I recently attended Confab in Minneapolis. I was one of about 5 technical writers among the 650 attendees, which is why I found it surprising to hear Kristina Halverson say, We can learn a lot (Read more...)
May 18, 2012 by Tom Johnson · Comments Off
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Social Tagging: Blog • conference • RSS • STC Summit • Tips
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Social Tagging: Blog • conference • RSS • STC Summit • Tips
Tips for a successful conference experience
The STC Summit takes place in a few days. If you monitor the #stc12 twitter stream, you can feel the excitement of the conference attendees. I’ve been to (Read more...)
May 17, 2012 by Matthew Stibbe · Comments Off
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Social Tagging: Competition • How to write • Humpty-Dumpty • Plain English • Prize • RSS • Words • writing
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“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”
Does anybody know that parlour game where you have to (Read more...)
May 14, 2012 by Tom Johnson · Comments Off
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Social Tagging: ann patchett • Blog • Book Reviews • character • fiction • fiction writing • RSS • state of wonder
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State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett’s State of Wonder, published in 2011, is a story about a pharmaceutical researcher’s attempt to make sense of her lost colleague, presumably dead in the Amazon, (Read more...)
May 14, 2012 by Matthew Stibbe · Comments Off
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Social Tagging: Decisions • Dutch • Languages • Learning • Miscellaneous • RSS
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I’m a great believer in learning something new. I got a private pilots licence and then a commercial licence between 2000 and 2010 and I’ve been learning Dutch for the last five years. But now, (Read more...)
May 13, 2012 by Matthew Stibbe · Comments Off
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Do you think anyone would notice if I just had a go? What is about these cranes that turns me into a schoolboy? Fire trucks and planes also have the same effect. As Freud said (Read more...)
May 12, 2012 by Tom Johnson · Comments Off
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Social Tagging: Blog • Breaking into Technical Writing • careers • majors • questions • RSS
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I received the following question from a reader:
I’m a 20 year old college student and I just finished up my first year at a local community college and I was wondering what my major (Read more...)
May 10, 2012 by ellis · Comments Off
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Social Tagging: conferences • Presentation • RSS • webinar
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Here is a list of the upcoming Cherryleaf presentations and events: 21 May 2012 ”What Should Technical Communicators Do When Products Just Work?” STC Summit, Chicago What is the future…
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