1. Membership Development
(Portfolio/Brochures)

I produced this brochure to support the membership program of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. PATC maintains over 1,000 miles of hiking trails for the public in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, ...

2. Millfield Baptist Church
(Portfolio/Church & Religion)

... Some of members farm the land around the church while others commute to jobs in Suffolk, Chesapeake, and Newport News. One of the unique things affecting the design, development, and deployment of this ...

3. Trust Your Designer
(Blog/Current)

... are not involved with what’s under the hood; these elements are influenced by the site reviews during development. Many under-the-hood elements are, however, limited by what the chosen technology can do. ...

4. Convert Your Web Site
(Billboard/Promotions)

... with current best practices for search engine optimization Ensure that your site complies with at least the basic tenets of Web accessibility and user design practices Move your site from our development ...

5. Let's Talk about Design
(Blog/Archive)

... effectively and efficiently. Your hardware and software engineers cannot work in a vacuum, of course. Intuition only goes so far toward realizing a useful product. In the case of software, each development ...

6. Looking for Something?
(Blog/Archive)

... involves usability as well as writing and organization skills. In fact, a good technical communicator is the user’s advocate to you and your development team as well as your communicator to your ...

7. Does Your Documentation Resemble a...
(Blog/Archive)

... to follow so that roasted fowl doesn't become foul roast. For one thing, you know a good project plan is essential to your product development. Similarly, a good documentation plan is the key to your communication ...

8. We’re Not Robots
(Blog/Archive)

... documentation. Rather, that writer, if he or she is a member of a professional association, is usually well-versed in all phases of system development documentation as well as with marketing or training, ...

9. Lost in the Crowd?
(Blog/Archive)

... development of support documentation for your products require different skills and training. Good technical communication builds confidence in your company and its products among your clients; your clients ...

10. Death by Meetings
(Blog/Archive)

... with the application or system about which I write. If I can see it on the development server, I can grasp what it is supposed to do and so ask better questions of the developers and engineers. Do I need ...

11. Education, Awards, Affiliations, and History
(About Us/Experience)

...  2003 Virginia Housing Development Agency, Contract Technical Writer/Editor 2003 Naval Ordnance Logistics Support Center, Technical Writer/Editor 2003 Owens & Minor, Contract ...

12. My Accomplishments
(About Us/Experience)

... the Web Portfolio on this site. However, much of the work I’ve performed is not available because it was (or is) either classified or protected by client corporate policies. Web Site Design & Development ...

13. Profit and Communication
(Business Case/For Technical Communication)

... Development costs increase every time an engineer or programmer misinterprets a poorly-written requirement. You’ve seen requirements—suppose one reads “Brew Coffee.” How many different design specifications ...

14. Technical Communication
(Business Case/What is Technical Communication)

... guide the detailed development. As the information product is created, the paramount goal is ensuring that the content can be clearly understood by the intended audience and provides the information that ...

15. Why Remote Work Works
(Business Case/For James River Technical Communications)

... us VPN or FTP access to your development system. After all, if we’ll need to see and work with the software or system you’ve hired us to document. Of course…Some environments require on-site work, and ...

16. Online Help
(About Us/Our Services)

... for Information-Development Management) In other words, the user’s focus is on the tree while the Help that person is given to use describes the forest. Solutions Managers must understand ...

17. Project Management
(Business Case/For James River Technical Communications)

When you contract with James River Technical Communications to work on a long-term documentation or Web development project, you’ll want to know how and what we’re doing. We provide a means by which ...

18. Engage Us
(About Us/Introduction)

... solutions that comply with standards? James River Technical Communications has that expertise. You look for people who have years of experience with: Web site development & deployment Desktop ...

19. About This Site
(Admin/Governance)

... to easily publish their content on the world wide web and intranets. Joomla is created as an open-source project where individuals and teams contribute their skills to its development as well as its supporting ...

20. Virginia Department of Business Assistance
(Web Links / Business Resources)

The Virginia Department of Business Assistance is the economic development agency devoted to the growth and success of the Commonwealth's business community. ...