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Spring 2003
Upcoming Skills Workshops
Leadership Perspectives
Letters from the President
Director-Sponsor's Corner
Feature Articles
Insights from Industry: Intranet Usability Best Practices
Find out what designers at Razorfish San Francisco have to say about designing intranet sites for efficiency and maximum use.
Designing Written Drafts for Communication across Cross-Functional Teams
Apply the concept of prototype fidelity to written documents in order to better meet your team's goals.
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Resources
General Resources
Language Evolved in a Leap
A scientific approach to communication from Nature
The Tech Report
News, reviews and discussion boards on personal computing technology and culture
Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
Bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science from various sources, updated monthly
Internet Resources for Technical Communicators
Articles, book reviews, technology updates, copyright info and more
The Office of Scientific and Technical Information
A virtual library of information on energy, science and technology
TECHWR-L, The Internet Forum for Technical Communicators
"Empowering Technical Writers Since 1993"
Voice of the Shuttle
Humanities research — subpage on Science, Technology and Culture
Voice of the Shuttle
Humanities research — subpage on Technology of Writing
Writing Resources
Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students
Guidelines on professional writing formats, such as letters, reports, theses and journal articles
NASA Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors
Guide to grammar, punctuation and capitalization
Professional Organizations
Society for Technical Communication
Our parent organization
IEEE Professional Communication Society
Helps engineers and technical communicators develop skills in written and oral presentation
The Association for Business Communication (ABC)
An international organization specializing in business communication scholarship, research, education and practice
The American Society of Indexers
Professional organization devoted to the advancement of indexing, abstracting and database building
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing
Forum for discussing academic and professional issues in technical writing (registration required)
The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication
Promotes programs in research in technical and scientific communication
International Association of Business Communicators
Knowledge network for professionals engaged in strategic business communication management
Tech Comm Fun, Games and Oddities
FAQs of note: FAQ #58, U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress
The Jakob Nielsen drinking game
Issues in information design: the LEGO harpsichord
Doomed Engineers
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