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IBM Watson is a cognitive system that”s ushering in the new era of cognitive business. Recently, a group of battered science fiction bots spoke about their …

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I can’t help it! I love this commerical right now! But…it brings up a good point in relation to tech comm. (You knew I’d have to find an angle.) I know there’s technical communicators and digital marketers who have worked on the Watson project.  And ultimately, Watson as a AI is really about content and how we feed it content and what it can deliver back as content. The other robots are solely about weather and world domination (not that there’s anything wrong with that). But I imagine that the goal of Watson is to be as all encompassing a source for information–CONTENT–as possible, without the world domination part (although it might have information about ways to go about it or  a history of failed attempts).  AI is part of the future, and part of where technical communication and content strategy are going.  Will you be part of that? 

 

What do you think? Include your comments below. 

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Most understand the three pillars of business excellence: people, process & technology. A lot of effort has historically been spent, and with good reason, on the people and technology sides of the

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Thanks to Marc Gravez for finding this gem. 

 

Bad documentation costs money, people! Technical communicators, especially tech writers and editors, are TRAINED to write well to save you money…and headaches. This article breaks it down. 

 

Take a a look at the financial impact of bad documentation in this article. 

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Meet the Tumblr account bringing WiFi to Harry Potter

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Just for fun, this article leads to a Tumblr account that’s just pure entertainment that appeals to all Tech, Comm, Geek, and Mom parts of me. It’s the daily "diary" of someone who says he’s the new IT guy at Hogwarts, the school that Harry Potter went to during his younger days. The main author has even slipped in a Doctor Who reference. But it’s all about how magical people need "muggle" technology, and how this guy–and his new assistant–make that happen. 

 

While it has no true technical communication value as far as bolstering my career knowledge, I’m sure anyone who is a fan of tech and Harry Potter will get a kick out of this Tumblr account for those times you need a little levity in your life. It sure made me laugh out loud a few times! 

 

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It’s hard to believe, but every successful freelance writer started at this point. They all had to choose between freelance writing or some other career —

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As someone who aspires to be a full-time freelancer someday, there are some great tips in this article that make sense. First thing is to ease into it! Take a look to see what the other recommendations are…

 

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“Freshly they dresse and make swete my bowre”

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This is a fun page if you watch and especially listen to the video that’s included.  As I listened, I didn’t hear that much "English" as we know it, but there’s Latin (because there’s actually Latin spoken), but it sounded more like Welsh and Gaelic to me!  

 

It made me think about how we look at translation and localization of English now. Who’s to say that a person who speaks English as a second language, or even someone who speaks English as a native language various countries wouldn’t have similar problems in understanding each other now, if we all speak different versions and speak with a different accent? We have that problem now in some cases! This helps put that issue into perspective. I really thought I’d understand more from this video than I did! It was hard! 

 

Take a look and listen, and tell me what you think! 

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