TECHWR-L Community

One of the most long-established online communities and mailing lists in the field of technical communication.

http://www.techwr-l.com/community

http://www.techwr-l.com/techwr-l-list

tekom Webforum

Im Webforum des deutschen Fachverbands für Technische Kommunikation und Informationsentwicklung (tekom) gibt es für tekom-Mitglieder die Möglichkeit, kostenlos Experten zu befragen. U.a. zu den Themen Rechtsfragen, Hilfesysteme, Kosten und Kalkulation, Microsoft Word, Normen und Richtlinien, Terminologie und Textverständlichkeit.

http://www.tekom.de

XING – Technische Dokumentation

Für Mitglieder von XING. Bietet Tipps für den Arbeitsalltag, Jobbörse, Veranstaltungshinweise und allgemeinen Erfahrungsaustausch.

http://www.xing.com/net/techdoku/

Facebook  – Technical Communication and Documentation

For members of Facebook.

http://www.facebook.com

t-allgem

Allgemeine deutschsprachige Mailing-Liste für Technische Redakteure.

http://www.tw-h.de/mailinglisten/

HATT group

The most popular group on online documentation (tools, techniques, concepts) is probably the HATT group on yahoo.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HATT/

MSHelp2 and MS Help Viewer

Forums and groups specialized on discussing MS Visual Studio Help authoring related issues.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MSHelp2/

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MSHelpViewer/

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=70197449895

msdn Developer Documentation and Help System forum

Forum with a focus on developer documentation (source code documentation), especially on Visual Studio and .NET Framework documentation, help system functionality, and Visual Studio Help integration.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/devdocs/

Forum on ms-news.net

Forum with not so many posts, but often answered by a number of Misrosoft Help MVPs.

http://www.ms-news.net/f1616/

Apple-help-authoring

Discussions on developing and implementing Apple Help technologies, including Help Viewer and Help Tags.

http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-help-authoring

dita-users

DITA users group.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dita-users/

Software User Assistance

Group in Linkedin, designed for IT professionals developing information to support software users.

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1276817

Discussion list of the Technical Editing SIG

The Technical Editing SIG of the STC provides a discussion list to which also non-members can subscribe.

http://www.stc-techedit.org

List of the STC Marcom SIG

Email list of the STC's Marketing Communication Special Interest Group

http://www.stc-marcom.org/wordpress/e-mail-list/

Usability e-List

Email discussion group of the STC's Usability and User Experience Community.

http://www.stcsig.org/usability/