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!"
I had an appointment to speak to the technical writing manager…I arrived 10 minutes early for the meeting with the HR lady and was told to sit in the foyer and wait. That is what I did – for more than an hour. Eventually…
Read MoreI had a marvelous encounter yesterday which simply begged to be written down and shared with other technical writers.
Read MoreHe poured two glasses and we wished each other l’Hayim and a sort of blessing on the new book. Technical writing suddenly took on a completely different structure and I could definitely get used to this.
Read MoreI’m not saying that I have it that badly coz I don’t. Nobody chains me to my desk and sticks hot skewers up my nose.
Read MoreOnly God and Shlomo Perets know the answer. And I'm not so sure about God.
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Read MoreMy boss stood over my shoulder while I was sitting down working on my computer. All of a sudden I realized that there was a buzzing sound coming from his trousers.
Read MoreI’m going to be a Rosh Katan from now on. For those of you who don’t speak Hebrew, a Rosh Katan is somebody who does the minimum that they can get away with and doesn’t make any extra effort.
Read MoreDo you know what makes me angry? I mean, do you know what makes me really, really, really angry?
Read MoreHave 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 MoreSo my boss wants me to come up with something “new” in time for the Sales Conference at the end of October.
Read MoreI have just seen human nature exposed and raw. And it’s not pretty.
Read MoreIn case you hadn’t picked up on it, the Mumpy is a sensitive soul, and gets offended at the slightest provocation. When you look up the phrase “water off a duck’s back” in the dictionary, you will never see a photo of the Mumpy.
Read MoreAt long last, I have the answer to the question that has baffled technical communicators for years. The question is, of course, what makes a good technical writer.
Read MoreI sent out some Release Notes for review the other week. In the Release Notes, I had documented a new feature which posed some risk to the customer’s organization if they were not very careful with their configuration. A leading support engineer emailed me back asking me to include the following note: [Company Name] takes no responsibility for the following feature.
Read MoreJust when I thought it was all over and I was going to resign from my job and become a wet nurse, something unexpected happened to me. I was sitting in a meeting with my team (Product Management) – minding my own business and lost in a pleasant daydream about George Michael, when I heard my name mentioned.
Read MoreMy boss is an information-teaser. Picture the scene. I am sitting in my boss’s office, notepad in one hand, pen in the other, and a look of intensely, earnest concentration on my face. My boss is standing by the white board discussing a white paper he wants me to write about subject X.
Read MoreThe other day somebody sent me a funny sentence taken from an advert for a technical writer published on Jobnet. The advert stated they were looking for a technical writer who was good at writing, editing and marinating technical articles.
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.
