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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Linux (Mike McCallister)
2. paragraph numbering (wongword -at- ozemail -dot- com -dot- au)
3. Future trends in technical writing? (Dave Till)
Message: 1
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 14:08:58 -0600
From: "Mike McCallister" <workingwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>
Subject: Re: Linux
To: "Caroline Tabach" <Caroline -at- radcom -dot- com>
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
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Caroline,
All the suggestions have been good so far (though I'm slightly hurt that
John Garison chose the "SUSE Bible"--but I'll get over it). You might
also want to check out TUX Magazine, a free monthly PDF "for the new
Linux user." It's published by the same company that does Linux Journal,
the oldest and most respected print Linux magazine on the planet (which,
as you would expect, is quite a bit more techy than what you'll need).
The issues are generally themed, so you can see what you're in for. You
also have to give them an email address to "subscribe" and get access to
each issue.
Disclaimer: I do have an article slated for an upcoming issue, but
otherwise have no ties.
Best of luck with the new product!
Mike McCallister
On 11/22/06, Caroline Tabach <Caroline -at- radcom -dot- com> wrote:
> Till now our applications have run under windows.
> A new system will run on Linux
> I would like to give the users some basic information about Linux.
> Actually I think I would like to read a little bit about it myself,
> Can anyone direct me to an internet site they have found useful?
> thanks
>
> CarolineTabach
> Technical/Marcom Writer
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Mike McCallister
Technical Writing Consultant, Compuware
Author, "SUSE Linux 10 Unleashed"
Ive started to scroll through the archives on par anumbering but so far
I
haven't found any references to research about preferred numbering
systems
ie sequential 1 , 2, 3, 4, etc or
the structured 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.1.1
Do you know of any references based on research or any really good
articles
on this topic
Irene Wong
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 21:04:40 -0500
From: Dave Till <dave -at- davetill -dot- com>
Subject: Future trends in technical writing?
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Hi, everybody. I was curious about future trends in technical writing
employment.
Recently, a career counsellor I was talking with suggested that the
future of technical writing would likely be in sectors other than the IT
sector. Do you agree with this? And, if you do, where do you see
technical writers being employed a few years down the road?
--Dave Till
dave -at- davetill -dot- com
www.davetill.com
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