Content for Tomorrow: Social Media and the Dilemma for Content Teams
I thought you might be interested in this timely webinar from JoAnn Hackos and CIDM. Make note it’s this Thursday. Content for Tomorrow: Social Media and the Dilemma for Content Teams Sponsored by: The Center for Information-Development Management Date: Thursday February 25, 2010, Time: 9:00am PST (GMT -8:00) and 12:00pm EST (GMT -5:00) Length: 1.5 … Continue reading
The Future of Technical Communication: Remix
Tomorrow STC is hosting a live Web seminar on the future of the Technical Communication field. You still have time to register, see below: In 2004, Technical Communication ran an article by Barbara Giammona that sparked a considerable amount of talk amongst STC members. “The Future of Technical Communication: How Innovation, Information Management, and Other … Continue reading
Future customers: Writing for the next generation
I just read a really great article by Alan J. Porter, VP-Operations at Webworks.com. Alan talks about watching his teen age daughter research and write a paper for school as an example of how this generation will access and organize information. Starting with Google, and then Wikipedia, and then facebook, he watched her access the … Continue reading
DITA + Wiki = The Open-Source DITA2Wiki Project
In my reading about how companies are using wiki’s , I came across this interesting article on the Writers UA web site. In 2007, Lombardi donated this framework to the community as the open-source “DITA2Wiki Project” on SourceForge.net. If you would like to read the enitre story here it is: http://www.writersua.com/articles/DITA2Wiki/index.html If you have any … Continue reading
The Modern Technical Writer
I just found a really useful blog called The Lugiron blog, http://blog.lugiron.com/ that creates discussion around the changing field of technical writing. There are some great ideas here and if you haven’t checked it out, please do. I think these conversations should become the job descriptions of the future. Certainly when a company asks me … Continue reading
Documentation Manager Coffee June 25th
We created these Coffees for our managerial contacts to get to know each other and share information. If you are a Documentation Manager or in a similar role, email me carol@clearpnt.com and I’ll put you on the mailing list. The space is limited so I have to keep track of who is coming. Topic: Innovative … Continue reading
Technical Writing – what does the future look like?
I have recently been following an STC SIG thread on “Tech Writers and Typists”, a conversation about the future of this profession. Now this is something I am very interested in since I make my living by placing said porfessionals at all levels in all kinds of jobs. It’s not just the lay offs and … Continue reading