Yves, My favorite work on the topic is actually a presentation (and at one point an invited talk at LISA apparently) done by Steven Levine (then of SGI, currently of RH, IIRC) called "Why the Documentation Sucks and What You Can Do About It." The presentation is available online at:
http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa00/invitedtalks/levine_html/ I was lucky enough to see him present this at an old MAD-SAGE meeting in Madison, WI about the time he did this one at LISA. It was much better in person, as Steven is quite entertaining and a great presenter (it includes several songs and a bit of dancing), but the content is golden on its very own. Cheers, Jesse On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 03:38:48PM -0700, Yves Dorfsman wrote: > > Hi, > > I find myself doing more and more writing in my different contracts. I'm > fairly happy with the documents I produce, and so my do my customers since > they keep coming back, but I'm sure there is space for improvement. > > I've just started googling for good books on the subject, but there doesn't > seem to be any particular one that stands out. > > I wonder if you guys have a book about writing that you keep going back to, > or use as a reference. I'm looking specifically for technical writing, but > good references that are pertinent to writing in general would be good too. > > > Thanks. > > -- > Yves. > http://www.sollers.ca/ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lopsa.org > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ -- Jesse Trucks, GCUX jtru...@lopsa.org Director, LOPSA http://lopsa.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
