If you do a lot of .NET development, then you shouldn’t be without PostSharp—the “swiss army knife” of .NET design patterns. Since we recently wrote some documentation for this amazing…
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Having a technical writer, either permanent or temporary, can be a great resource to help you produce your documentation deliverables. In this article we’ll share a few quick tips on…
It’s very common in technical writing and indeed documentation collaboration in general, to pass Word documents back and forth between multiple authors, reviewers, and editors. This occurs because Word’s monolithic…
Most technical writing and business writing these days requires us to come across in the most professional, concise, and informative manner possible. However, there are certain types of writing that…
Here at Essential Instructions we love free software tools that has been well thought out and well executed. That may sound a bit cliché, but we’ve seen many free tools…
I suppose it was inevitable, that what was once a free resource was destined to become a commercialized platform for intrusive and annoying advertisements. If you’ve watched videos on YouTube…