Ok , it's been a while since I wrote last. I've had a hectic Spring and Summer. I switched jobs, got married, learned a brand new so...

One of the issues we need to guard against is excessive confidence in our own ability. In the past, when managers asked me to estimate a com...

I was watching one of my favorite movies the other night, Charlie Kaufman's Adaptation, and it got me thinking about how all writers sha...

Ok , this is just a little diatribe on the use of "who" and "whom". I don't really mind when people just use "w...

One of my recent managers adamantly opposed the job title "Technical Writer." Instead, he insisted we be called "Documentatio...

Hey folks, I wanted to point out that this blog, while (hopefully) useful to the casual reader, is really intended for experienced writers. ...

I know several writers (usually ones who came into the profession from an engineering or scientific lab environment) who maintain that passi...