A Technical Writer’s most important requirement

The most important question that I get asked by wannabe Technical Writers, “To write about a product or application, shouldn’t I know the product or application well enough?”. True, you do but you aren’t expected to know about it right away....

Fake news but Technical Writing involved

A while ago I received a WhatsApp message about an award called the Stella Award. It was about the top 10 ridiculous legal cases in the U.S.  A little research proved that the message was fake though the case after which this fake award and news is based was real. The...
Thank you EC Software

Thank you EC Software

Couldn’t believe my blessing yesterday when I got a mail from Alexander Halser, Managing Director of EC Software, Austria (makers of Help & Manual and HelpXplain) offering me the “Not For Resale” licenses of the latest versions of  both Help...
Pleasant Memories from not so long ago

Pleasant Memories from not so long ago

Can I forget, January 2020? It was a momentous occasion addressing the English Department at St. Joseph’s College for Women, Irinjalakuda, Kerala and subsequently teaching my first class of students there. It was a multimedia presentation lasting two hours where...