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Information Technology Writing This page is intended for technical writers and editors in the IT industry who are new to the job or who would like to refresh their knowledge. It also contains pointers on more advanced topics like information design and usability. Books Cooper, Alan. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How To Restore The Sanity. SAMS, 1999. Hackos, Joann T. Managing Your Documentation Projects. Wiley, 1994. Hammerich, Irene and Claire Harrison. Developing Online Content: The Principles of Writing and Editing for the Web. Wiley, 2001. Hargis, Gretchen et al. Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors. Prentice Hall, 2004. Horton, William. Designing and Writing Online Documentation. Wiley, 1994. Lindsell-Roberts, Sheryl. Technical Writing For Dummies. Wiley, 2001. Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications. Microsoft Press, 2004. Mulvaney, Nancy C. Indexing Books. The University of Chicago Press, 1994. Read Me First! A Style Guide for the Computer Industry. Sun Microsystems Press, 2003. Ritter, R M. The Oxford Style Manual. Oxford University Press, 2003. Rosenberg, Barry J. Spring into Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists. Addison Wesley, 2005. Tarutz, Judith A. Technical Editing: The Practical Guide for Editors and Writers. Addison-Wesley, 1992. The Chicago Manual of Style. The University of Chicago Press. 15th Edition, 2006. Tufte, Edward R. Envisioning Information. Graphics Press, 1990. Van Laan, Kirsta and Catherine Julian. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Technical Writing. Alpha Books, 2001. Websites www.acm.org/sigdoc/ ACM Special Interest Group for the Design of Communications www.cooper.com the website of interaction design expert Alan Cooper www.edwardtufte.com the website of information design expert Edward Tufte www.istc.org.uk the Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators in the UK www.ieeepcs.org the Professional Communications Society of the IEEE www.stc.org the website of the International Society for Technical Communicators www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ a web magazine and newsgroup for technical writers www.useit.com/papers/webwriting writing for the web by usability expert Jakob Nielsen www.wurman.com the website of information design expert Richard Saul Wurman |
