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The Seven Sins of Blogging, Sin #6, Being Unfindable
Sunday, October 18th, 2009 Posted in Blogging | 17 Comments »
[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/findability7sins.mp3] Download MP3 Length: 25 min. The sixth sin in my ongoing series on the Seven Deadly Sins of Blogging is being unfindable. (The other sins include being fake, irrelevant, boring, unreadable, irresponsible, ... Read more..Managing Your Social Media Profiles and Badges
Sunday, March 8th, 2009 Posted in Blogging | 7 Comments »
Each social media site has its own badge. If you participate in a handful of them -- Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, Tripit, etc -- it can be cumbersome to manage all ... Read more..Generations Change, But Help Formats Remain the Same?
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 11 Comments »
Today should have been a day of great excitement, almost like a coronation. Having struggled with a 175 page user manual for several months, I finally finished a first draft. ... Read more..Uncooperative Subjects: A Comparison of Two Failed Interviews and How to Turn Them Around
Friday, March 14th, 2008 Posted in Podcasting, Screencasting | 6 Comments »
I watched a couple of interviews this week that spiraled downhill. The first is a Luke Burbank interview with the Icelandic band Sigur Ros. The second is a Sarah Lacy ... Read more..Lots of 2008 SXSW Podcasts Now Available
Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in Blogging, Creativity, Podcasting | 3 Comments »
The 2008 South by Southwest Interactive (SXSW) festival, currently underway in Austin, Texas, until March 16, is one of the most popular, high-energy tech conferences of the year. This Interactive conference ... Read more..The Impact of Social Media on Technical Communication — Podcast Interview with Bill Albing
Monday, January 14th, 2008 Posted in Podcasts | 6 Comments »
[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/albing.mp3] Download MP3 Duration: 27 min. In this podcast, I talk with Bill Albing, founder of KeyContent.org, about the impact of social media on technical communication. Bill talks about different ways social media ... Read more..