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* ANNOUNCE: STC Conference Discussion List (NEW)
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* JOB: Flash whiz needed to build demo (marcom)--Eastern Mass. (NEW)
* ANNOUNCE: Discounted Online Technical Communication Training
* STORY: SnagIt and Camtasia Studio
* CONTEST: Design a 10th Anniversary Graphic for TECHWR-L
* ANNOUNCE: LavaCon early registration discount ends March 31st!
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You're not a dummy... but are you struggling to document an API,
to understand complex software, to look at C++ or Java code, or
even write a brochure without any training in those areas?
Gordon & Gordon presents a week of workshops in Toronto that
will give you all the information you need to work even smarter.
"Documenting APIs and SDKs" -- there's nothing else like it!
"Just Enough Java" to document APIs in Java
"Just Enough C and C++" to document APIs in C and C++
"Understanding Complex Software"
"How to Write Marketing Materials for High-Tech Firms"
When: Monday April 7 to Friday April 11, 2003
Where: downtown Toronto
Cost: US$249 (CAD$399) per day before discounts
Discounts are available for early-birds, members of the STC
and ACM SIGDOC, and for attending more than one workshop.
For details, visit http://www.gordonandgordon.com/workshops.html
JOB: Flash whiz needed to build demo (marcom)--Eastern Massachusetts
C'mon all you unemployed/underemployed techwrlers. Show me whatcha got.
(No agencies, please.)
I need a Flash guru/writer/designer--soon--to develop a software demo for
our Web site. This is a marketing piece, not a training demo, for
enterprise software (there's that word again). You need to convey abstract
concepts in a compelling and graphically appealing way to an audience of
senior business executives, engineers, consultants, and analysts. This is
a short-term assignment (up to 4 weeks) in Concord, Massachusetts; and you
will work on-site (equipment/software provided) most or all of the time.
Send résumé (PDF, Word, or plain text), along with your rates and links to
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ANNOUNCE: Discounted Online Technical Communication Training
Grow your career this Spring from the comfort of your own
home. UCLA Extension's Spring quarter begins March 29, and
courses are filling up. It's not too late to enroll by visiting http://www.uclaextension.org/online_tech_com.
As an STC member, you are entitled to a special $50 discount
on all Technical Communication courses including:
* Technical Writing
* Technical Editing
* Writing Effective Proposals
* International Technical Communication
* Technical Writing for the Web
* Foundation Skills of Technical Writing
* Making Sense of Knowledge Management
UCLA Extension limits enrollment in its virtual classrooms, so
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Join the more than 20,000 students who have studied with UCLA
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For more information about Technical Communication courses
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Dan the technical writer moved swiftly through the hall, pausing from time
to time to peer into his coworker's cubicles. He was ready to eat lunch,
but wanted someone to go with him.
He peeked into Laura's office and was surprised when she emitted a cry of
joy. Just when he was about to feel flattered, he realized that he didn't
cause her excitement - in fact, she didn't even see him, because she was
fixated on her screen.
Curious, he watched her work. He held his breath as he saw her use SnagIt
- the leading screen capture software - to capture an image of a menu and
paste it into her document. He then saw her open TechSmith's Camtasia
Studio.
Camtasia Studio, he knew, allowed you to record anything that appears on
your screen. You can add audio, edit the existing audio and video, and
produce the movie in a variety of file formats, including Macromedia
Flash.
Dan's mind raced. Laura uses SnagIt AND Camtasia Studio? He watched
quietly as she recorded a video with Camtasia Studio. She even narrated
it as she recorded. When she played the perfect-quality video back, Dan
could hardly contain himself.
"Laura!" he said heartily. "I was just coming by to see if you wanted to
have lunch. However, now that I see that you use SnagIt and Camtasia
Studio, I was wondering if you'd allow me to buy you lunch. I'd love to
talk about how you're using TechSmith's products for your technical
writing needs."
Laura, seemingly undisturbed by Dan's snoopiness, readily accepted. She
teased, "And they say there's no such thing as a free lunch."
"But there are such things as free technical support and free software
updates," Dan said. "When you SNAG all of technology's capabilities,
you're FREE to EVALUATE the STUDIO of the world. So let's FREE ourselves
of this office and CAPTURE some lunch."
Laura gaped. She was clearly in the presence of a master.
Check out SnagIt and Camtasia Studio at www.techsmith.com.
CONTEST: Design a 10th Anniversary Graphic for TECHWR-L
Design a graphic commemorating TECHWR-L's 10th anniversary (a whole decade
of technical communication discussions). The graphic should be suitable
for a t-shirt or coffee mug, may include the existing TECHWR-L logo from
the site, and must, of course, be entirely original.
Contest Ends at 23:59 on Saturday, March 22, 2003, US Mountain Standard
Time
The winner of the "Design a TECHWR-L 10th Anniversary Graphic" contest
will win a full version of TechSmith's Camtasia, thanks to TECHWR-L
sponsor and supporter TechSmith Corporation (http://www.techsmith.com/).
ANNOUNCE: LavaCon early registration discount ends March 31st!
LavaCon was created in response to a need for a conference that focuses on
one area: how to manage technical communication projects and teams.
Register by March 31st and save $500 off the full conference tuition, and
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