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Ask HN: Best books/resources on technical writing?
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 11y agoThis could be a contender for best, at least, the manuals referenced here are better than most: http://www.helpscribe.com/2008/12/great-examples-of-technical-writing.html http://www.helpscribe.com/2008/12/great-examples-of-technica...
- panorama 11y agoA friend of mine just published this[1], which is a quick read and inexpensive (free on Kindle Unlimited apparently). I'm not sure if I'm allowed to out where he works but he's the real deal. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Technical-Writing-Introduction-Documentation-ebook/dp/B01A2QL9SS http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Technical-Writing-Introduction-...
- philippnagel 11y agoThanks! His employer is stated on his website anyways.
- kushti 11y agoGood article + links on how to write a research paper: (Write good papers - Daniel Lemire) http://lemire.me/blog/rules-to-write-a-good-research-paper/ http://lemire.me/blog/rules-to-write-a-good-research-paper/
- ignoramous 11y agoSee: http://docs.writethedocs.org/book/ http://docs.writethedocs.org/book/ HN discussion from almost a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8699178 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8699178 Related: http://docs.writethedocs.org/ http://docs.writethedocs.org/
- DyslexicAtheist 11y agoI'm looking for native English speaking tech writers in Berlin (onsite) for a full-time permanent role
- realcr 11y agoI once read a text by Steve Losh about how to write documentation, and I learned much from it. I'm on a device with a glass interface so it's too difficult to get the link, but you can just google it.
- philippnagel 11y agoI guess this is it: http://stevelosh.com/blog/2013/09/teach-dont-tell/ http://stevelosh.com/blog/2013/09/teach-dont-tell/ ?
- niels_olson 11y ago* Strunk and White * Chicago Manual of Style * NASA Technical Report Writing (Technical Memorandum 105419 (1)) (1) A personal favorite: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930013813.pdf http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/1993001...
- oska 11y agoGeoffrey K. Pullum's anti-recommendation to Strunk and White: http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/25497 http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/2549...
- schmalliso 11y agoSomeone else linked to Write the Docs, but that conference is awesome and full of great tech writing advice. Word Up! by Marcia Riefer Johnston (http://www.amazon.ca/Write-Powerful-Sentences-Paragraphs-Everything/dp/0985820306 http://www.amazon.ca/Write-Powerful-Sentences-Paragraphs-Eve...) is also solid for improving the quality of your writing. The book itself is a bit… precious, though. How to make sense of any mess by Abby Covert is great for organizing (which is a big part of tech writing for me). Available on Amazon and now also at http://www.howtomakesenseofanymess.com/ http://www.howtomakesenseofanymess.com/