I’d Rather Be Writing – Tom Johnson

Exploring Web 2.0 Possibilities in a SharePoint-Endorsed Environment

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 13 Comments »

I sometimes feel that my life online varies drastically from my life at work. Online, I blog and publish podcasts and write about wikis and Web 2.0. But at work, ... Read more..

Podcast — Social Networking and the Value of User Communities for Technical Communicators

Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in Blogging, Podcasts | 15 Comments »

Download MP3 (right-click, select Save Target As) Duration: 20 min. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/socialnetworks.mp3] In this podcast, I talk with Scott Abel about social networking, in particular The Content Wrangler community he started at TheContentWrangler.ning.com. Scott ... Read more..

NY Times Article Suggests Effects of Blogging = Weight Loss/Gain, Sleep Disorder, Exhaustion, Heart Disease, and Nervous Breakdown

Sunday, April 6th, 2008 Posted in Blogging | 31 Comments »

One of my readers sent me a link to today's New York Times article on blogging titled "In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Til They Drop." I find it ... Read more..

Are You One of the 824 Technical Communicators on Ning Yet?

Saturday, March 15th, 2008 Posted in Blogging, Podcasting, Technical Writing | 2 Comments »

Ning ("peace" in Chinese) is a social network application that allows groups to communicate and connect with each other in seamless, convenient ways. Scott Abel just recently started a new ... 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..