Honored to be considered one of 25 techcomm MIBs

by techcommdood on July 29, 2010

I’d like to take a moment to thank mindtouch and Mark Fidelman for even considering me in the evaluation and ranking of influential technical communication bloggers. I am honored with the distinction of being placed in the top 25.

I’ll be following up at a point when I have a bit more time with a related blog exploring some of the rating criteria, but I did want to pause from my crazy schedule as of late to say thank you. This has truly made my day. :)

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Conference hotel Wi-Fi pricing: Your thoughts, please

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I’m trying to collect thoughts on Wi-Fi pricing at conference hotels. While many US motels and lower star hotels provide free internet access of some kind (wired in room or Wi-Fi throughout), most higher star hotels and conference centers still charge for Wi-Fi access.
Conference attendees seem like prime targets for gouging. History shows that they [...]

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STC student member voting results

July 22, 2010 Uncategorized

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Members say YES. Board says NO.
Despite 63.2% of voters in favor of some allowance of student voting, the Board chose to ignore the vote results favoring change and to instead stay the course (wherever that course is leading). I am extremely disappointed in this decision, and my faith in the Board’s ability to enable positive [...]

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How we should certify technical communicators

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The whole certification discussion right now has me thinking…
Some of the arguments against it (and folks, it’s in concept flesh-out mode; give it time to grow some meat on its bones before you pick it clean) seem as logical as the process of determining whether someone is a witch.
Sorry for the aside. I [...]

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Common Technical Communication Myths

July 19, 2010 Careers

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The whole certification thread on TechWr-L has me thinking that much of the certification opposition is unfounded. That is, most voicing opposition are doing so from a very subjective if not emotional standpoint. I’m neither for nor against certification at this time. I want to see what STC comes up with. So far, [...]

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MadCap offers MadCamp training seminar

July 14, 2010 Uncategorized

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I received the following email and thought to share it with you all.
MadCap Software would like to remind you there is still time to signup for MadCap’s MadCamp, the 4-day intensive training seminar covering a range of technical writing topics, including advanced single-souring and CSS development.
The exclusive 4-day training seminar will cover:
* Basic/Intermediate [...]

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Should STC Summit adopt social media event tools?

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I’d posed this question in a few circles to mixed feedback. While some agree it is more than time for STC to step up and employ more interactive/informative technologies, others seem averted to the idea, in some cases seeing it as an attack on those who aren’t riding the tech/social media trend.
The idea is simple: [...]

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I bit the wax tadpole

June 29, 2010 Humor

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Language is an amazing and beautiful yet dangerous thing, especially when crossing its barriers. Just as Coca-Cola learned about it’s Mandarin transliteration, I too recently discovered an interesting twist to my long-standing personal brand ‘techcommdood’. One of my LinkedIn connections wrote me with the following:
I can see the dude/dood [...]

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iPhone spelling suggestions (enough is enough)

June 28, 2010 Uncategorized

I’ve had my iPhone for about two years now, and although I am extremely happy with the device overall, there are still some features and behaviors that bother me. One in particular: the spelling suggestions that pop up when you’re composing on the iPhone.
The default behavior is to show one (not several, but one) suggestion [...]

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Beginnings of an idea: How I think STC should approach initiatives

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All this RFP talk on Twitter and on the SIG Leaders mailing list has got me to thinking: How can STC efficiently plan, track, and implement initiatives?
The RFP process is old-school. It’s slow. It’s tedious. STC Board doesn’t have time; they need to be attending to Board matters. STC Office doesn’t have time; they need to [...]

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