For years, my writing workflow revolved around Microsoft Word and Google Docs. That's not surprising. In most professional environments, those two tools are the default. Documents arrive as DOCX files ...

I’m always looking for writing tools that match how I work, not ones that try to dictate a workflow. Microsoft Word still gets the job done, but it tries to be everything at once, and that often makes ...

Unlike some e-book readers, the Kindle Fire has important features you often find on laptops. Equipped with a fast dual-core processor, the Kindle Fire can snap photos, run applications, play movies ...

Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

little over a year ago, I wrote a post titled “Using Google Documents When Others Need Paper.” Since then, Google Documents has undergone some significant changes. Perhaps the most notable is the new ...

To those of the agile persuasion, a product requirements document may sound like a bit of a relic — a straight-jacket that doesn’t capture the fluid push and pull that actually happens when building a ...

Science is a collaborative exercise, and whether they are writing papers or grant applications, or soliciting feedback from their thesis committee, researchers frequently must author, edit, and share ...