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Tag Archives: singular experience
Music is the ultimate single-sourcing resource
A few years ago, I wrote an article for someone else about how music was used in remixes and mashups, but it never got published. Even so, I was reminded of how music has a lot of reuse due to two … Continue reading
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Tagged 1812 Overture, 9th Symphony, Beatles, Beethoven, Choral Symphony, content strategy, copyright, digital literacy, edupunk, George Harrison, John Lennon, Learning, mashups, music, Paul McCartney, Penny Lane, remixes, Ringo Starr, sampling, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, single sourcing, singular experience, social media, Strawberry Fields Forever, Tchaikovsky, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing
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How Statistics Solved a 175 Year Old Mystery About Alexander Hamilton
What do Alexander Hamilton, Harry Potter, and Bayesian Statistics Have in Common? Source: How Statistics Solved a 175 Year Old Mystery About Alexander Hamilton Oh, when I read this, I knew this would appeal to the history geek in me, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Bayesian Statistics, content strategy, digital literacy, DITA, DITA/XML, Federalist Papers, Framemaker, Hamilton, Harry Potter, James Madison, Mark Lewis, single sourcing, singular experience, statistics, tech comm, tech comm software, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, XML, XML analytics, XML Metrics
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Technical and social challenges of conversational design — uxdesign.cc – User Experience Design
I made my website conversational. Here is what I learned. Source: Technical and social challenges of conversational design — uxdesign.cc – User Experience Design Thanks to Madonnalisa Gonzales Chan for posting this on the Content Strategists’ group on Facebook. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Auto-bots, content, content strategy, conversational design, digital literacy, singular experience, social media, tech comm, tech comm software, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, UI design, UI strategy, user experience, user interface, UX, UX design, UX strategy
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Being paid to write–for the first time!
While I’ve spent years blogging and talking about being a technical writer, I haven’t actually been a technical writer except for doing projects in grad school–until now. In the last two months, I’ve started a position as a content/technical writer … Continue reading
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Tagged content strategy, content writer, copydecks, copywriting, digital literacy, DITA, knowledge management, Learning, single sourcing, singular experience, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, templates, UI, UI design, UX, UX design, UX/UI design, XML authoring
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Is this how compliance training should be done?
I’ve recently taken on a new “adventure” working for a large pharmaceutical company. Now, I’ve worked for pharmaceutical companies before, but it’s been more than 20 years since my last job in the industry. One of the things I’ve been … Continue reading
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Tagged adult learning, Articulate, Captivate, compliance training, consultant training, content strategy, contingent training, corporate training, digital literacy, Distance Learning, DIY education, e-learning, education, elearning, employee training, instructional design, instructional design and technology, Learning, m-learning, m-learning tools, Methods and Theories, mlearning, mobile learning, Online Teaching and Learning, pharma, pharmaceutical, regulatory compliance, regulatory training, singular experience, tech comm, tech comm software, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing
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RoboHelp 2015 Release is a big step forward!
The last few weeks–in fact, the last couple of months–have been so busy for me that I can’t always finish what I need to get done. One of the things on my long to-do list has been writing up a review … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe RoboHelp, Adobe Technical Communications Suite, content strategy, Maxwell Hoffmann, mobile, RH, RoboHelp, RoboHelp 2015 release, single sourcing, singular experience, social media, tech comm, tech comm software, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing
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TechCommGeekMom’s New Adventure: Do you DAIR?
I’ve mentioned on a few occasions that with the completion of my contract at BASF, I would have to figure out what my next move would be. Job hunting is something that I dread, especially since the region where I … Continue reading
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Tagged content strategy, Dair Comm, Dair Communications, daircomm, digital literacy, Distance Learning, DIY education, education, edupunk, female owned tech comm companies, freelance, freelancing, freelancing in tech comm, independence, independent consultant, independent consulting, independent tech comm consulting, Information Development World, new tech comm company, own tech comm business, singular experience, social media, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, TechCommGeekMom is going out on her own, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, The Content Wrangler
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Win an All-Access Pass to Information Development World 2015! Here’s how.
It’s great to see so many of my readers are as excited as I am about going to this year’s Information Development World conference. This event, organized by Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler, and Val Swisher, Content Rules, takes place … Continue reading
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Tagged #WhyMe, @ InfoDev World, @InfoDevWorld, All Access Pass, All Access ticket, content strategy, DIY education, edupunk, free workshop, IDW, Information Development World, Learning, m-learning tools, Scott Abel, single sourcing, singular experience, social media, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, The Content Wrangler, Twitter, Why I'll Win, workshop
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IDW looks like an awesome event–can’t wait to go!
Last year, I was really disappointed that I couldn’t go to the inaugural Information Development World (IDW) conference in San Jose, CA. I knew, since it’s produced by The Content Wrangler and Content Rules, that it would be a top-notch event. … Continue reading
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Tagged @InfoDevWorld, analytics, CA, California, conference, content engineering, content engineering. localization, content experience, Content management, content marketing, Content Rules, customer experience, customer-centric, data, data and analytics, digital literacy, digital publishing, DIY education, edupunk, event, IDW, Information Development World, instructors, Language, Learning, Methods and Theories, presenters, San Jose, San Jose CA, Scott Abel, single sourcing, singular experience, social media, tech comm, tech comm software, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, The Content Wrangler, translation, Twitter, user interface, user strategy, Val Swisher, web design, workshops, www.informationdevelopmentworld.com
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