Technical Writing World

Social network for technical writers.

http://technicalwritingworld.com

TECHWR-L Email Discussion Groups

Long-established online community in the field of technical communication.

http://techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/

tekom Webforum

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

http://www.tekom.de

t-allgem

Allgemeine deutschsprachige Mailing-Liste für Technische Redakteure.

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

XING

Für Mitglieder von XING gibt es u.a. die Gruppen:

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

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

Facebook  – Technical Communication and Documentation

For members of Facebook.

http://www.facebook.com

HATT group

Popular group on online documentation (tools, techniques, concepts).

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), particularly on Visual Studio and .NET Framework documentation.

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

Forum on ms-news.net

Forum that has only a moderate number of posts, but questions are often answered firsthand by Microsoft Help MVPs.

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

Apple-help-authoring

Discussions on developing and implementing Apple Help technologies.

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

dita-users

DITA users group.

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

Darwin Information Typing Architecture DITA

Für Mitglieder von XING.

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

Software User Assistance

For members of Linkedin.

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

Usability e-List

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

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