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Word Up! ain’t just a Cameo song: A TechCommGeekMom book review
Being that I came of age in the late 1980s, my immediate thought when I hear the words, “Word Up!” is the Cameo song playing with all its funkalicious glory. But now, “Word Up!” has a new meaning for me … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Systems, Adobe Technical Communications Suite, Asia, better creative writing, better technical writing, better writing, book review, creative writing, digital literacy, Distance Learning, DIY education, e-learning, e-learning specialist, education, elearning, English language, Framemaker, higher ed, higher education, Lavacon, Learning, m-learning, Marcia Riefer Johnston, Methods and Theories, Microsoft, Online Teaching and Learning, powerful writing, social media, style guide, Style Guides, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, Thought, World Learning
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Adobe Day at LavaCon 2012 Roundup!
This post is just a quick summary of the Adobe Day at LavaCon 2012 series from this past week. As you see, there was so much information that it took six posts to try to summarize the event! Being in … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe Day, Adobe Day presentations, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe RoboHelp, Adobe Systems, adobe technical communications, Adobe Technical Communications Suite, Android, Ankur Jain, Apple, authoring for different devices, Business, business value, CMS, content, Content management, content management tools, Content Rules, Content Rules Inc., content strategy, Content Wrangler, CSS 3, Darwin Information Typing Architecture, digital literacy, DITA, DITA metrics 101, Ecuador, English language, Facebook, Framemaker, global content, global ready content, Google, Guy Kawasaki, HTML/CSS, HTML5, HTML5/CSS3, iPad, IPhone, Joe, Joe Welinske, Lavacon, Lavacon 2012, localization, m-learning tools, marcom, marcomm, Mark Lewis, marketing communications, marketing documentation, Maxwell Hoffmann, measurement, Methods and Theories, metrics, mobile, mobile communications, multiscreen authoring, Oregon, page hits, Portland, Portland Oregon, professional conference, Quark, QuarkXMLAuthor, query, reusable content, reuse, reuse content, RoboHelp, ROI, ROI on technical communication, Saibal Bhattacharjee, sales documentation, Sarah O'Keefe, Scott, Scott Abel, SEO, single source, Single source publishing, single sourcing, singular experience, social media, social media community, Spanish language, structured content, structured writing, Style Guides, tech comm, tech comm software, tech comm tools, tech support documentation, tech writer, tech writing, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communication software, technical communications, technical communications tools, technical communicator, Technical writer, technical writing, Thomas Aldous, training, training and development, translation, Translation memory, translation software, translation tools, Twitter, Val Swisher, video, Welinske.com, Writers UA, writing for different devices, writing for mobile content, XML, XML-based, XML/DITA
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Adobe Day Presentations: Part IV – Val Swisher asks, “Are You Global Ready?”
Following a short break after Joe Welinske’s talk about Multi-screen Help Authoring, Val Swisher took to the stage. Val is the founder of Content Rules, Inc., and she spoke about eight simple rules for technical communicators to follow to make content … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Adobe Day, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe RoboHelp, Business, Content management, Content Rules, Content Rules Inc., content strategy, digital literacy, Ecuador, English language, Framemaker, global content, global ready content, Joe Welinske, Lavacon, Lavacon 2012, localization, m-learning tools, Methods and Theories, RoboHelp, single sourcing, singular experience, Spanish language, Style Guides, tech comm, tech comm software, Technical communication, technical communication software, technical communications, technical writing, translation, Translation memory, translation software, translation tools, Val Swisher
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Harvard Business Review: I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why.
Harvard Business Review: I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why. An English professor friend of mine posted this on Facebook, and it struck a chord with me. While I will never claim to be an expert grammarian … Continue reading
