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Articles
A Mixed Bag of Job Prospects for Tech Writers, Balancing Act: Keeping Your Screen Movies Small an, Better Screenshots, Career Outlook for Technical Writers to 2010, Firm flies with Internet: Pair ride hunch to rapid, Information on the Assembly Line, Jeffrey McManus: How To Document Your Open-Source , Why technical writer should love Microsoft's , Word-to-RoboHelp Conversion Tips and Tricks
Associations
Medical, Society for Technical Communication, Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (ACT), Nati, Alliance for Computers and Writing (ACW), APMP Carolina Chapter, APMP Chesapeake Chapter, APMP Georgia Chattahoochee Chapter, APMP Valley of the Sun Chapter, Association for Computer Machinery - SIGCHI, Association for Computer Machinery - SIGDOC, Association of Earth Science Editors (AESE), Association of Professional Communication Consulta
Chats and Forums
austechwriter - Australian Technical Writers, EServer TC Library, Manual-Forum, Montreal Technical Writers Forum, Rhetorical Theory discussion group, RoboLIST Mailing List Archives, Tech-shoret, TECHWR-L Mailing List Archives, Writers Write: Technical Writing Message Board, xml-doc
Conferences
Past Events, Content Management: Strategies for Single Sourcing, CPTSC Conferences, Indexing Skills for Technical Communicators, International Conference for Technical Communicato, Open Publish, PDF Conference, Region 6 STC Conference, Usable Design Seminars, WinWriters Conferences
Directories
For Technical Writing Students, Internet Resources for Technical Communicators, Sharon's Technical Writer Reference Page, Technical Communicators Resource Site, TechWriter's Home Internet Portal
Journals
Allyn and Bacon Series in Technical Communication, Baywood's Technical Communication Series, Bedford St. Martin's Business and Technical W, Building Enhanced HTML Help with DHTML and CSS, Directions in Technical Writing and Communication, DocBook: The Definitive Guide, Document Design, Journal of Biocommunication, Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Kairos
Software
Adobe FrameMaker, ArborText, Corel VENTURA 10, DocuClass, Formatting Solutions Pro 1.3, Formatting Solutions XML, Making Pages, PITAS - Positive Interaction Task Analysis System, Quark Express, Screen Capture Tools for Technical Writers
AAAS Annual Meeting
Science journalists recognizes outstanding reporting for a general audience and honor individuals (rather than institutions, publishers or employers) for their coverage of the sciences, engineering and mathematics.
Allyn and Bacon TechCommunity
Resources for Technical Communicators on studying, teaching or practicing technical communication.
APEX Awards for Publication Excellence
Annual awards competition providing recognition for outstanding publications from newsletters and magazines to annual reports, brochures and Web sites. Over 90 categories under 11 headings. Deadline 15 March 2002.
Biomedical Writing
Learn about biomedical writers and biomedical writing with articles, links and resources.
Chinese OWL
The Chinese Online Writing Lab (OWL) provides comprehensive on-line technical writing services and learning curricula for Chinese authors of English manuscripts.
David A. McMurrey Technical Writing Resources
Online text book and web sources, includes links to listings of resources of Purdue, UCLA, and University of Michigan.
David Farbey's Technical Writing Page
Original research on technical writers in small companies, links of interest to technical writers, and anecdotes.
EServer Technical Communication (and Technical Wri
Comprehensive site offering links to articles, online resources, journals, professional organizations and materials of importance to the field.
Exploring Technical Communication
A 30-minute streaming documentary about the field of technical communication, including documentation writing, usability testing, project management, user interface design and rhetorical theory.
Functional Spec Tutorial
Learn what a functional specification is, why they're used, and how to write one.
Gary Conroy
Gary Conroy's technical writing site: articles, forum and web resources.
Great Technical Writing
Resources for people who want to become technical writers and for people who want or need to hire them. Many detailed articles.
Klariti.com - Technical Writing
Articles, tutorials, and recommended readings.
Longman: English Pages: Technical Writing
Provides examples of technical writing model documents with and without annotation, including in bibliography, software manuals, extended definitions, feasability studies, technical descriptions.
Man, Machine and Technical Communication
A study the needs that companies have in organizing their technical communication, what type of equipment is needed and how this equipment can be developed to optimize human-computer interaction
Newbie Tech Writer
Site for people who want to break in to technical writing. Includes job links, tool information and advice.
Online-learning.com
Online courses for the professional development of technical writers.
Quotations for Technical Writers
Quotes for writers of software manuals and articles.
ResearchIndex - NECI Scientific Literature Digital
Incorporating autonomous citation indexing, awareness and tracking, citation context, related document retrieval, similar document identification, citation graph analysis, and query-sensitive document summaries.
Resources for Technical Writing
Internet search engines, mailing lists, professional associations, software and technical support
Russian State Archive of Scientific and Technical
Keeps scientific and technical (planning, designed, technological, science-research), patent, administrative documentation on Russian territory.
Suite101.com - Technical Communication by Paula Pu
Technical Writing can encompass a myriad of skills including writing, graphic design, and programming. Information about networking, technical communication resources, and How to for new technical communicators.
Suite101.com - Technical Writing by Vicki M. Taylo
This column focuses on technical writing by providing helpful tips and suggestions for being a successful technical writer.
Tech Writing Marketplace
Sells e-books about technical writing, and offers a free email newsletter with jobs, advice, and resources for aspiring to advanced technical writers.
Tech-Writer.net
Articles on getting started, skills, standards, templates, techniques, graphics, and education. Site also has articles about fountain pens, calligraphy, and imagery intelligence.
Technical Professional Communications
Directory of resources for the technical writer, provides writing tips and links to various writing sites.
Technical Writing: A Short Course on Writing Techn
Online course for technical writers.
TECHWR-L
Home of the TECHWR-L mailing list. Features many useful links, archives, educational resources, job listings, and a topical "chat" section for the technical writing professional.
TechWriters.com
Learn more about technical writing. Contribute to an online community of technical writers. Staffing services and placement agency for technical writers provided.
The Institute of Technical Writing
Learn how to become a technical writer. Study where and when you want, supported by your own tutor.
Untechnical Press - Tech Writers' Manifesto
A manifesto for technical writers with an associated discussion forum.
Userdox.com: Delivery Mechanism for User Documenta
For technical writers and others who create user documentation; focused on usability aspects.
Writers Write
Links to technical writing jobs, resources for technical writers, technical information and a technical writing message board.
Writing Effective Proposals
The California Department of Education provides information on writing about educational plans and programs.
Writing Technical Articles
Notes which apply to technical papers in computer science and electrical engineering, with emphasis on papers in systems and networks.