Israel's organization of technical/marcom writers and copy editors
Mumpy (an alias) describes life as a technical writer in Israel. Mumpy is one of Israel's most humorous technical writers. Given a free hand and a caricaturist she would probably turn otherwise boring manuals into best selling comic books.
"Why am I a Technical Writer" is a collection of stories about why Mike Altman is still a technical writer. According to Mike, "When I started, I knew absolutely nothing about ultra sound machines. Little did I know this was par for the course in this wacky profession!"
Have you noticed how they always say that on reality TV shows even though they haven’t gone anywhere? ... Is it my fault that I enjoy writing up features, should I apologize for running with glee to document bugs; do I need treatment for my pathological enjoyment of sitting with R&D developers?
Read MoreSite for Israel's professional tech writing and marcom community. Originally based in what has become Israel's 2nd largest R&D center (Yokneam), Elephant brings together technical and marcom writers from all over Israel. Behind the scenes and between meetings, members stay in contact with job offers and leads, joint projects, and professional assistance.
Using the wrong technical writer is like using a wrench to open a door, it works, but a door knob is better and cheaper. Elephant was started to help match writers and copy editors with companies where their skills match company needs.
