Author: TechCommGeekMom

In our inaugural podcast, technical communication and customer experience consultant Sharon Burton tells us about California law, offices without tarantulas, documenting the obvious, the file name …

Source: edmarsh.com

Hey! Check this out! Two of my tech comm friends –both of whom I met about three years ago–are talking in a podcast! @edmarsh, my fellow Jerseyan, and one of my tech comm mentors/knitty friends, @sharonburton talk during Ed’s inaugural podcast on his website, ContentContent. Ed curates and writes about a lot of great stuff, so check it out, and check out this fantastic podcast! I’m looking forward to hearing future podcasts! 

Great job, Ed and Sharon! 

(What are you waiting for? Go listen now!)

–techcommgeekmom

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How Google Glass went from the hottest thing in wearable tech to the Edsel of Silicon Valley.

Source: www.nytimes.com

Adam Helwah found this article in the NY Times. Interesting take on the history and demise of Google Glass. What do you think? Will it rise up like a phoenix again, new and improved someday, or will Microsoft’s HoloLense pick up the pieces? Or…will something else emerge in time? Put your comments below. 

–techcommgeekmom

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I’m here to tell you something really important… Not every piece you publish on social media has to be epic. Now that that weight is off your shoulder, you can relax. Don’t get me wrong, publis…

Source: www.business2community.com

Craig Cardimon posted this article on LinkedIn. After reading this, I thought, "WHEW! That’s a relief!" even though I know the pressure is always on. 

What do you think? Have we raised the bar so high that it defeats the true purpose of content? Include your comments below. 

–techcommgeekmom

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There’s a dearth of women in tech, but there are female figures in WordPress changing the game. Here’s Suzette on empowering women in WordPress…

Source: webdevstudios.com

This is a great article brought to my attention by Mike McAllister via Google+. As a WordPress user, I really like hearing about how WordPress is one of the most female-friendly tech companies, and they do much to encourage younger generations to get involved. Keep up the good work, WordPress! 

–techcommgeekmom

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I sat down with Samantha Snyder, a Student Assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives, to talk about her work. From time to time, the UW Archives has students test various voice recognition programs, and for the last few months Samantha has been testing the software program Dragon NaturallySpeaking. This is an innovative way of processing oral histories, so we were excited to hear how it was going.

Source: blog.oup.com

I found this to be an interesting article, mainly because it provided information of how technology is helping to curate content and convert content into something different.  Long ago in ancient history, stories (content) were passed along through oral storytelling until writing was created to retain the information. This seems like a 21st century way of making that transcription into viable content that will be more exact and retained longer. 

Read this, and let me know what you think. Do you think it impacts how content is retained? Put your comments below. 

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