicator’s Asso­ci­a­tion of New Zealand (NZ-based)
  • Usabil­ity Professional’s Asso­ci­a­tion of New Zealand (NZ-based)
  • Tekom (pages avail­able in Eng­lish) Pro­fes­sional orga­ni­za­tion for tech­ni­cal com­mu­ni­ca­tion, Germany
  • Ele­phant (pages avail­able in Eng­lish) Pro­fes­sional orga­ni­za­tion for Tech­ni­cal Writ­ers, Israel
  • Asso­ci­a­tion of Teach­ers of Tech­ni­cal Writing
  • IEEE Trans­ac­tions on Pro­fes­sional Communication
  • Tech­ni­cal Com­mu­ni­ca­tion: Jour­nal of the Soci­ety for Tech­ni­cal Communication

Tech­ni­cal writ­ing Books

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  • http://www.amazon.com/tag/technical%20writing/ref=tag_rss_rs_itdp_item_at?_encoding=UTF8&tag=amazoeonestore-20&creative=381421
  • http://www.io.com/~hcexres/textbook/
  • http://www.twin-india.org/index.php?q=taxonomy/term/5

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