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April 23, 2011 by annegentle

Playing with the Future of Technical Communication

Playing with the Future of Technical Communication

I have a great group of mom friends who also happen to be technical communicators. One day last month, my friend posted this picture her 6-year-old daughter made and asked if technical writing is genetic. Ha! Her mom says, “These are her first 12 steps of 20 that show how to make a Play-Doh apatosaurus.” […]

Filed Under: techpubs, work, writing Tagged With: design, education, future, graphics, illustration, instructions, kids, steps, techcomm, technical communication, technical writing, techpubs

April 15, 2011 by annegentle

Learn about Leveraging the Social Web for Customer Support

The webinar and interview we recorded last week thanks to MindTouch is now available for your listening and viewing pleasure. I had a blast talking to Scott. I thought we might argue a bit on some of the points, but we were in much vehement agreement that day! It’s just over an hour long. video […]

Filed Under: social media, techpubs, work, writing Tagged With: learning, metrics, mindtouch, social, socialmedia, support, webinar

March 9, 2011 by annegentle

Trends and Open Source Writing

Trends and Open Source Writing

I get the greatest emails sometimes, thanks to my blog. Here’s the lead-in line that especially piqued my interest: “I’m researching trends in technical communication for a grad-level writing class,” She had me at trends in technical communication. And research. So of course, I read on. ” and I’ve found lots of posts on the […]

Filed Under: social media, work, writing Tagged With: community, documentation, open source, openstack

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