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Happy 1st Birthday, TechCommGeekMom.com!
One year ago today, I took steps that would change my life. I started this blog. Its purpose was two-fold. First, I was encouraged by my friend, fellow grad student, and technical communicator, Shay...
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STC-PMC Presentation of “How Did You Get That Tech Comm Job?”
Last week, I had the privilege of doing my first professional presentation as a fully-fledged technical communicator. The STC-Philly Metro Chapter (STC-PMC) had its annual STC Mid-Atlantic Technical...
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10 plus best blog tips: Bloggers, just don’t do it…
See on Scoop.it – M-learning, E-Learning, and Technical Communications Blogging is worth it. I love it, but I write from experience today, meaning that yes, I violated many of my own rules when I...
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Tech Writer This Week for March 28, 2013 | TechWhirl
See on Scoop.it – M-learning, E-Learning, and Technical Communications Tech Writer This Week says goodbye to March and hello to great posts and commentary from bloggers covering tech comm, content...
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A First-Timer’s Summit: Packing Heat—Where’s Rick Steves When You Need Him?
See on Scoop.it – M-learning, E-Learning, and Technical Communications Here’s my fourth entry in the series of “A First Timer’s Summit: Packing Heat–Where’s Rick Steves When You Need Him?” I discuss my...
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For Technical Writers, The Future Looks Bright | MindTouch
See on Scoop.it – M-learning, E-Learning, and Technical Communications Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight: This comes to me via @Nancy_Coppola through LinkedIn. This is good news for all technical...
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Adobe Day is Back– STC Summit Style! Don’t be Tardy for the Party!
One of my favorite indulgences offline is watching reality shows on the US cable channel, Bravo, and one of my favorite shows is the Real Housewives of Atlanta. During a past season, one of the...
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What Margaret Thatcher brought to the women of Tech Comm
Today, the world lost one of the most impactful figures in international politics. Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of Britain, passed away after a stroke at the age of 87. I’ve...
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Is Social Learning Dead? Not At All!: Float Mobile Learning
See on Scoop.it – M-learning, E-Learning, and Technical Communications Dr. Gary Woodill resists the idea that social learning is dying. In fact, social learning may be in your organization’s best...
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Word Up! ain’t just a Cameo song: A TechCommGeekMom book review
Being that I came of age in the late 1980s, my immediate thought when I hear the words, “Word Up!” is the Cameo song playing with all its funkalicious glory. But now, “Word Up!” has a new meaning for...
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Is English an International Language? – Part 2
Earlier this year, I was asked by the STC-PMC to write a two-part article about the differences and similarities between American and British English. Part 1 was published in February. Today, I...
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A TechCommGeekMom Milestone: A baby blog is now a toddler
WOW! I think my little blog just grew up a bit. I not only reached the 10,000 all-time hits mark, but even passed it. For a niche blog that’s 13.5 months old, I think that’s pretty amazing! I’m a proud...
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The Power of Social Media (especially Twitter) Strikes Again!
Top Gear America hosts.L to R: Adam Ferrara, Tanner Foust, and Rutledge Wood. I have to say, this was just a fun experience, even if it was just a short-lived moment. First, some background...
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If Tech Comm had its own Coachella, how would it be done?
[WARNING: this is a long post, but jam-packed with information!] Every industry has its own rock stars. Those are the people who have lived, spoken, and written about topics in a particular field. The...
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Get your motor runnin’…Head out on the [mobile] highway…
When I first read the title of John Daigle’s Adobe Day presentation, “Enjoying a Smooth Ride on the Mobile Documentation Highway,” guitar riffs by Steppenwolf echoed in my mind thinking of the song,...
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What have you got against adverbs? What did they ever do to you?
I’ve noticed a disturbing trend that seems to be happening in the English language–at least in American English. Every time I heard this mistake, I cringe and wonder why it’s happening. Evidently,...
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How does that jagged little pill of content strategy go down?
To continue with the tech comm rock star theme set forth by Adobe for Adobe Day, I thought carefully about who might represent Rahel Anne Bailie, whose talk was titled, “Content Strategy in a Content...
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Follow-up: Where have all the adverbs gone? And how did they go?
This came to me by way of the Chicago Manual of Style Facebook feed. I’m not going insane–adverbs are declining, enough so that there’s a whole article in The Guardian from last fall! Read the article...
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Maybe I’m Amazed I met this Tech Comm legend…
“Excuse me, Dr. Corfield, I’m tweeting this event for Adobe today. Would you happen to have a Twitter handle?” With the apology that he hadn’t one, but that he did have a Facebook page, I had started a...
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Recap of the Adobe Day “Coachella”– Tech Comm Rock Stars abound!
Adobe Day at the 2013 STC Summit was really great. It took me a while to digest all my own notes and relive the moments promoting the rock stars of tech comm. But like all good music festivals, the...
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