A Technical Writer Writes 

Time to Go Home

Why technical writing as a profession is doomed and deservedly so[Read More]

Posted at 09:14PM Oct 22, 2007 by Paul Davies in Documentation  |  Comments[6]

Where's the FAQ?

Why is "Where's the FAQ?" so frequently the only real example of the genre?[Read More]

Posted at 03:12PM Oct 08, 2007 by Paul Davies in Documentation  |  Comments[2]

Jakob Nielsen Comes to the Sun Microsystems Editorial Forum

A report on a talk by Jakob Nielsen to the Sun writing community about the value of writing articles compared with blog postings.[Read More]

Posted at 07:20PM Sep 25, 2007 by Paul Davies in Documentation  |  Comments[3]

New Words for the New Millennium

An example of how necessity is sometimes inadvertently the mother of invention.
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Posted at 06:22PM Sep 20, 2007 by Paul Davies in Humour  |  Comments[6]

GlassFish V2 and Sun Java System[TM] Application Server 9.1 Available for Download Today

My own personal contribution to the blogfest in honour of the GlassFish v2 launch.[Read More]

Posted at 09:59AM Sep 18, 2007 by Paul Davies in Sun  |  Comments[0]

Review Request: Application Server 9.1 Documentation

A request to review the documentation for  Sun Java^TM System Application Server 9.1.[Read More]

Posted at 05:00PM Aug 31, 2007 by Paul Davies in Sun  |  Comments[3]

Virtual Steve Comes to the Sun Microsystems Editorial Forum

A report on Steve Wilson's discussion with the Sun writing community, in which he suggests some answers the question "Does personality belong in documentation?"[Read More]

Posted at 08:37PM Jul 20, 2007 by Paul Davies in Documentation  |  Comments[5]

Review Request: Application Server GUI Online Help and CLI Online Help

A request to review the online help that is provided for the graphical user interface (GUI) and command-line interface (CLI) of Sun Java^TM System Application Server 9.1.[Read More]

Posted at 07:40PM Jul 18, 2007 by Paul Davies in Sun  |  Comments[0]

Good News for Users of the docs.sun.com[sm] Site

Now there are fewer reasons to hate the site that everybody loves to hate.[Read More]

Posted at 04:58PM Jul 17, 2007 by Paul Davies in Documentation  |  Comments[0]

Screencasts and Books: There's a Place for Both

A more detailed response to the suggestion by Virtual Steve to put yourself on YouTube.[Read More]

Posted at 05:50PM Jun 22, 2007 by Paul Davies in Documentation  |  Comments[5]

New Opportunities for Contributing to GlassFish Documentation

Good news for GlassFish community members who are interested in documentation
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Posted at 06:09PM Jun 01, 2007 by Paul Davies in Sun  |  Comments[0]

I'm Such a Dinosaur

The discovery at Monday's CommunityOne event of just how far behind the times I am.[Read More]

Posted at 08:02AM May 09, 2007 by Paul Davies in Sun  |  Comments[1]

True Words Spoken in Jest

Thoughts about motivations for providing and seeking Sun user documentation in apparently strange places.[Read More]

Posted at 04:42PM Apr 20, 2007 by Paul Davies in Documentation  |  Comments[0]

Welcome to the Brave New World of Content Delivery

News of exciting devlopments for users of Sun's software products?

Posted at 12:00AM Apr 01, 2007 by Paul Davies in Humour  |  Comments[4]

Stepping out From Behind the Corporate Logo

A plug for some of my recent work and some musings about why it's now OK to acknowledge my involvement in this work publicly.[Read More]

Posted at 05:14PM Mar 23, 2007 by Paul Davies in Sun  |  Comments[4]