http://blog.paulpehrson.com Paul Pehrson's technical writing blog Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:31:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en MadCap Software today released Flare V6, and it is pretty cool. I'm still working on a post to give you the details to help you decide if you should upgrade your existing Flare project to V6 (which I've been previewing for about a month), but alas, with work deadlines that post ... http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2010/03/02/madcap-flare-v6-released/ I'm running for the office of Chapter President in the Intermountain chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. You can see my candidate statement on the IM-STC website. Wish me luck! http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2010/02/19/running-for-office/ My three year old loves to play outside. About a year ago, we got him a Skuut, but because we lived in a condo, he only rode it once or twice last year. I loved the Skuut when we bought it because of its all wood design, and the way ... http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2010/02/03/skuut-on-over-to-great-customer-serivce/ The makers of the iPhone, Apple, today announced a "revolutionary" device: a tablet computer they call iPad. Now, normally I'm a big fan of things Apple. I have an iPod touch (don't want the service contract or wireless provider of the iPhone), and I love it. So you might be ... http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2010/01/27/no-geeking-out-over-the-ipad-here/ Back in 2004 we received a much needed gift: a little red truck named Lassie. Lassie was a 1984 red Toyota pick up truck that got her name because when my in-laws owned her, she was stolen several times, yet every time she came back home (the police found the ... http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2010/01/26/lassie-is-no-more/ As a technical writer, I develop content for the applications I'm supporting. Often that includes designing content, images, and multi-media to provide the best user experience possible. As content developers, however, we have a responsibility (both legal and moral) to ensure that the content we are using is being used ... http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2009/10/13/intellectual-property-responsibilities-of-content-developers/ Probably most of you don't know that I changed jobs recently, which is part of the reason I've been posting so infrequently. When you change jobs there is so much to learn, and it takes time. One of the benefits of my new job is that I'm working with an impressive ... http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2009/10/07/design-review/ As  a "young" technical writer, I thought I might share some of my feelings on the STC crisis. First, a little background on me. I knew while I was in college that I wanted to be a technical writer after graduation. I switched to an English major for that purpose, and ... http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2009/06/22/the-stc-crisis-the-take-of-a-young-writer/ According to MadCap's website, MadCap Flare V5 is now available for everybody! If you have a maintenance agreement, I guess that means you can expect your Flare V5 license to arrive shortly! If you want to know more about what is coming in the latest version, check out my pre-release blog ... http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2009/06/08/flare-5-is-now-available/ Soon MadCap Software will be releasing the next major version in the Flare product line, Flare V5. I've been beta testing Flare 5 for a couple of months now, and there are some great new features in Flare 5 that you are going to love. In this review, I want to ... http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2009/06/03/pre-release-review-of-flare-v5/