In this post I’ll briefly explain my experience as a new technical writer working as an intern for a software company, and my approach to improving the onboarding experience for future interns learning Oxygen XML Editor. I went back to school, ended up at Algonquin College’s Technical Writer program, and looked around for co-op opportunitiesContinue reading “My first experience as a tech writer, and creating a hands-on Oxygen training experience”
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Simple but effective design: Samsung
I chose this picture to analyze as I was curious how phone manufacturers manage to keep their advertisements for phones fresh, considering how phones are all similar in form factor: rectangular, and screen in front. Not only keeping each iteration of their own phones feeling new, but also distinct from each other brand essentially doingContinue reading “Simple but effective design: Samsung”
A visual analysis of Exploding Kittens
I’ve chosen to analyze a quick setup guide for the card game Exploding Kittens. Personally, I feel that this is one of the best guides of its type as I’ve read many before, to which some have been lacking in clarity. The guide uses visuals and layout to its advantage in order to explain theContinue reading “A visual analysis of Exploding Kittens”
What’s a motherboard, anyway?
While I was looking for content to practice my writing, I found that computer hardware is often difficult for beginners to get into because of the jargon, and assumption that everyone who is buying the part already knows what it is. It makes me wonder if this is one of the reasons why building yourContinue reading “What’s a motherboard, anyway?”
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