Posts Tagged ‘career’

Career Focus: Community Documentation

{ Posted on Sep 13 2012 by annegentle }
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I gave this interview via email to Mandy Morgan, a senior at Missouri State University this year, majoring in technical writing with a journalism minor. She wrote up a memo for a career focus class based on the interview and ...Read More »

Last sprint, first step

{ Posted on Jan 18 2010 by annegentle }
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This week I'm finishing up an Agile sprint. Not just any sprint, though, my last sprint as a technical writer embedded on a sprint team at ASI. I've learned so much there in the last couple of years that I've ...Read More »

Content curation – a manifesto

{ Posted on Oct 10 2009 by annegentle }
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The phrase "content curator" was one I had to define in the glossary of my book. It seems now that content curator is an idea that others are writing about as well. RJ Jacquez, Adobe product evangelist, tweeted a link to ...Read More »

Talking to Ellis Pratt about Conversation and Community

{ Posted on Sep 17 2009 by annegentle }
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I spoke with Ellis Pratt with Cherryleaf in London from my home in Austin for a video interview last week, and the shortened version is available online now. He had many good questions, ones that I enjoy discussing all the time, ...Read More »

Elsewhere on the web…

{ Posted on Jul 21 2009 by annegentle }
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I have neglected to excerpt and link to some of my posts from the Duo Consulting blog. I've taken a break from writing for them for a few months while finalizing my book, but looking back at these posts, I ...Read More »

How my 5-year-old sees web content

{ Posted on Jul 18 2009 by annegentle }
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I had the funniest inquiry from my five-year-old son today. He said, "Mom, how does the computer know there are new Lego sets?" Now, I didn't launch into a description of Document Engineering: Analyzing and Designing Documents for Business Informatics and ...Read More »

Check her out!

{ Posted on Jun 20 2008 by annegentle }
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Here's my interview for GirlStart, highlighting a technical communication career for the "Check her out!" section of their website. The toughest question for me was the last one! GirlStart is a non-profit based in Austin that empowers girls in math, ...Read More »

STC2008 – From Nightclub DJ to Content Management Consultant

{ Posted on Jun 04 2008 by annegentle }
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Subtitle: Developing a Business Career The Content Wrangler Way From the ever entertaining Scott Abel, this was an invigorating session that still kicks you in the butt to get out of your whiney mode and into a winner mode. Sounds cheesy ...Read More »

Examples of content providers blogging for customers

{ Posted on Mar 26 2008 by annegentle }
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Sarah O'Keefe wrote up a nice summary of the WritersUA Pundits Panel, and Bogo Vatovec (of Bovacon)  made a statement something like this: Introverted technical writers will not be writing help any more and will be replaced with experts moderating support ...Read More »

Levels of difficulty and stress in a technical writer job

{ Posted on Aug 30 2007 by annegentle }
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I have been thinking lately about how to measure the level of stress and difficulty you could expect from a particular technical writing job. Would it be the type of content you write? The output requirements? The deadlines? This post ...Read More »
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