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Once upon a time, if you said the word “design”, the odds were overwhelmingly likely you were talking about graphic design. But nowadays…

Source: UX vs UI vs IA vs IxD : 4 Confusing Digital Design Terms Defined — Medium

With the amount of acronyms thrown around the IT and tech comm world, I thought this article was timely. I had never heard of IxD, which is what piqued my interest in the article in the first place.  The author seems to give a decent definition of what each role plays, and you might find that your job is a combination of two or more of these types of jobs. I know, as someone who has done a lot of job searching, keeping on top of these acronyms and various job titles is important to get an idea of what’s a good fit for you.

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–TechCommGeekMom

Summary: This post details what is in my Tech Travel Kit. As a frequent presenter, I want to be prepared for any situation and I want it to be easy to execute. It’s a long post, so take your …

Source: The Presenter’s Tech Travel Kit – Single-Sourcing Blog by S3I

I’ve met and seen Liz Fraley on the road, and she’s always prepared! While I know my kit isn’t this extensive (I don’t bring as many devices with me, for starters), I know that I’ve done my best to continue to build my own tech travel kit not only for presentations, but also to work in general, if needed!

Two items that I would add to Liz’s list, depending on how you do your tech while traveling:

a) Portable battery rechargers. In a pinch, if there are no readily available electrical sockets, I have my portable battery recharger. I simply connect the recharging cable to the device and the battery, and voila! I have one larger one that can charge two devices at once, and two smaller ones that are good for one phone charge each. I have another larger one, but that’s a backup to the backup! (Yes, when it comes to power usage, I like having redundancy available.)

b) While it’s a little clunky, if you want to remotely access your laptop that you left at home on your iPad, I recommend Splashtop. It’s free overall, but to access your computer it costs $2/month (that’s not much). You install something on your laptop, and you install the app on your iPad, and provided you’ve allowed an opening in the firewall of your network, you can access your laptop/desktop from home.  I did this during the STC Summit last month.  It wasn’t perfect, but I could still get several things done that I’d only be able to do on my laptop without having to lug that huge laptop around (I have a big developer’s laptop, so it’s not little).

Thanks for the article, Liz!

Do you have any other suggestions? Include them in the comments below.

–TechCommGeekMom

Todd DeLuca, a Pennsylvanian who manages a remote tech writing team, shares with us how volunteering and presenting has elevated his career, what it’s like to manage a technical communication…

Source: Complimentary sandwich featuring Todd DeLuca – Content Content episode 9 | ed marsh dot com

Here’s another great episode of Content Content! I apologize for not posting this sooner! Todd helped put on a great conference with his team, and I’ve known him for a few years now, as he’s a leading member of the STC-PMC (Philadelphia) chapter that I belong to. He even helped me–with others from my chapter–navigate through my first STC Summit back in 2013.  He’s got some great insights about volunteering, and I’ve learned a lot from him in the process.

Take a listen!

–TechCommGeekMom