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Monday, 1 September 2008

Comics and Technical Communication

Posted on 23:39 by Unknown


As always Google breaks away and uses a comic strip to do a launch-promo for its - hold your breath - web browser! Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to Chrome.

Maybe, just maybe, comics can be used for Quick Start Guides? Place Mats?



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Saturday, 3 March 2007

Documentation: Google Style

Posted on 03:31 by Unknown


...now, it is not the video or the technology, but it is the informal tone, that will make users use that document. When will corporations understand this?

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