December 2016

From the President

December is the month of salary surveys, chances to win, and mince pies. It's also the time when we look backwards at the year that has been, and forwards to the Christmas holidays, a summer break, and a whole new year to follow.

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Do the Salary Survey and win!

Have you completed the Annual TechCommNZ Salary Survey yet, and gone in the draw to win one of three Prezzy Cards?

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Microsoft and Google at Collaborate2017

Ho, ho, how we have loaded the Christmas stocking with Conference news... Read on, and we'll tell you why you won't want to miss the TechCommNZ collaboration event of 2017!

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GDID morphing into two qualifications

Emma Harding caught up with Bruce Russell, Manager – Art and Design at Ara Institute, to find out the latest news on the revised Graduate Diploma of Information Design.

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Meet Delon Walton, TC

Delon Walton is a Technical Communicator for Trimble Inc, a Californian-based multinational company. Trimble integrates a wide range of positioning technologies including GPS, laser, optical and inertial technologies with application software, wireless communications, and services to provide complete commercial solutions. Delon caught up with Jim Costello last week.

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Let's Tech Communicate

Technical communication has changed since Joseph D. Chapline wrote a user manual for the BINAC computer in 1949. Now users can supply the documentation themselves while the writers come to grips with Industry 4.0 and bemoan the demise of the GUI which is to be replaced with the CUI. All this news is here, with a whole lot more from around the Net!

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