Technical Writing and Technical Illustrators

Technical Writing
MLA Website
APA Website
Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University
Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators in the UK (ISTC)
Society for Technical Communication
Example Technical Report
Usable Web
Writing for the Web

Style Guides
Guide to Grammar and Style
Apple Publications Style Guide
BBC News Style Guide
Economist Style Guide
European Commission: English Style Guide
IBM Style
Missing Manual Author's Guide
NASA: Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization
Web Style Guide
Developing a Department Style Guide
Style guide example outline (in PDF format)

Other online resources
Current Issues in Web Usability
Common Errors in Technical Writing
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Plain English Campaign
International Council of Graphic Design Associations
Usability Professionals' Association (UPA)

Standards
British Standards Institution (BSI)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
European Commission for Standardization (CEN)
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Guide to Standards organisations

Books
Don't make me think!: a common sense approach to web usability
The Microsoft manual of style for technical publications
Elements of Style
Making and breaking the grid
Information graphics: a comprehensive illustrated reference‎
Presentation Zen Design
The visual display of quantitative information‎
Techniques for Technical Communicators
Handbook of Technical Writing, Ninth Edition
The Back of the Napkin (Expanded Edition): Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures
The Chicago manual of style
The elements of typographic style
Slide:ology: the art and science of creating great presentations
Technical Communication ISBN 0-312-44197-5
The Complete Technical Illustrator
Visual Thinking
Wordless Diagrams

Technical Writing - Reading Resources
TECHWR-L Community
Getting started as Technical Writer
Getting a Technical Writing Job, Even If You Have No Experience
Conducting Successful SME Interviews
Do's and Don'ts when working with SMEs SMEs in a nutshell
The most out of your subject matter expert
Online Technical Writing

Technical Illustrations, Concept Arts
The AIGAAquent Survey of Design Salaries
Technical Illustrations, Kevin Hulsey
Technical Illustrations, Beau and Alan Daniels
The best of graphic arts from Federated Media authors
Technical Illustrations, Michael Llewellyn
Technical Illustrations, Harald Belker
Illustrations,Warren Manser
Illustrations, Christian Lorenz Scheurer
Illustrations, Feng Zhu Design
Techniques of Scott Robertson at Gnomon
Writing for the Web
Difference Between Paper and Online Presentation

Links for Technical Communicators
Become a Great Technical Writer
Alpha Dictionary
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
Mind Tools
Reference Desk
APA Research Style Crib Sheet
Plain Language
Plain Language, LA County
Purdue University Online Writing Lab
Passive vs. Active Voice

Hardware and Software
Wacom tablets and displays
SketchBook Pro

Online Tools
Two options of more widely used in material in the Internet
Gunning Fog Index
Gunning Fog, Tests Document Readability Index
Gunning Fog, interactive section for checking a sample of writing