Happy New Year from Ron C Johnson Communications! We’re less than a month into 2012 and it’s already looking like it will be an interesting year. 2011 was a year of change. We completed a very large project with the City of Saskatoon Water and Wastewater Branch in which we wrote a large operations manual [...]
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My Taxi, Your Second Car
August 26th, 2011 
Ron Johnson A while back I was in traffic behind a taxi cab and noticed a sign in his back window. It said “My Taxi, Your Second Car.” Where I live, out on the prairies in a relatively small city, most families have at least two cars and many have more. Although we have taxis, I always [...]
Those lazy crazy hazy days of summer
July 13th, 2011 Ron Johnson 
Summer is upon us, and since our Canadian summers are all too short, everyone is trying to make the most of the sunshine. The highways are filled with RVs making their way to parks and campgrounds, and road construction projects are adding to the congestion. The smell of backyard barbeques fills the air and the [...]
Technical Writing/Editing: Pain or Pleasure
November 12th, 2009 Ron Johnson I have noticed a few things about technical writing in Saskatoon, and Saskatchewan in general.
Posted in Technical Writing - General 
Tags: contract out, editing, ROI, technical writing, value 
2 Comments »Need a writer? Or do you just need some help?
June 18th, 2009 Ron Johnson 
I have realized that often what the client needs is not a technical writer, but a technical re-writer. Other ways to describe it is editor or documentation consultant–someone who can meet them at the point where they need help, and can provide cost-effective recommendations and assistance.