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Strengthen Your Writing

Reading technical documentation is nobody’s idea of an enjoyable night in. You could try to make it special with some wine and candlelight, but it’s still going to be a stretch. Therefore, the documentation needs to strike that balance between … Continue reading

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Explaining Menu commands

Way back in the days when dinosaurs and unicorns roamed the earth, not many people owned what we now recognize as a Home Computer. And even those people that did own a Home Computer, it was a command-line-based system that … Continue reading

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Hiding Information in a Vagueness Cloud

I’m not sure where this idea comes from exactly, but some people seem to feel that writing in a vague, overly-complicated style is more professional than writing in a simple and direct style. I can only suppose this idea comes … Continue reading

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