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Why is there a divide between academics and practitioners in tech comm? Tip: Check out the podcast I recorded on this same topic here: Podcast: The divide between academics and practitioners — Interview with Lisa Meloncon. The divide between practitioners and academics TechCommGeekMom recently attended IEEE ProComm in Ireland and wrote an interesting post highlighting the divide that exists between practitioners and academics. I’ve been interested in this divide for some time. In some regards,

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Thanks to EMOO.EU for featuring and commenting my article. It was interesting to read, because I realized that the quotes must have been translated from English to another language back to English!  I need to work more on writing more standard or neutral English, it appears! 

 

In the meantime, the author and I seem to be coming to similar conclusions about the divide between academia and practitioners, and the author makes some valid recommendations to help bridge that gap at the end of the article. 

 

What do you think? Do you agree with this author’s position? Do you agree with the recommentations? Comment below. 

–techcommgeekmom

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Harvard’s Steven Pinker sets the record straight.

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This is a great article that goes over some basic grammatical misnomers that are often made. Many of these are not only covered in Steven Pinker’s writings, but Marcia Riefer Johnston also writes about these and other similar topics in her book, "Word Up!" 

 

The author of this article also references H.W. Fowler, who was the author of "The Dictionary of Modern Usage", which was the first book of its kind that I used. I found it helpful on many occasions. 

 

I’ll have to check out more of Steven Pinker’s works in the near future. 

 

Do you agree with the rules mentioned in this article? Comment below. 

–techcommgeekmom

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Tech writer turned content marketer and strategist Marcia Riefer Johnston (@marciarjohnston) discusses her career transitions, her two highly rated books, and her strong love of Strunk and White. A…

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Ed Marsh of ContentContent has posted another podcast–and it’s with Marcia Riefer Johnston! Two of my favorite people having a conversation, and I get to listen in! Brilliant! 

 

Take a listen…Marcia always has fantastic insights to things. I’m lucky enough to call both Ed and Marcia good friends of mine. 🙂

 

Listen, listen! 

–techcommgeekmom

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Here you are! My ultimate list of techcomm resources.

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Wow! I’ve never been included in a list like this before! And I’m included with such great company, as well! 

 

Thank you, Greta Boller, for including me in this list! I truly appreciate it! 🙂 

 

Check out some of the other listings as well. Greta’s made some very good choices here, and I would recommend these choices as well! 

 

–techcommgeekmom

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George Takei had posted this through his social media outlets. This is funny, but at the same time, this is a perfect example of how localization and translation can go awry if not done correctly. It took me a while to realize that "melons" probably were "muggles".  Take a look, have a good laugh, and then remember that what you write–or say–can easily be misinterpreted!

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