WritersUA has joined with the eLearning Guild to present a free webinar - The Convergence of UA and eLearning. The webinar takes place Wednesday, October 1, and consists of four hours of informational sessions discussing cross-disciplinary issues.

Scott McCloud will provide the opening session of the Confererence for Software User Assistance. Scott created the Chrome comic book for Google. He'll speak and sketch about the challenges of communicating technical information in a startlingly unique way.

The DITA Help sub-committee, governed by OASIS, is in the process of developing information and recommendations to ease the creation of user assistance with DITA. The latest draft of the Best Practices Guide, plug-in information, and sample files, are available for free download from the DITA Help Public Documents site.

The Call for Speakers is on for the 2009 Conference for Software User Assistance to be held in Seattle. The Conference is also seeking participants for the Peer Showcase.

The annual Peer Review, produced by Puget Sound STC, is now in progress. This is a great way to have your technical communication work evaluated for a nominal fee and to receive formal recognition for exceptional work. There are no restrictions regarding your geographic location. STC membership is not required.

WritersUA has joined with the eLearning Guild to present a special track — The Convergence of eLearning and Software User Assistance at the upcoming DevLearn Conference. The event takes place November 11-14 in San Jose, CA.