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Good list (I have almost all of them), here's a couple you might want to
add:
The Elements of Grammar, Margaret Shertzer
The Elements of Editing, Arthur Plotnik (my journalism & marketing
background is showing)
Wired Style-Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age, Constance Hale
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Rosenfeld & Morville
Designing Web Usability, Jakob Nielson
Visualizing Information, Tufte
Since I'm one of those soap-box advocates of integrating product design with
user support, I think it behooves every technical communicator to understand
the principles of visual design, user-centered design, task analysis, and
process improvement. Then you can choose the tools (and references) that
are most suited to the challenges of the specific project.
"Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me,
and I'll understand." - Native American Proverb
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From: Chris Musser [mailto:ChrisM -at- webridge -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 2:19 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: tech writer bookshelf
My name is Chris and I'm a bibliomane. My TW shelf contents:
Standards for Online Communications (Hackos & Stevens)
Managing Your Documentation Projects (Hackos)
Starting a Documentation Group (Hartman)
Building Enhanced HTML Help with DHTML & CSS (Klein)
The Essentials of User Interface Design (my hero, Alan Cooper)
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum (Not really about TW, but may help you
understand why your job is so hard sometimes. Also by Cooper.)
Color for the Electronic Age (White)
Graphic Design for the Electronic Age (White)
Science & Technical Writing (Rubens)
Read Me First (Sun)
MS Manual of Style
Dictionary of Computer & Internet Terms (Downing, et al)
Fowler's Modern English
Webster's Collegiate
Chicago Manual of Style
Chris Musser
Technical Writer
Webridge, Inc.
503.601.4259
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