STC Toronto Chapter Links Page

Other Resources

Technical Communication companies or practitioners

These are professional technical writing services. Many of them offer tutorials, workshops, their own books, links, or valuable discussions of technical communication issues.

If you are an STC Toronto member and you want your Web site listed here, please send a note to the Webmaster.

Usability

Information Architecture

  • Jakob Nielsen, Nielsen Norman Group, says
    "The first law of e-commerce states that if the customer cannot find the product, then the customer also cannot buy the product. The law generalizes to websites and intranets: if users can't find what they are looking for, they will leave; if employees can't find what they need, productivity goes down the drain. Avoid lost sales, lost users, and unproductive employees: get an information architecture that makes sense to other people - not just to yourself

Writing for the Web

Indexing

Graphic Design

  • The Design Exchange, Toronto - at Bay & Adelaide in downtown Toronto. This beautiful space is part museum, part bookstore, part show location, and all fascinating.
  • James Burns'design. Click on "Tricks of the Trade" for tips about graphic design, 2D animation, and 3D animation.

Value of the Web

Linguistics

English usage

Online magazines

Tutorials

This page leads to online tutorials in many subjects related to web-building.

The Rockley Group's Knowledge Bin

Ann Rockley, an STC Toronto member and Associate Fellow, posts resources on her company Web site. Look for articles, white papers, presentations, and slides:

Andrew Brooke's "Managing Your Career"

Andrew Brooke, an STC Toronto member, provided resources from his October 8th, 2002, talk:

  • Powerpoint slides
  • Career links

UNIX Web references


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