Posts Tagged ‘stc2008’

STC2008 – Wrap up STC Summit trip report

{ Posted on Jun 09 2008 by annegentle }
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I had a great time in Philly for the STC Summit, and here are some of my takeaways. Collaboration is a huge part of our jobs, whether it's finding others in your company to collaborate with as the two technical writers ...Read More »

STC2008 – International Collaboration in Technical Communication

{ Posted on Jun 06 2008 by annegentle }
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Here are my notes from the International Collaboration panel at the Society for Technical Communication conference. Moderator Alan Houser - He's had one day of calls with people in four different countries. Asked questions of the four panelists: Rahul Prabhakar - Samsung ...Read More »

STC2008 – Mining Web 2.0 Content for Enterprise Gold

{ Posted on Jun 06 2008 by annegentle }
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Most definitions of Web 2. 0 are illustrative, but Michael Priestly prefers text. He'll pick 2 core Web 2.0 concepts for today's talk - wikis and mashups to discuss, but there's also blogs, tagging, social networking that could also be mined. Wiki's ...Read More »

STC2008 – Engaging diverse audiences with screencasts, wikis, and blogs

{ Posted on Jun 05 2008 by annegentle }
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Two Sun microsystems writers from southern Cal Gail Chappell gail.chappell@sun.com Cindy Church cindy.church@sun.com "Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine." Robert C. Gallagher (author) Audience - college age developers, industry-savvy developers working in the workforce coding enterprise apps Documented NetBeans Ruby - tool ...Read More »

STC2008 – Writing as an Asynchronous Conversation

{ Posted on Jun 03 2008 by annegentle }
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I had high expectations for Ginny Redish's talk at STC this year, and she did not disappoint. It was wonderful to have my ideas about conversation and technical communication vetted and couched in academic terms such as linguistics, pragmatics, and ...Read More »