September 2017

In this issue, Meredith reports on Board activities. Our featured TC is Xero's Megan Simpson, we're looking forward to UX New Zealand, and we update you on the Plain English Awards which are now being judged. Grant Mackenzie rounds up this issue with fluff removal, free photography, zombies, and other strange delights in this month's Let's Tech Communicate!

From the President

Well, Spring is making an appearance here in the South and I’ve had just over a month in this role. While I’d love to say I’ve been busy coming up with grand ideas and exciting endeavours, in reality things have been moving a little slower. It’s been great to have so many messages of support over the last few weeks and I really do appreciate it!

Featured TC: Megan Simpson of Xero

Megan Simpson is a Content Developer at Xero Ltd, based in Wellington. She recently caught up with Jim Costello to discuss her role.

We're representing you at UX New Zealand

One of our treasured business partners, Optimal Workshop, is running UX New Zealand in Wellington this October. TechCommNZ will be there, waving the flag of quality content on behalf of the technical writers and content developers of New Zealand.

Update: WriteMark Plain English Awards

In the latest news from WriteMark, the Awards entries closed last week… and now judging begins!

Let's Tech Communicate

This month we tackle the serious business of fluff, free photography, zombies, cockroaches, passive aggressive punctuation, the hysteria over hyphens, and, finally, the differences between technical communicators and technical writers are defined. Let’s do this.