The new capability that we introduced into our flagship product helped me learn a lot about information architecture and information design. But, this post is about information projection. As I understand, it lies on the overlap of information architecture and information design. The post is also about the layers of information projection elements and the parameters that affect those layers. Click here to read the full post.
The Inverted Tree of Information
I will start this post where I ended the previous one: the inverted tree structure of information categorization. As promised, I will talk about my interpretations on some of the verses in the Bhagwad Gita, which is a great source of inspiration for me on both, personal as well as professional grounds. Click here to read the full post.
For Your Information
There are a lot of things that drive our searches. Therefore, it is true that we often search for things that we don’t know. Or that we begin searching for one thing and end up finding another. And, such information is not a goal, but a by-product. But wait; there is lot more to this story. Come, see for yourself.
How “Technical” Should Documentation Be?
In a recent casual coffee-table conversation in our office, one of my colleagues asked this question to the tech-writing group. And, none of us had satisfactory answers. That’s because each of our reader has a unique, different level of knowledge. In fact, even the tech-writing team members in my office do not have the same level of knowledge about the company’s products. So, how do we determine the “technicality” in our
March 31, 2015
The Ps that remained
The fact that I am a marketing graduate has had a considerable impact on the way I handle product documentation. I largely take things from the user’s perspective: Unlike the way a technical grad would handle documentation, I mostly like seeing it from the eyes of a marketer. While I was recently busy answering the “what’s-in-it-for-me” question (during the product documentation for an upcoming release), I stumbled upon this strange
March 7, 2015
Technical Communicator: The New Branding Person
Last month, I got a chance to read from some of my old books. I am a marketing graduate. So, while I read some random pages from the marketing domain, I could see that the learning matched to technical communication as well. But, how could the lessons on branding teach anything about technical communication? In this post, I try to explore this question to help improve my understanding.
The Key Elements in Technical Communication
The bent towards information design is on account of its applicability – A picture, as they say, is worth a thousand words. The use of graphics minimizes the use of content. Rather, it squeezes the underlying message of the content into a graphics. Despite the usually observed bent of mind, I believe that the key elements of Information Design and Technical Communication are the same. Here’s how…