Like me, you might be a technical writer or an information developer who is writing application programming interface (API) documentation, or maybe you have never heard of it and want to know more. In this post, I want to look at what an API is and what a REST API is. Then I will consider […]
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How to Choose the Best Chatbot Tool for Your Business
When it comes to choosing the best chatbot tool for your business, there is a large and seemingly ever-growing number of tools and options available. Navigating this landscape to choose the right tool for your chatbot development takes significant time and effort. This is the third and final blog post in a series that shares […]
How to Write Effective Content for a Chatbot
Chatbots are an exciting emerging technology, but it is important to ensure that you write good content that is designed to engage the user. Before deciding to develop a chatbot, we asked ourselves if there was a valid business need. It is important to be sure that there is demand for the bot and that […]
How to Build a Good Chatbot
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” – Arthur C. Clarke. Understanding how to build a good chatbot will help you create a seamless experience for your end users, which can feel like magic. However, if you fail to understand the appropriate use case for your chatbot, undervalue the content, or select the wrong […]
Telecommuting Part 2: Remote Working Policies and Infrastructure
Telecommuting, or working from home, has been a fundamental part of working in TWi since day one. In the near 10 years since the company was founded, we have developed a solid and sustainable telecommuting culture. Underpinning this culture are policies and procedures that have been developed through experience and with a clear information technology […]
Broaden Your Audience With Improved Accessibility
According to the WHO, approximately 15% of the world’s aging population lives with some form of disability. Accessibility involves a wide range of disabilities, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning, and neurological disabilities. What can we as technical communicators do to ensure we are providing accessible help documentation and content for all our […]
Information 4.0 – Making Content Intelligent
As the industrial revolution enters its fourth stage, technical communication is evolving in parallel. The challenge for technical communicators is to develop new methods of creating, managing, and storing content that are compatible with the latest delivery channels – to close the gap between the more traditional technical communication methods and the requirements that Industry […]
Enterprise Excellence 2018: A Look Ahead
We are excited to be exhibiting at Enterprise Excellence on the 23rd of May in Croke Park alongside experts in lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement. Building on the inaugural event in 2017, this year promises to be even better, with twice as many professionals attending to learn and interact with Ireland’s lean experts from […]
Creating Documentation with Limited Resources: Weighing Up the Outsourcing Options
Outsourcing is a valuable tool for project managers with limited resources, under pressure to deliver a user manual, training guide, or datasheet. We outline two outsourcing options for delivering high-quality documentation and identify the scenarios with which they are best matched. Resourcing Challenges You have documentation requirements that you cannot fulfil with the resources currently […]
Top Tips to Write Localisation-Friendly Source Content
High-quality documentation is not just essential for getting products ready to market and to increase sales, but also for reducing localisation costs. Localisation, the process of adapting your content to a specific market, starts with preparing the source content linguistically and functionally. To ensure global success, you must consider how the quality of your source […]
