Technical writing

problem, there is no race, culture or social economic class that is unaffected. Fortunately as technology evolves it helps people who suffer from illiteracy. Technology helped solved some literacy issues for people that have trouble with reading and writing. Unfortunately, everyone does not learn the same way as others. Therefore, with the aid of technology people can access websites that help…

changed the very notion of authorship and the way a work is communicated to the world, but she suggests that embracing the new technologies that have infiltrated the ways we communicate, can help people feel more comfortable with themselves and their writing. Fitzpatrick claims that we need to “rethink our authorship practices and our relationships to ourselves and our colleagues as authors.” This, to me, seems like a very ambitious statement, especially so because it is predicated off of what…

Composing is something that comes simple for me, yet I feel that my genuine shortcoming originates from not having any desire to peruse. Although, for the few books that I’ve read in my life, I did enjoy the reading in most cases after I got started. I take it that some people love to read, so they assume that their students or their peers feel the same way, but nothing could be farther from the truth when it comes to me reading stories. My struggle for this class will be reading all of the…

free writing, peer-review sessions, group work, and multi-drafting or revising. I had learned most of these previously in high school so I had no problem with them and if I did the learning curve was almost nonexistent. The first one being journaling and in-class free writing I felt was the second most helpful. The reason that this was such a help to me was because for me one of the hardest parts of developing and creating an essay is the beginning. Through mainly the in-class free writing I…

I have had quite a journey with writing, and all of the experiences that I have had have led me to believe that I am an okay writer. The first memory that I have of writing something is from the first grade. Our teacher would have us write short stories about whatever we wanted to, and then she would bind them into little books. I mostly wrote about my stuffed animals going on adventures. I am so glad that our teacher did this- it made writing seem like an exciting activity that was accessible…

anyone else!) can use to write better texts. Why is writing so important? Do you think a developer only writes code? Communicating with clients/partners via email, giving updates in bug trackers and stories, writing the stories themselves, creating documentation, comments and help files... These are all responsibilities of a software developer. Even writing easy to understand code is communicating well! A few initial tips You 're not writing a novel Don 't go overboard with the language…

“Writing is the painting of the voice, Voltaire.” When you think of writing what is the first thing that comes to your mind?... Painting? For most people, including me, this is the last thing that comes to mind. I think of English class or my favorite book, but definitely not painting. However, if you start to think about these two works of art you can find many similarities. Painting and writing, even though they are portrayed in different ways, have many connections through how they allow the…

Writing is one of the things that comes easy for me, but I feel that my real weakness stems from not wanting to read. Although, for the few books that I’ve read in my life, I did enjoy the reading in most cases after I got started. I take it that some people love to read, so they assume that their students or their peers feel the same way, but nothing could be farther from the truth when it comes to me reading stories. My struggle for this class will be reading all of the short stories. Once I…

year. When I started this course at the beginning of the year I had little to no writing experience. I have learned various literary skills and I’m actually very good at literature because of my previous years in English, but my background in basic English and grammar was severely lacking. To say the least I was a very unbalanced writer. Through this English 101 course I have not only grown as a writer in a technical sense but content wise as well. The first essay I wrote was a “remembered event…

One of the differences between the two texts was in audiences. In Azuma (1997), the author wrote this for public audiences or new students who might have some interests to get information about the Computer Science as major. The author assumed the readers would have a basic knowledge, so they would be acknowledged through this article about "CS". While in Thurk et al.'s text (2016) their targeted was certain audiences, who have a strong academic background. Another deference was in the in the…