Howard’s links

Media

The Guardian ABC news Canberra Times Saturday Paper SMH ABC TV tonight Le Monde Libération Le Figaro BBC News ABC iView New Daily trivia quizzes Guardian: Fire, flood and plague – essays about 2020

Technical writing & editing societies

Australian Society for Technical Communication Technical Communicators Association of New Zealand Society for Technical Communication Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (UK) Technical Writing World Canberra Society of Editors Institute of Professional Editors Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (UK) Editorial Freelancers Association booklets

Website management

Bloom Web Solutions Member Evolution Membes Enterprise Association Software

Dictionaries

Macquarie dictionary Oxford dictionary Cambridge dictionary Merriam Webster dictionary Collins dictionary Chambers 21st Century dictionary American Heritage dictionary Wikipedia list of online dictionaries

Style guides, usage

Chicago Manual of Style Microsoft Writing Style Guide The CSE Manual For Authors, Editors, and Publishers Guardian and Observer Style Guide An Editor’s Blacklist My review of Cambridge Guide to Modern Australian Usage Wikipedia: Manual of Style/Mathematics Digital Content Guide Style Manual DTA Australian Style Guide (PEF) Australian Manual of Style (AMOS) Visible Thread Readability Conscious style guide

Languages

Red Kalinka Russian course Learn the Russian language Step-by-step System to Master Russian cases Julia – italki Russian teacher Russian verb conjugations 19 Best Podcasts For Learning Russian

Writing

ACT Writers Centre Kill Your Darlings KYD workshop

Reference material

Computing and IT abbreviation list Numerical prefixes Alt codes Alt codes (more detailed) ANSI codes How to use special characters in HTML HTML Special Characters Type IPA phonetic symbols List of useful Unicode symbols Insert ASCII or Unicode Latin-based symbols and characters Wikitext markup language Wikitext cheatsheet

Anagrams and word games

Anagram Tiles Australian Anagrams (very dated) Malaphors Howard’s Malaphors Wordsplay (online version of Boggle)

Books

Amazon Amazon Australia Booko ANU Library catalogue ACT library catalogue ACT library corporate website National Library Booktopia Paperchain bookshop Editorial Freelancers Association booklets

Online help & tutorials

SnagIt Quick Styles and Themes Using Python for research (EdX) Advanced CSS Concepts (EdX) Peter’s Online Typing Course Scripting dictionary Canon printer manual Vector icons for developers Visual Studio Code documentation Gmail search operators LaTeX tutorial List of LaTeX mathematical symbols Gmail tips OneDrive Help and Learning OneDrive Personal Vault, deep inside and tricks

Word help

Greg Maxey’s Word Tips Word VBA Concepts Word VBA Reference Work with the Word UndoRecord object Word VBA – Predefined bookmarks Word 2007 Content Controls and XML (Part 1) Adv Word VBA online course How to Create a Nonbreaking Dash in Microsoft Word Erin Wright writing

Excel help

Chip Pearson : Excel My Online Training Hub Spreadsheet Guru Help with Excel functions and formulas Excel formulas (Dave Brun) Chandoo Excel Anytime – Excel and VBA solutions VBA guide to listobject Excel tables The LET function The LAMBDA function

My old website

Howard's Website Howard's Links Taming Windows Explorer Tech. Communicator Skills Form: Results Quotes Quirky Error Messages Mapping the Field of Technical Writing

Canberra

Access Canberra Your Say websiteTransport Canberra Check MyWay balance Bus routes by number NXTBUS Canberra weather Optus network service status Sun Villages

Companies

ING NAB White Rhino iiNet Energy Australia login LastPass Crust Pizza Etax (tax returns) Philishave account Philishave user guide Etax login Wash up wiz

Entertainment

Palace Cinema Event Cinema Manuka Canberra Theatre Centre Dendy cinema

Mathematics

Sci-Hub Wolfram Mathworld MacTutor History of Mathematics Mathematical genealogy project Wikipedia article on polycyclic groups Wikitext: Displaying a formula Wikipedia: Manual of Style/Mathematics Wikipedia: mathematical symbols List of LaTeX mathematical symbols

iPad and iPhone

Learn iPad keyboard shortcuts

Spiritual

Adyashanti Online Retreat 2020 Online retreat: impact reports Online retreat: Q & A The work of Byron Katie Eckhart Tolle Buddha at the gas pump Rupert Spira Yoga Mandir Yoga Mandir online classes

Other

Flare Audi Isolate racker Todoist Lastpass My Randstad timesheets Toby repayments Fawkes user cloaking software (anti–facial recognition)