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Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

I like this article by Scott Nesbitt. I admit that I do this, even if it’s reading it aloud in my head. I’m often told that my writing resembles my speaking patterns, so I trust that this is true. All of Scott’s points in this article are the very reason that you should read your work aloud, especially if it’s a longer piece of content. Does it make sense if someone read it aloud to you? I would think that in tech comm, this is especially true for those working on writing manuals or help files. I often say that if your grandparents can’t understand what you are writing about, then how can anyone else? This is a good practice for making sure that even grandma and grandpa can understand your content. 

–techcommgeekmom

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

I saw this advertised on my Facebook feed, and found it rather clever. I think this is a cool step in integrating educational games for kids while blending virtual reality and reality together. It’s a different concept that I hadn’t seen in quite the same way before.  

 

This appears to be a Kickstarter-type project, so check out the page, and see if it’s something that you think will be good. My son is a little too old for this sort of thing, but I can see how in time, some of the games could be extended for older kids and teens, as well as adults. 

 

This is a cool way to use an iPad or mobile device for educational purposes. 

–techcommgeekmom

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

Hooray! This is the train line that goes through my neighborhood (the trains run behind the yards of my neighbors across the street, about 100 yards away). I also know a lot of commuters on these Northeast Corridor lines, so I’m sure they’ll love it. If I ever end up as one of those commuters, I will be very happy for this as well. 

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

This is a great infographic brought to my attention by Christopher Pappas. I can vouch for many of the results of some of these results from personal experience, being that I earned my Masters degree from an online program. I hope that I’ll be able to do another online program in the future–that’s how much I believe in online learning! 

–techcommgeekmom 

 

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

I find this story interesting. While we talk a lot about content localization and translation, as well as about content in and of itself, this is interesting to see how content is being used for artificial intelligence. Part-way through reading the transcript, I think I might have picked up that this was not a human. I’ve spoken/written with enough people whose written language skills weren’t good to know. Still, it’s a pretty close attempt and worth noting. 

 

It makes me wonder if in time, technical communicators will be responsible for writing the content for artificial intelligence. Maybe. Time will tell, so it’s important to take note of this milestone. 

–techcommgeekmom