CPTSC Reception/keynote
San Francisco, CA
Written: Day 1 10/12, local time 9:05 pm
After a long day of travel and networking and the opening events of CPTSC, I am back in my hotel, with a lovely view of the ocean (which I can’t see because it is dark). It is past midnight my time, which made the last […]
I attended and presented at CPTSC Oct 12-14 in San Francisco, CA and am about to put some posts up on it (one immediately and the others over the next few days). One of these I wrote right after the keynote and the rest will be written and posted directly to this. I intend to […]
This is a video clever parody of what would happen if MS was designing the box for the iPod. It clearly shows the differences between Apple and MS products, at least as far as marketing goes. I think part of the appeal of the Apple products is the simplicity, a simplicity we do not get […]
Call for Proposals:
Special Issue on Program Review and Assessment in Technical Communication: Perspectives from Academe and Industry
Technical Communication, the journal of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), is currently soliciting article proposals for an upcoming special issue on the review and assessment of technical communication programs in higher education. This special issue will be published […]
Parallelism of lists and other items is key in technical communication. For example, in resumes one should have a parallel list of active verbs to describe their work experience—each bullet should start with an active verb in the same tense and thus it is parallel. Another example: if one was to list… say beer and […]
For those who are interested:
ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF TECHNICAL WRITING
10TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
200 word proposals due: October 15, 2006. Conference date: Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 8:30 a.m. In conjunction with the 2007 CCCC Annual Convention, March 21-24, New York City, New York
RESILIENCE: REBUILDING (IN) NEW YORK We take the City of New York as our example […]
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