Read Me First! is the definitive guide to creating technical documentation that is clear, consistent, and easy to understand. Sun Microsystems' award-winning technical writers and editors cover everything from grammar to clarity, illustrations to workflow. This fully revised second edition reflects dramatic changes in the production and delivery of technical documentation.
If you just graduated from college with a philosophy degree and are starting your job as a technical writer at Oracle, run, don't walk, to buy this book.
All the other books I've read on technical writing are useless.