Your Questions About Publishing Software Programs
Michael asks…
Which publishing software if best for someone with NO experience? “Quark” or “InDesign” or Microsoft Publisher
I am a distributor and I am taking pictures of the products that I sell. I need to use to take those pictures and place them on various pages. I want to make some sales sheets or booklets with the pictures of the products that I sell. I want to be able to move the pictures around until I find the pattern and order on where and how I want the booklet to be organized.
I will be spending a lot of time trying to figure out exactly which products goes on which page. I will need to move products around a lot until I find the perfect combination.
Also, how much do these programs cost? Where can I buy one for a good price?
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
admin answers:
I had no experience and was able to figure out Publisher very easily. Bought it on E-Bay for $79.00.
Carol asks…
I enjoy making instructionals (tutorials) for computer software. What is the field and job for this?
The software is more media related like Autodesk Maya and Cakewalk Sonar and has screenshots within the guideline. I am not sure if it is considered software engineering, instructional systems technology, desktop publishing, or computer programming. I would like to clarify, thanks!
admin answers:
Wow I could use somebody like you about now…I have a ton of work piled up.
It’s called technical writing and it’s very much in demand.
But it’s just not limited to just how-to’s for software…it’s need for work place instructional documents.
The documents take on the form of videos, web site tutorials etc.
I work at a factory and we are constantly making instructions for the work force.
You should take communications and multimedia training…
Good luck
Laura asks…
If you are publishing safety-critical software, are you in danger of being taken over by a phony ?
If the phony secures a position in the organisation, they won’t be able to write software themselves (because they are always disregarding the rules – so for example they try to release untested code) so they will be better employed on other duties. Will misdirect others to doctor various model programs. The system will now look to the outsider that the phony is astutely managing a team of programmers who need close supervision. All of the phony’s efforts will shift to covering up what they have done.
If for example the system is software for surface-to-air missiles, it will be obvious to the casual observer that the system does not work. (A display showing the intended paths of the missiles will look obviously wrong).
By furiously reorganising, moving to new buildings, moving to new computers,
the phony will continue to cover up.
Real progress is impossible for the phony because they are,well, phony, and all the effort goes into covering up. Also they are always at risk of being exposed by a ‘Sherlock Holmes” or “Alfred Hitchcock” who joins the organisation.
admin answers:
I suspect this is the norm in many organisation.
“men are so simple, and so subject to present necessities, that he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived. One recent example I cannot pass over in silence. Alexander VI did nothing else but deceive men, nor ever thought of doing otherwise, and he always found victims; for there never was a man who had greater power in asserting, or who with greater oaths would affirm a thing, yet would observe it less; nevertheless his deceits always succeeded according to his wishes, because he well understood this side of mankind.”
(machiavelli, the prince, ch 18, para. 21)
An organisation might for example be developing very high quality robotics software. According to Machiavelli, an Alexander VI figure will appear without fail and hijack the organization.
Only possible exception would be organisations who keep even their existence a secret.
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