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Microsoft language, in a cloud

Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 9:19 PM by Jeanie Decker
This is only tangentially related to technical writing, but a post by Matthew Stibbe brought to my attention an interesting analysis of Microsoft language over the years. It's an interactive tag cloud , covering 1976 to 2006, on Todd Bishop's Microsoft Read More...
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Development, the microscopic view

Posted Tuesday, July 18, 2006 9:18 AM by Jeanie Decker
Whether it's software or content, making a change can often be a much bigger deal than you'd think. I was reading The Best Software Writing I , selected and introduced by Joel Spolsky , and came across a delightful essay on that very topic. It was from Read More...
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Looks like a file synchronization solution (Windows XP)

Posted Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:08 AM by Jeanie Decker
Tristank mentioned a Powertoy that sounded interesting, SyncToy for Windows XP . (An aside...I think it's odd that back when hard drive space was limited and expensive, I'd download anything that caught my interest...and now that I have lots of inexpensive Read More...
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IT pros - how do you use worksheets

Posted Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:08 AM by Jeanie Decker
If you've ever used any product documentation that included worksheets , checklists , or other job aids , I'd appreciate your input on two questions. How do you actually use those job aids? And how would you like to be able to use them? For example... Read More...
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No more EULA?

Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 3:08 PM by Jeanie Decker
You'll be seeing new terminology from Microsoft: Microsoft Software License Terms , and license terms as the short version. It was determined (and I wish I could tell you how, and by whom, but I don't know exactly) that many customers don't know what Read More...
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