{"id":50,"date":"2005-04-07T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-08T15:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=50"},"modified":"2005-04-18T00:48:36","modified_gmt":"2005-04-17T23:48:36","slug":"writing-technical-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"Writing Technical Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"

I gave a presentation to an enthusiastic bunch of user group leaders today.<\/p>\n

The presentation was about how I set about writing technical articles, it gave a series of hints’n’tips relating to such things as:<\/p>\n

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  1. Structuring an article (I recommend writing the Intro and Summary first)<\/li>\n
  2. Page Layouts (column-based publications do mean writers have to spend a little time thinking about how much code they include and the size of screenshots)<\/li>\n
  3. Common English Language usage pitfalls<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Despite me being totally de-hydrated, the session ran on time!<\/p>\n

    The slide deck is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    My session was followed by the editor and publisher of DNJ Online<\/a> – Matt gave a session about the process of sub-editing, contractual issues, libel, copyright and a whole host of other areas authors should be aware of. Amazingly, Matt and I didn’t talk to each other prior to delivery of our sessions; equally amaziningly, our sessions complemented each other rather well \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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