I consider myself a curious person. I was constantly questioning as a kid, much to the chagrin of my fifth grade teacher. I recall that he wrote in my yearbook, “Keep asking questions, but when you ask, listen and learn.” How fortunate I could become a professional technical writer, where curiosity and asking “how does […]
FLOSS Manuals interview for the Puget Sound STC chapter newsletter
Robert Reynolds contacted me requesting an interview for the STC Puget Sound chapter newsletter. It was published in PDF form, Writing for Free/Libre Open Source Software, but with permission, I’m using it for a blog entry as well. Thanks again, Robert! Writing for Free/Libre Open Source Software By Robert Reynolds When Tomas Krag needed a […]
STC Live Web Seminar – Climbing the Levels of Collaboration: How to Harness the Power of Crowds (or your new co-authors)
I’ll be presenting a webinar on Thursday September 10th at 1:00 EST about collaborative authoring techniques. Here’s the session description: Groups can take action even quicker than ever before in history thanks to tools that amplify group communications such as wikis, blogs, forums, social networks, and instant messaging. There are distinct levels of collaboration that […]