All entries for Industry 4.0
Is AI a chance or a threat for technical communicators?
The phrase artificial intelligence (AI) is a mystery. Everyone immediately associates something with it, but the ideas are rarely identical. read more
Good riddance to the manual. From documents to knowledge bases
Usually, we create technical documentation in the form of a manual – for specific target groups and product versions. With the help of content management systems, we add metadata to our text modules and generate exactly the manual we want. Now, with the Internet of Things and a much stronger focus on modular information, our classic manual does not seem to have a future anymore. read more
Why the manual is dead
Remember your first mobile phone? Mine was shaped like a bone, nine inches high and weighed at least a pound. I used it to make phone talks, that's it. Today I have a smartphone that I sometimes use for calls. read more