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2010 11

  1. Podcast: Planning and Storyboarding
  2. Podcast: Pictograms, simplicity, and complexity
  3. Podcast: Minimalism in writing and presentation
  4. Interview: Finding the right graphic design
  5. Learn by doing: Example of using games to teach software
  6. Screencasts ARE documentation
  7. Interview: Creating attractive PowerPoint presentations
  8. Podcast: Visual efficiency in design and in video demos
  9. 30-second video tips on YouTube
  10. Interview: Designing PowerPoint templates and images
  11. Learn by watching 30-second video tips on Facebook

2009 22

  1. Clarity Episode 4: Website map in exchange for information
  2. Clarity Episode 3: Network diagrams are no sweat
  3. Podcast: Creating screencasts as a narrative series
  4. Clarity Episode 2: From Excel spreadsheet to Visio org chart
  5. Matching message and presentation … with PowerPoint 2010
  6. Podcast: Matching visuals and presentation style to your information
  7. Create an office layout? Let Clarity show you how
  8. Podcast: Deconstructing a new video series – what works and what doesn’t?
  9. Podcast: Office Offline and comics in communication
  10. Podcast: Is familiarity or novelty a better strategy in visual design?
  11. TC4D: Make Better Videos with Less Rework by Using Storyboards
  12. Podcast: Should I think about design or is clear communication enough?
  13. Podcast: Video in Social Media
  14. Podcast: Using Visual Space Dynamically
  15. Podcast: Office Casual and the success of directness
  16. TC4D: Guiding viewers through complex information
  17. Podcast: Eye candy and aesthetics make things work better
  18. TC4D: Preparing for a media-centered future
  19. TC4D: Technical Communication in the 4th Dimension
  20. Podcast: Leading visual content teams
  21. Podcast: Visual literacy and illiteracy
  22. Podcast: Montage and visual juxtaposition

2008 1

  1. Multimedia Technical Communication

2007 6

  1. Prioritizing for the Reader
  2. New Technical Writers with Mike Pope
  3. Filling in the Story
  4. The IM Model of Tech Writing
  5. STC Conference Springboard Session: Multimedia Content
  6. How I expanded my concept of the technical editing role

2006 18

  1. Writing a Technical Book
  2. A Writer's Thoughts about Technical Writing, Part 2
  3. When Writers Make Mistakes
  4. Going into the Field
  5. Writing the First Draft, Part 1
  6. Getting Hired as a Writer at Microsoft
  7. Providing Marketing Content
  8. Graphic Art and Design in Technical Documentation
  9. Thinking Visually
  10. A Writer's Thoughts about Technical Writing
  11. Content Architects - An Interview with Dennis Kennedy
  12. Tech·Ed 2006 - An Interview with McLean Schofield
  13. MSDN Wiki - An Interview with Molly Bostic
  14. Tokens
  15. Review Day
  16. Author's Voice
  17. Interview with Sean Maguire, UE Localization PM
  18. Trimming

2005 21

  1. Workflow and Copyediting Time
  2. Style Guides
  3. Planning for the Next Version
  4. Interview with Eli Murray, Programmer/Writer for Visual Studio Help and Search
  5. Interview with Tonda Kiffin, Content Discoverability Editor
  6. How to: Increase Discoverability (Follow Up)
  7. How to: Increase Discoverability of New Topics?
  8. New Users
  9. Structured Content and Content Reuse
  10. Interview with Paul Cornell, Documentation Manager at Microsoft
  11. Content Publishing Class: Part Four
  12. Focusing on Developmental Editing
  13. Content Publishing Class: Part Three
  14. Comparisons Aren't Always Easy
  15. Interview with Jo Molnar, Technical Editor at Microsoft
  16. Content Publishing Class: Part Two
  17. Content Publishing Class: Part One
  18. Context in Topics
  19. Voice in Technical Writing
  20. Thoughts from Other Microsoft Editors
  21. Highlighting Action