Meetings and Events

Most documentation today is passive: everyone sees the same documentation, and it could just as effectively be printed in an O’Reilly book and distributed that way. We know so much about both the documentation and the user; we should be … Continue reading →

Workshop: API Technical Writing Date: Friday, January 23rd, 2015 Time: 9am to 4pm Location: Room “Araujo Tech Talk”, level 1, 1295 Charleston Rd, Mountain View, CA 94043 (Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/yW1hu). See the Parking Details section below. Cost: None. The course … Continue reading →

TC Camp isn’t an STC Silicon Valley chapter meeting, but it’s an event you won’t want to miss. This is a free tech comm conference held at Mission College in Santa Clara. This year two of the STC SV chapter … Continue reading →

When: February 14, 2015 Where: Pickup/Dropoff @ IHOP, Great America Pkwy Santa Clara, CA Pickup Time: 10:00 am Dropoff Time: 5:00 pm Cost: Members – $5.00 Cost: Non-Members – $15.00 We will visit the Tuscan-style Clos La Chance Winery where … Continue reading →

Workshop title: Best Practices when Creating Interactive Video Tutorial Date: February 21, 2015 Time: 1pm to 5pm Location: Mission College, Santa Clara Cost: $49 If a picture is worth 1000 words, how many words is a video worth? During this presentation, … Continue reading →

Write less. Write better. It’s not just about doing away with words, but instead, improving the user experience by presenting the right information, at the right time, in the right format, to the right audience, and allowing them to make … Continue reading →

Come learn about REST API Overview and Documentation Best Practices at this STC chapter meeting. Here are the objectives of this 1-hour presentation: Introduce REST APIs Present the characteristics of the REST API architectural style Discuss the pros and cons … Continue reading →

This will be an overview of the dramatic changes happening with imaging in technical communication. The use of lightfield photography, 4K cameras, drones and mobile devices is changing the way we capture and display images. Date: April 20, 2015 Networking … Continue reading →

Description will be added soon. About David Hovey Bio will be added soon. Meeting details Date: May 18, 2015 Networking time: 6-7pm Presentation time: 7-8pm Location: IHOP, Santa Clara (4200 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054) Cost: Free

Description coming soon… About Andrew Davis Bio coming soon Meeting details Date: Monday, June 15, 2015 Networking/social time: 6:00-7:00pm Presentation time: 7:00-8:00pm+ Location: IHOP Restaurant, 4200 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054 Cost: Free Note: You don’t have to … Continue reading →

EPUB3, built on HTML5 and CSS3, can include interactivity, videos, audio clips, and can read to the user. It works with vertical, left to right, and right to left content. The content can flow from page to page (traditional ebook), … Continue reading →

Learn how Salesforce created portals for delivering documentation to end users. Along the way, discuss design practices, customer interactions, and learn how to use the open source version of our portal to deliver your content on the web. About the … Continue reading →