2014

Southern Communicator

October (PDF)

• From the Editor’s Desk. Sue Woolley gives us an outline of what we are to expect in this issue of Southern Communicator.
• Housekeeping
• Foreword. Graham Jones gives an overview of a study showing that poor grammar and language online can be linked to perceived incompetence.
• How to Write a Perfect Listicle. Thomas Murrell explains how he believes that writing listicles (articles that are based on tips or lists) is one of the fastest and most effective public relations writing tools around.
• Trends in Technical Communication: The Landscape Changes ... Again. Neil Perlin discusses the latest trends in technical communication.
• Does Length Matter?. Geoffrey Marnell explores the word-count myth.
• Ditching MS Windows or Mac OS for Ubuntu: A Win-Win or Lose-Lose Decision? Alexander Timanyuk has recently moved from Windows to the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system and describes his experience.
• From Paper to Online using Freeware Tools. Swapnil Ogale describes how he used freeware tools to publish content online.
• Writing Enterprise Documents with an Upstream: A Life Lesson in Giving Back. Lana Brindley explores the challenges of being a good citizen in the open source community whilst still earning a living in the “real” world.
• Southern Communicator Reader Survey. Sue Woolley summarises the results of the recent Southern Communicator reader survey.
• Dr JoAnn Hackos in Sydney. Tim Hildred shares his reflections on a day with JoAnn Hackos.
• Going National in Australia: The Long and Winding Road. Sue Woolley reflects on the history of the nationalisation of the technical communication societies in Australia.

June (PDF)

• Foreword: The one thing..., Sharon Burton
• Housekeeping
  
• From the Editor's Desk, Sue Woolley
  
• Mayer's Theory of Multimedia Learning, Steve Moss
• Creating a WordPress Member Profile Page, Charlotte Brogden
• Project Management for Writers, Sue Woolley and Penelope Goward
• Review of Adobe RoboHelp 11, Matthew Ellison
• The Three Approaches to Professionalization in Technical Communication Part3, Saul Carliner
• Ten Tips to preparing your documents for online conversion, Janet Taylor
• How to Distribute Macros, Eeva O'Mara
• How to... Copy Macros between Templates on the same PC, Steve Moss
• Summarizing the Three Approaches to Professionalization in Technical Communication, Saul Carliner

February (PDF)

• Foreword: It's Time for a New Doctrine of Technical Communications, Mark Baker
• Create Visual Documents with Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), Dave Gardiner
• WordPress Plugins and Frameworks, Charlotte Brogden
• What is a Sandbox?, Janet Taylor
• The Three Approaches to Professionalization in Technical Communication Part 2, Saul Carliner
• Every Page is Page One by Mark Baker, reviewed by Ellis Pratt
• Screencast or Text: Which, When and Why?, Steve Moss
• Skills and Technologies Survey, Joe Welinske
• Online Forms with No Geographical Restrictions, Rhonda Bracey