I attended the Big (D)esign conference in Dallas again – it’s my 4th year attending, and I am still learning new things every year. I saw a lot of sessions that referenced scifi or other pop culture this year, and I really enjoyed them. For example, Ben Judy did a terrific job with his session… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Technical Communication
STC Summit 2013
So much to talk about…. Visualizations What story do you want to tell? But, more importantly, what actions do you want the reader to take? @PhyliseBanner says to try word clouds from wordle.net , check out Tableau for free data visualization tool. Check out Tableau for free data visualization tool, and manyeyes.com for a great… Continue Reading
South by Southwest 2013
South by Southwest interactive festival was, as always, amazing. Though she didn’t get to stay very long, I did get to hang out with Phylise Banner a little bit. We started at the reception for STEM to STEAM (that’s adding “art” into the traditional STEM of science, technology, engineering, and math). The event was sponsored… Continue Reading
STC Elections
Are you in the Society for Technical Communication? Then you know it is now election time. Candidates for the Society offices have been announced, and this is probably the strongest field we’ve seen in a while. It will be a tough, close race for all the contested positions. . A while ago – ok, a… Continue Reading
Intelligent Content 2013
This year marks the 5th year that Ann Rockley has hosted the Intelligent Content Conference (ICC), this time in San Francisco right near Chinatown. I was lucky in that I got to attend once again with my Tucson buddy, Dirk Arnold. It was a ton of fun – and I definitely (as always) learned a… Continue Reading
South by Southwest Panel Picker
As I have been talking about for a while now, I submitted proposals to the big South by Southwest Interactive and Film Festivals (www.sxsw.com) scheduled for next March in Austin, TX. South by Southwest organizers put all proposals up on a site called the Panel Picker, and allow the general public to vote for (or… Continue Reading
Tech Comm, Usability, Publishing, and More – all at South by Southwest
I truly believe that we in the Tech Comm field have spent way too much time and effort talking to ourselves. Don’t get me wrong – I LOVE the STC Annual Summit, where the point is to network with other tech comm professionals. But if we want to grow as a profession, if we want… Continue Reading
Upcoming Lavacon 2010
It looks like I’m only doing one conference this Fall, but it’s a good one! Lavacon 2.0: The Conference on Digital Media and Content Strategies will be in San Diego this year from September 29th to October 2nd. I’ll be giving a talk called “From Nothing to YouTube in 60 Minutes or Less: Software Training… Continue Reading
Phoenix Comic-con
Actually, that should be Phoenix Comicon (one “c”, all one word) but however you spell it, it was an amazing event! It was at the Phoenix Convention Center for the first time (instead of Mesa, as in prior years) and moved to Memorial Day weekend instead of January. Because of these two things (and some… Continue Reading
South by Southwest 2010
Not to restate the obvious, but SXSWi was a blast! For those who don’t know or haven’t been, I’m talking about the annual South by Southwest Interactive Festival, held a few weeks ago in Austin, TX. I joined 15,000 other people to talk about things like publishing, visual thinking, content strategy, accessibility, and more. I… Continue Reading