Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Planning Documentation Projects

Here Melissa Britt's handout from her presentation March 10th.
Doc_Project_Planning_Handouts.pdf

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Calendar as of February 10

2006-07 STC Arkansas Chapter Calendar (revised 2-10-07)
(All meetings on Saturday unless specified otherwise.)

January 13: Meeting Canceled
February 10: Planning Meeting
March 10: Planning Documentation Projects, Mellissa Britt, Acxiom
April 14: Chapter Elections, STC national representative visit
June 2: Open Source Software, Tommy Trussell, TW Tech. Services
July (no meeting)
August 18: STC Social Activity at LR Zoo
September 8: Technical Writing Career Planning
October TBD
November TBD

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

October 2006 STC Meeting Info

The Arkansas chapter of the Society for Technical Communication presents an October workshop, "Making the Most of Adobe Acrobat" Saturday, October 14, from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. on the UALR campus (SUA 106c).

Multimedia designer Fredie Smith will guide participants through the following hands-on activities:
Fredie Smith is the owner of Thoughts to Ink, a multimedia design company that produces business-to-business advertising and marketing materials.

For more details, see the meeting promotional information (28k PDF file).

Friday, August 11, 2006

Dan Charles's Links

Dan Charles (who spoke at an Arkansas Chapter meeting in June 2006) maintains a web page of resources for independent technical writers.

Friday, June 30, 2006

Arkansas Chapter Brochure

Here is the latest Arkansas Chapter Brochure.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Meeting Notes for March 4, 2006

Introductions

Election Issues

Chapter Activities

Recruiting and Chapter Development

Action Items


Thursday, June 08, 2006

Directions to the Faulkner County Library & Ryan's

Directions to the Library:
1) Take I-40 to exit 125, US 65
2) Go west on Highway 65 (From LR: turn left; From Ft. Smith: turn right)
3) Turn right onto Highway 64, which is just past Fazoli's and Wendy's.
4) Continue west as the road becomes Donaghey Avenue and continue through two stoplights.
5) Turn left at the 3rd stoplight (Tyler St. and railroad crossing).
6) The library is two blocks east on the north (left) side of the street.

Faulkner County Public Library
1900 Tyler St., Conway, AR 72032
(501) 327-7482


Directions from the Library to Ryan's

1) Exit the library by turning left (East) onto Tyler.
2) At the traffic circle, turn onto Washington Ave. to the North (3/4 of the way around from Tyler).
3) Follow Washington Ave. to the traffic light at Donaghey Ave., where you turn right onto US Hwy. 64.
4) Ryan's is on the left side of the highway.

Ryan's Grill Buffet Bakery
1400 Hwy 64 West, Conway, AR 72032
(501) 327-7926

[Directions updated 6/8/2006]

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Arkansas Chapter Brochure

Here is the latest Arkansas Chapter brochure.

Saturday, November 20, 2004

Adobe Creative Suite Handout

Earlier this year, Adobe released the new Adobe Creative Suite (CS), a conglomeration of many of its industry-standard design products like Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and InDesign (as well a few new surprises).

Adobe claims that CS is a fully integrated, end-to-end solution for Web and print publishing, ideal for today's creative professionals. According to one brochure, "A complete solution, the Adobe Creative Suite offers time-saving integration, simplified workflows, and an unprecedented value."

Chad Garrett has been a professional writer and designer for ten years and currently manages the Multimedia Technology Center for UALR's College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. He's also completing his master's degree in Professional and Technical Writing at UALR.

At UALR, at 11:00 am Saturday November 20th, 2004.

Handout for Presentation (Adobe Acrobat format.)

Sunday, September 28, 2003

Top Ten Technical Reference Books

Top Ten Technical Communication Reference Books
By Patrick Moore (epmoore@worldnet.att.net)


Michael J. Albers and Beth Mazur, editors. Content and Complexity. Mahway, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003.
Apple Computer, Inc. Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1992.
Steven Casey. Set Phasers on Stun: And Other True Tales of Design, Technology, and Human Error. 2nd edition. Santa Barbara, CA: Aegean Publishing, 1998.
The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2003.
Joseph S. Dumas and Janice C. Redish. A Practical Guide to Usability Testing. 2nd edition. Norwood, New Jersey: Ablex Publishing, 1999.
JoAnn T. Hackos and Janice C. Redish. User and Task Analysis for Interface Design. New York: John Wiley, 1998.
Jeff Johnson. GUI Bloopers: Don’ts and Do’s for Software Developers and Web Designers. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2000.
Philip Rubens, editor. Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style. 2nd edition. New York: Routledge, 2000.
Edward R. Tufte. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. 2nd edition. Cheshire, Connecticut: Graphics Press, 2001.
Joseph Williams. Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace. 7th edition. New York: Longman, 2002.

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