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  • How to Incorporate Twitter into Your Presentation

    Sunday, November 15th, 2009 Posted in Web 2.0 | 13 Comments »

    At the Intermountain STC workshop this morning, we talked about how to build an online presence. During my portion of the workshop, I facilitated a discussion using Twitter. With the ... Read more..

    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..

    Creativity in the Workplace

    Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 Posted in Creativity, Technical Writing | 15 Comments »

    In previous posts, I've explored whether technical writing is boring. Penelope Trunk's latest post, All advice on how to manage creative people is awful, made me see the topic of workplace ... Read more..

    Why teens don’t use Twitter

    Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

    Fascinating NYTimes.com article about why teenagers don't use Twitter (linked by Eddie VanArsdall). A few reasons teens avoid Twitter: it makes it difficult to hide what they're doing, parents don't ... Read more..

    Podcast with Anne Gentle about her Conversation and Community book

    Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Podcasts, Web 2.0 | 4 Comments »

    [amazon-product align="right"]0982219113[/amazon-product][audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/conversationandcommunity.mp3] Download MP3 Length: 40 min. As a follow-up to my review of Anne Gentle's book, [amazon-product type="text" text="Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation"]0982219113[/amazon-product], I also interviewed her for ... Read more..

    Review of Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation

    Monday, August 24th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

    [amazon-product align="right"]0982219113[/amazon-product] One of the perks about being a blogger is that authors occasionally send me their books to review. Recently Anne Gentle sent me her new book, [amazon-product type="text" text="Conversation ... Read more..

    What Users Don’t Care About

    Saturday, July 11th, 2009 Posted in Technical Writing | 24 Comments »

    It seems most of the conversations in our industry today revolve around value. If you go to stc.org, the large graphic at the center of the site says "The Value ... Read more..

    Iran: Just What Twitter Needed? | The Blog Herald

    Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

    Iran: Just What Twitter Needed? | The Blog Herald. It's interesting how the adoption and success of technology, such as Twitter, can be highly catalyzed by world events. It's a ... Read more..

    Love, love, | just write click

    Friday, May 22nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

    Love, love, | just write click. Read more..

    stc09 – Twitter Search

    Monday, May 4th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

    stc09 - Twitter Search. Follow what's going on at STC here. Read more..