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Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

RJ Jacquez posted this article on his Facebook feed, and it’s definitely interesting. I know both he and I have talked about the emergence of Surface, and how we weren’t too impressed by it initially, but this article seems to support how Windows in mobile is better supported with the Windows phone OS versus the Surface OS/Windows 8.1 (although there are signs that things are getting on the right track). Definitely an interesting read. 

–techcommgeekmom

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

This is so awesome! I came across this via one of my Doctor Who connections/groups on Google+. Of course, having Tom Baker (the actor who played the 4th Doctor) and Douglas Adams (most known as the author of "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy") doesn’t hurt! We talked a lot about hypertext theory when I was a tech comm grad student, and having a good understanding of this applies to all technical communicators–what is your content? How did your audience get to that content? How do we personalize it? Where could your audience be directed from your content? I wish I had known about this little documentary back in grad school! I think it would’ve been most helpful–and a fun way to learn the basics, even if the context is a little outdated since this was made in the early 1990s.  A good refresher for all technical communicators!  

–techcommgeekmom

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

This is a cool teaching concept for kids to learn more about computing–both from the hardware and software perspectives. The idea was to create something that could be fun like a toy, but a teachable object. 

 

If someone wants to get one of these for me for Christmas, it would make me happy! I wish we had stuff like this when I was a kid. I’d probably share this with my son, since the site talks about using this in conjunction with Minecraft, which is something my son LOVES.

 

Check this out!

–techcommgeekmom 

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

While many are starting to ask me for blogging advice, I often find myself turning to Darin L. Hammond’s ZipMinis blog for advice. This post by Darin is interesting because many of the pointers are things that I try to incorporate when writing my blog. The topics I cover on my blog are niche topics, so I don’t expect the traffic proposed in this article–yet. Perhaps in time, and applying some more of these pointers, I’ll be able to get those kinds of numbers.  But do read these over–they provide some great insight on the mechanics of writing a good blog and driving up interest. 

–techcommgeekmom

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

Tom Johnson has written another gem on his blog. What’s on my "bucket list" for the next year? Good question. I don’t think many of us really think about the way Tom has portrayed it here.  I know some of my "bucket list" items for this year weren’t done, but then again, I still gained some new but important experiences and skills that will help me in tech comm. I’m sure I’ll set some new goals for the next year with new skill sets and such, but it’s hard to say what specifically. Learn a new software app or package? Learn a new computer language (or at least how to read it)?  This is a great article to get one thinking about how to keep things moving in a career!

–techcommgeekmom