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Technical Writing

First Technical Writing Job

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Throwback Thursday to 1988 and my first full-time technical writing job.

Tamra August 20, 2020August 21, 2020 Client Work, Technical Writing, Throwback Thursday No Comments Read more

Three Tips for Improving RFP Titles

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A lot of government departments and corporations work hard at figuring out what to put in their RFPs, but spend little time thinking about the RFP title or the names of the documents associated with the proposal request. Clear posting

Tamra December 19, 2019 Client Work, Technical Writing, Tips & Helpful Info No Comments Read more

REST API Documentation

REST API Documentation

I recently had the opportunity to write a short (about 10 page) manual on a specific REST API for a client. I’m still trying to find some spare time to edit out any confidential info so I can post a

Tamra February 20, 2019 Technical Writing, Technology 1 Comment Read more

Proposal Writing and RFP Monitoring

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Seeing a posting for a “Proposal writer” job today made me realize I haven’t talked about one of my ongoing client projects. My client sells their two software products to city, county, and state governments, and came to me three

Tamra January 29, 2019 Client Work, Technical Writing No Comments Read more

Working Remotely

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An interesting blog post from May on Technical Communication and Urbanization caught my eye this morning. I lived in the heart of the Silicon Valley when I started as a tech writer, but moved to be closer to family. You

Tamra September 19, 2018January 9, 2019 Technical Writing No Comments Read more

Tech Writing Trends

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An interesting overview of trends in Technical Documentation for 2018. I’d Rather Be Writing.  

Tamra January 4, 2018January 9, 2019 Technical Writing No Comments Read more

Finding Your Voice

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A good article on finding your “voice” in your written communication. PR Daily.

Tamra November 15, 2017January 9, 2019 Technical Writing No Comments Read more

Re-writing and Updating

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Working on re-writing and updating three manuals for Gov. users in Pennsylvania this week. I now know a lot about how fingerprint-based background checks are processed by the software (and by the users of the software) in PA. The more

Tamra November 2, 2017January 9, 2019 Client Work, Technical Writing No Comments Read more

Technical Documentation and Crowdsourcing

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Extremely interesting post on the I’d Rather Be Writing website about crowdsourcing documentation. My major takeaway is this: “It takes more of a sense of expertise and authoritativeness to write documentation than to answer a forum question.” I agree completely.

Tamra August 10, 2017January 9, 2019 Technical Writing No Comments Read more

Hire Me

You can hire me to create software and hardware manuals, web blog posts, white papers, LinkedIn posts, and magazine articles. I'd love to ghost write an expertly-researched thought piece for your industry, or an ebook that helps brand your company.

About Crendo

25 years in business, 2 office cats, and around 11,000 cups of coffee (I didn’t bother to count the number of chocolate kisses consumed).

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