This Handbook, both in its content and construction, is one of the most effective Technical Writing guides I've found. It is convenient to use, and each covered topic area is easily found. It is broadbased enough so that it generally is the only tech writing reference one needs at hand, and in itself is a fine example of what technical writing is all about.
Any writing that requires familiarity with (or willingness to learn about) a technical field would be considered technical writing.Writing about museum conservation is technical writing as much as writing user manuals for a software product or a troubleshooting guide for a broken tractor. Technical writing is a useful communication tool whenever information of a technical nature must be transmitted.
A student introduction to descriptive linguistics, Describing Language is essentially practical in its orientation. It is useful for anyone who wishes to refer to technical literature involving linguistic description, who requires a basic conceptual framework and technical vocabulary with which to discuss language, and who needs to make elementary but principled descriptions and analyses of real data (such as classroom interaction or counselling sessions). Topics covered include phonetics, prosody, word structure, syntax, text and discourse structure, word and utterance meaning, and non-verbal behaviour.
Includes an accessible introduction to both Chomsky's Universal Grammar and Halliday's Systemic Grammar. It is an invaluable textbook for students across the social sciences.
A guide to attracting, recruiting, interviewing, and hiring the best technical talent.
A comprehensive system for hiring top–notch technical employees
Packed with useful information and specific advice written in a breezy, humorous style
Learn how to find great people—and get them to work for you—in an afternoon!
The top software developers are ten times as productive as average developers. Ten times. You can’t afford not
to hire them. But if you haven’t been reading Joel Spolsky’s books or
blog, you probably don’t know how to find them and make them want to
work for you.
In this brief book, Joel reveals all
his secrets—from his years at Microsoft, and as the co–founder of Fog
Creek Software—for recruiting the best developers in the world. You’ll
learn:
How to create a pipeline of excellent developers using internships—and why this is not optional
How to build a workplace where the best programmers want to work
The secrets to reading resumes, interviewing technical people, and deciding when to make an offer
If
you’ve ever wondered what you should be looking for in a resume, if
you’ve ever struggled to decide whether to hire someone at the end of
an interview, or if you’re wondering why you can’t find great
programmers, stop everything and read this book.
Phonetics is a notoriously technical discipline, and most books on the subject will make the beginner's head spin. Ladefoged's "A Course in Phonetics" is not one of those books. It is an introductory book to phoneticsand it's easy to read and it does not overload the reader with lots of technical terms.
