TechWhirl: Technical Communication Recap for March 15, 2013

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Having survived International Pi Day without a cataclysm of calories, it’s
now time to beware the Ides of March. Over here at TechWhirl it means the
end to another week of interesting content, features and reviews, and a
little history for our weekly technical communication recap.



I did a little time traveling and on the Ides of March in 2003,
TechWhirlers were talking about the The odds of finding work through
job ads<http://www.techwr-l.com/archives/0303/techwhirl-0303-00505.html#.UUMc6Bx_CSp>and
technical
skills vs. writing skills
(again)<http://www.techwr-l.com/archives/0303/techwhirl-0303-00507.html#.UUMdixx_CSo>.
And back in 1993, the Ides found those earliest TechWhirlers talking
about Online
documentation, problems
using<http://www.techwr-l.com/archives/9303/techwhirl-9303-00079.html#.UUMeSRx_CSo>.
Anybody notice anything familiar here?



Right here in 2013, Yehoshua Paul takes a look at whether and how the
skills required for technical writing and
training<http://techwhirl.com/multiple-emerging-roles-technical-communication-training/>overlap.
 Rachel Houghton reviews
MadCap Flare 9<http://techwhirl.com/madcap-flare-9-enhancements-worth-upgrade/>,
and Craig Cardimon curates some fascinating posts from content strategy and
user experience as well as technical communications in Tech Writer
This Week<http://techwhirl.com/tech-writer-this-week-for-march-14-2013/>.




So enjoy the present and the past, and if I were you Ide have a piece of
pi….





Have a great weekend!

-Connie and the gang at TechWhirl
In Case You Missed it: This Week @ TechWhirl

*New features and articles on http://TechWhirl.com <http://techwhirl.com/>**
:*


   - Tech Writer This Week, March 14, 2013, by Craig Cardimon |
   http://bit.ly/10InloV
   - MadCap Flare 9: Enhancements Make it Worth the Upgrade, by Rachel
   Houghton | http://bit.ly/13Wgih7
   - Multiple and Emerging Roles in Technical Communication: Training, by
   Yehoshua Paul | http://bit.ly/ZdOcIt

*Technical Communication news on
http://TechWhirl.com/news<http://techwhirl.com/news>
:*


   - SDL Acquires bemoko and Extends Leadership inCustomer Experience
   Management<http://techwhirl.com/sdl-acquires-bemoko-and-extends-leadership-in-customer-experience-management/>


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