Tech Comm Friday (August 28)

First off, thanks to all who made it out to our August Kick-Off meeting in Elk Grove Village this past Wednesday. We all enjoyed hearing Chris Ward talk to us about turning tech comm into ROI. Check out our blog post recapping the meeting. Here's what's going on in the world of tech comm this week:

• TechWhirl published an interesting paper exploring how close writers needs to be to end users in order to do their job well. 
• Marin Treder takes a conversational tone in blog post titled The First Design Hardly Ever Wins: The Iterative Approach to UX Design.
• STC approved a new community-funding model recently, and if you're a numbers person, you might understand what's happening. 
• The New York Times presents an interesting little quiz about the effect of type face on truth. 
• Finally, again TechWhirl impresses with a fair look at how to survive an encounter with a technical editor.

Enjoy your weekend and make the most out of the last few days of summer. Goodbye August, hello September.