Archive for the 'Blogging' Category

A Digg for Technical Communicators

Tom Johnson of IWBW has created a social news service for Technical Communicators.
I’ve been a long-time reader of Digg.com, but just last week it dawned on me that it would be really great if there were a Digg-like site for technical communication. So I decided to create one. It’s called WriterRiver.com and it’s pretty much [...]

Unrelated ramblings

OK, so I haven’t been around here much, but that’s not totally my fault. I blame it on overtime at work, a short vacation to Virginia, and a healthy dose of using my spare time to pwn N00bs on Mario Kart Wii.**
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Blogpolar

- Adj. -
Relating to a major writing disorder that is characterized by repeated episodes of manic posting and depressive (light) posting.

- Ety. - Dual. ‘Blog’, Sl., from Interwebianus Mamas Basementia, meaning ‘record of one desperate in some way for attention’; ‘Polar’, adj., from Realitus, meaning ‘having two opposing extremes’.
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Are the bells tolling yet again for RoboHelp?

Charles Jeter has been doing some excellent cyber-detective work and uncovered some odd corporate accounting practices over at Adobe.
It all started with the Jetman wondering why RoboHelp wasn’t included in Adobe’s SEC and investor relations documents, and went from there.
CJ has repeatedly asked for a statement from Adobe or their product evangelists, but so far, [...]

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Tech Comm blog survey

The STC Suncoast Chapter has created a very simple survey for readers of technical communication blogs. The survey is short & sweet. Chime in and let your preferences be heard.
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H/Ts: Tom Johnson @ IRBW & Helpstuff.

Adobe tech comm blog

Vivek Jain, project manager of FrameMaker and RoboHelp, launched a blog yesterday. Might be worth adding to your aggregator.
H/T: Palimpsest.




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