Designing Web-Based Applications for the 21st Century Writing Class is a collection of essays about composition software written by fellow English professors from around the country. In several cases, the software being written about was also written by the faculty. As more and more writing takes place online, text is becoming data and web sites are becoming applications. For many in my profession, the line between writing and coding is fading quickly. For a few of us, like myself, that line no longer exits.

Content Management Systems: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice is a collection of essays written by experts in Technical and Professional Writing. I developed the idea of the collection with my colleague Baotong Gu because we both believe that web-based communications must be understood as content management systems. Websites that are properly designed and executed function like data-based software. Websites are content managed. Anyone writing for online deliver needs to understand how these systems are designed and how they work. Knowing how to use them isn't really enough for a person working in Technical and Professional Writing.

Content Management Systems, Technical Communications Quarterly, 17.1 (2008)