Just a quick update that the educational resources information lists are growing again on TechCommGeekMom! Another addition was made to the Instructional Design Education Resources list. Northwestern University now has an online Master’s degree in Information Design and Strategy. This is now on the list!
To see the entire list, click on the ID/TC Education tab on TechCommGeekMom, or access it here.
If you know of any other new programs–or programs I haven’t included– for either my Instructional Design or Technical Communication educational resources lists, please let me know so I can include it!
The Magicband wields access to the park, replacing virtually every transaction you’d make inside. Bob Croslin If you want to imagine how the world will look in just a few years, once our cell phones become the keepers of both our money and identity, skip Silicon Valley and book a ticket to Orlando. Go to…
I’ve had two instructors in my digital marketing class talk about this technology in the last few weeks. It’s really amazing, and one of the tricks of it all is that a) it’s an amazing example of what wearable devices can do, b) great means of figuring out marketing strategies by tracking (anonymously) the flow of traffic, expenses and such of the customers/guests to help create better experiences down the road, and c) there’s a fine line between the "creepy" factor and not, so that no one feels that their personal information is compromised. It’s genius, in so many ways! I wish I had one of these for any vacation, or even just for everyday! I suppose that the Apple Watch (which I don’t plan to get at this point) is the next closest thing. This makes me want to go to Disney just to try out the technology!
What do you think of these devices? Put your comments below.
One thing that you will often hear content strategists talking about is the need to break down organizational silos. Only then will the necessary content flow from where it is created to where it is needed. It would be more…
Joe Gollner always has compelling discourses about whatever topic he’s discussing. He was one of the first people that I remember talking about "taking down the silos", and here, he’s discussing that well, it’s not so easy, and sometimes there are silos within silos, namely within content management.
Dr. Ryan Weber of the University of Alabama in Huntsville interviewed me about the role of social media in technical communications. He said one of my articles caught his eye, and he decided to contact me to include my thoughts in his series. Wow! Thanks, Ryan, for the opportunity!
We talked about the relationship between how relevant content is growing in importance in the marketing world, and how that content can be shared and discussed through social media with others.
Be sure to check out some of Ryan’s other interviews, too!
Now, if I only could eat this to celebrate, but I’m on a diet. 😦
Can you believe it?
TechCommGeekMom is celebrating another birthday–it’s 3 years old now!
I guess this means it’s not a little baby blog anymore. And by the numbers, it’s definitely grown. Last calendar year, this blog had over 10,000 hits! I’m hoping to do more than that this year, naturally. Based on the stats I’ve seen so far this year, I’m off to a good start!
The blog has also evolved. While it started out concentrating on m-learning and e-learning (and I still try to talk about that when I can), it has shifted more towards where my other interests in tech comm lie, and where my career has shifted me thus far, namely in content strategy. Even more recently, as content strategy evolves and has encouraged me in this direction, I’m starting to include more on digital marketing as it relates to content marketing. And in between, I’ve included articles about technology and education, better ways of writing, thinking about globalization and localization issues, and a whole lot more. I know I have over 900 posts on here between content curated and original posts, and it’s not stopping yet!
Thanks to all who read and support TechCommGeekMom. I still look at this blog as a work in progress, and I always look forward to getting feedback and conversations going on here. That was the whole intent of this blog–to incite conversation and to help share information that can educate my fellow technical communicators! (I think it’s working!) So, thanks again for visiting from time to time, and keep coming back for more! I’m hoping to do new things and continue to grow this blog as time goes on!
Just a quick update that the educational resources information lists are growing again on TechCommGeekMom! Another addition was made to the Instructional Design Education Resources list. Northwestern University now has an online Master’s degree in Information Design and Strategy. This is now on the list!
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