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Tag Archives: tech comm
Content in the Age of Coronavirus
Welcome to day 4-ish of my self-quarantine from the coronavirus pandemic. I say 4-ish because I went out on Sunday, but once I came back, I’ve stayed home every since. I went for a walk with my husband around the … Continue reading
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Tagged content experience, content storytelling, content strategy, digital literacy, Distance Learning, DIY education, e-learning, education, elearning, instructional design, Jimmy Fallon, Learning, social media, STC, storytelling, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, The Tonight Show
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The COVID19 pandemic is spurring more online learning
While I’ve been talking about how it took a pandemic to truly begin to show companies that remote working is a viable option for many, I’m starting to see that it also applies to online learning. In light of the … Continue reading
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Tagged digital literacy, Distance Learning, DIY education, e-learning, edupunk, elearning, higher ed, higher education, instructional design, instructional design and technology, Learning, m-learning, m-learning tools, mlearning, mobile, mobile learning, Online Teaching and Learning, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications
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Structure and Semantics for Context – Simple A
Simple A’s Maxwell Hoffman happens to be a good friend and mentor of mine. I’m lucky and honored to have him as one of my cheerleaders. Maxwell recently wrote and excellent article about structure and semantics for context in content … Continue reading
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Tagged content model, content modelling, content strategy, customer experience, CX, DITA, intelligent content, Maxwell Hoffmann, semantics, Simple A, structure, structured content, tech comm, TechCommGeekMom, Technical communication, technical communications, technical writing, user experience, UX
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Virus puts gig economy to the test – LinkedIn
It’s amazing to see how suddenly companies are taking coronavirus/COVID19 so seriously, and suddenly allowing remote work in droves. In light of this, my friend Ken Ronkowitz shared this link on LinkedIn which covers a few articles and comments about … Continue reading
Who knew it’d be a pandemic to encourage remote work?
It is early March 2020. At this writing, the coronavirus (also known as COVID19) pandemic is slowly taking over, and people are starting to realize that they need to take it seriously. Unlike other pandemics in the past (last big … Continue reading
Maybe It’s Not Content Management Anymore. Maybe It’s Context Management/Associations Now
Maybe It’s Not Content Management Anymore. Maybe It’s Context Management. Thanks to Tina Howe for sharing this on her Twitter feed. Just from the title alone, the concept is a little mind-blowing. How would you abandon content management after so … Continue reading
When being a Yes person doesn’t work
I know I’ve been away from this blog far too much in the past year. Well, things have been busy, and confusing, and complicated, to say the least. I’ll leave it at that right now. I started writing this article … Continue reading
A Reminder That ‘Fake News’ Is An Information Literacy Problem – Not A Technology Problem
Beneath all “fake news,” misinformation, disinformation, digital falsehoods and foreign influence lies society’s failure to teach its citizenry information literacy: how to think critically about the deluge of information that confronts them in our modern digital age. — Read on … Continue reading
Which way do you like it–Top down, or bottom up?
Okay, first of all, get your mind out of the gutter. It’s not that kind of discussion. But it is a discussion about content strategy–because, you know, this is a tech comm blog. Here’s where I’m going with this. I … Continue reading
Glassblowing and tech comm–what’s the connection?
I know it’s been a while since I’ve written. The last year or so has been overwhelming as I overloaded myself with too many things, and I’m actually in the process of trying to reclaim myself and my time in … Continue reading
