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TechWhirl is an online resource for anyone interested in the world of Content Management and Technical Communication. Experienced veterans, up-and-coming professionals, students, and leaders in the management suite explore TechWhirl to find new, compelling, thought-provoking, and helpful information on creating and managing the information assets critical to their enterprise.
From educational and research content to the latest news, features, and commentary, TechWhirl offers something for everyone who needs to know about technical communication and content management. We love this stuff and think that you should too. Please have a look around our site and let us know what you think. Source
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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
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Search ArticlesReview: Playing the Short Game. How to Market & Sell Short Fiction
Playing the Short Game: How to Market & Sell Short Fiction is an ideal book for writers who want a no-nonsense primer on how to start selling short stories. (It’s not about writing style or how to improve your craft.) At more than 200 pages, it may initially seem intimidating, but it’s cleanly and legibly laid out, with lots of white space. And it’s written with a clear, direct voice that makes reading easy. Douglas Smith writes like the kind of mentor you’d happily join for a few hours in the pub.
TechWhirl Fast 5: Future-Proof Your Skills in a world of Budget Cuts and A.I.
Thrive, Don’t Just Survive: Future-Proofing Your Skills Against Budget Cuts and AI Disruption Date: Tuesday, Oct 28 2025 Time: 11 CT The professional world is changing fast. Faced with simultaneous budget reductions and the rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the pressure is on to prove your indispensable value. Routine tasks are being automated, and every job function is under scrutiny.
Review: Environmental Preservation and the Grey Cliffs Conflict: Negotiating Common Narratives, Values, and Ethos
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) manages Tennessee’s Grey Cliffs lake and wilderness to control flooding and generate hydro power. For generations, it’s also been a beloved recreation area. At the time of Kristin Pickering’s study, ACE was considering closing the area in response to increasing damage to the land and crime rates; the community disbelieved those problems were serious and longed to keep the area open.
Review: Revising Reality: How Sequels, Remakes, Retcons, and Rejects Explain the World
In the modern “fake news” era, “facts” are increasingly flexible rather than tangible, provable, stable things. People increasingly accept opinions and gut feelings as more valid than expert knowledge and documented fact. Communicators working in this context require an understanding of how audiences revise reality to agree better with prior beliefs.
Review: Slow Productivity. The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Most technical communicators have worked for employers that mistook activity for productivity and have tried to teach our bosses the difference between churning out words and crafting useful information. In Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout, Cal Newport proposes that slowing down what we’re doing improves our work quality.
Creatives turned tech writers
As a creative, I struggle at times with many stereotypical issues other creatives face in the technical writing field. I work best at night, my brain is thinking of zillions of things at once, I generally don’t do things in a linear fashion, and my creativity sometimes inhibits the project’s need for clarity. As a creative, I wish that my audience would have an experience though having an emotional experience isn’t the ideal outcome for the project.
Paligo integrations with help desk applications empower technical writers and enhance customer support Original
Editor’s note: Paligo is a valued marketing partner of TechWhirl, and this article has been produced as part of a sponsored collaboration. The content provides an overview of Paligo’s integrations and their impact on technical writing and customer support workflows. While this is a paid feature, TechWhirl maintains its commitment to delivering insightful and relevant information for our audience of technical communication professionals.
Fast 5 Replay: Navigating the convergence of creativity, technology, and AI Original
View our most recent TechWhirl Fast 5, featuring Dr.Erika Konrad from Northern Arizona University, and students Chris Farmer and Jessica Lewis, where we discuss their perspectives on creativity and technology, especially the use of AI as the technical writing profession continues to evolve. Note: TechWhirl hosts Al Martine and Connie Giordano generated this summary from ChatGPT, and then edited it with the perspective of those who took part in the webinar.
TechWhirl Fast 5: Navigating the Convergence of Creativity and Technology
Note: this is our second posting of this webinar. We inadvertently posted the wrong topic earlier today (Sept 10 2024) Navigating the Convergence of Creativity and Technology: Insights from Creatives in Tech Writing and what can be Learned by Training AI Engines TechWhirl’s next Fast 5 looks at what happens when creatives get into the tech writing field and what we can learn about A.I. in the workplace by training AI engines.
Behind the Scenes of AI Training: Insights from a Freelance Contributor Original
Image by Chris Farmer, generated by AI This recent interview between Erika Konrad, of NAU and student Chris Farmer, goes in depth into the world of AI contributors and training. AI Contributor might be more accurate; I provide data that is used in AI training. I’m definitely not a software engineer! That said, I’ve participated in several projects that are making AI better.