I’d Rather Be Writing – Tom Johnson

Theme Parks and External and Internal Input

Thursday, November 5th, 2009 Posted in Creativity | 7 Comments »

This week I've been on vacation in Florida, visiting my family and touring the theme parks -- Seaworld, Disneyworld, and (soon) Busch Gardens. I used to live in Florida and ... Read more..

Podcast: Debunking the Boredom Myth of Technical Writing

Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Podcasts | 7 Comments »

[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/byuidaho.mp3] Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Duration: 55 min. Several weeks ago I wrote about my trip to Brigham Young University-Idaho and the presentation I gave there titled ... Read more..

Becoming a Writer — Reflections on a Trip to Idaho

Monday, October 13th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 14 Comments »

[caption id="attachment_2087" align="alignright" width="400" caption="The Boredom Myth: Unlike what a tech comm professor taught me, tech writing is more than just formatting the layout of phone books."][/caption] Last week I drove ... Read more..

Online Anonymous Rating Sites: Empowering Individual Voices

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 Posted in Web 2.0 | 9 Comments »

In looking for an apartment, I found ApartmentRatings.com tremendously helpful. This site allows residents to anonymously rate and comment about their apartment complex. After reading the comments residents wrote about Hunter's ... Read more..