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Talking to Ellis Pratt about Conversation and Community

{ Posted on Sep 17 2009 by annegentle }

Tags : answers, career, future, interview, profession, questions, slides, social media, technical writing, video, writing
Categories : social media, techpubs, writing

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 »

Levels of difficulty and stress in a technical writer job

{ Posted on Aug 30 2007 by annegentle }

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Tags : Brazen Careerist, career, interview, interview questions, managers, questions, stress, technical writing, techpubs, work, writing
Categories : techpubs

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 »

A recent graduate talks about her experiences getting a masters degree in technical communication

{ Posted on Aug 23 2007 by annegentle }

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Tags : education, graduate degree, graduate program, graduate school, higher education, interview, jobs, MTSC, portfolio, ROI, scientific communication, technical communication, techpubs, tools, undergraduate, value
Categories : techpubs

In my previous post, I interviewed Diane Fleming who had completed a graduate degree in technical writing later in her career. Today's interview is with Melissa Burpo, who has completed the coursework and internship portions of the graduate program but ...Read More »

Should I get a graduate degree in technical writing? Interviews with those who have

{ Posted on Aug 21 2007 by annegentle }

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Tags : education, graduate degree, graduate program, graduate school, higher education, interview, jobs, portfolio, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, ROI, RPI, scientific communication, technical communication, techpubs, tools, undergraduate, value
Categories : techpubs

It's no secret that I have a masters degree in technical and scientific communication from Miami University. With all the hype about Web 2.0, outsourcing, crowdsourcing, and social media like wikis, an interesting question that I get asked occasionally is, ...Read More »

Interview about wikis for tech doc with Dee Elling of CodeGear

{ Posted on Jul 26 2007 by annegentle }

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Tags : content, customer created content, customer feedback, intellectual property, interview, rss, social media, techpubs, techpubs manager, wiki, writing
Categories : wiki

While researching my STC Intercom article about wikis and technical documentation to be published in a few months, I interviewed Dee Elling via phone and email because she left a helpful comment on my talk.bmc.com blog entry about a DITA ...Read More »