UX Machina: On Being All Things To All People All Of The Time
Jan 21, 2011 By 3 Comments
hile Don wrote about education and industrial design and Lis was focused on UX (read: software/web design), it appears their philosophies collide. Can you be all things to all people all of the time while having a practical career? Is it possible to specialize without pigeon-holing yourself out of the market?
STC 2010 Day Four Super Summary
May 5, 2010 By 6 Comments
Today was both a good day and bad day for me. The good: the sessions were outstanding. The bad: everybody was leaving and there was very little time for me to say goodbye to everyone. So "bye!" Also, survivors of the after party went around eating brains. At one point Robert Armstrong ( @nintey7 ) [...]
My STC Membership: It's All Down to Cost
Dec 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Sadly, this is the last year I will be an Society for Technical Communication (STC) member after more than 15 years. This was a really tough decision for me to make, highly emotional. Because it was emotional I realized my continuing annual renewal was coming from a place of sentimentality and it was time to [...]
Sheep, Chaos, and User Experience
Jul 8, 2009 By 11 Comments
I think the world has moved on past what is considered traditional technical communication. Or at least things have changed enough because of social networking and advanced Web technologies that technical communication is at a critical change-or-die moment.
STC Forums Closed
Jul 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Bill Swallow writes about what the closing of the STC forums means and I totally agree with him (see Thoughts on Closing STC Forum): Third, to shut the forum down and not capture the content herein for use in the replacement service if/when it’s available is short-sighted. The Board has decided to leave it to [...]
In Which I Comment on the STC Issue
Jun 20, 2009 By 11 Comments
Many months ago, prior to this year's annual STC conference, I had been privately expressing my displeasure with STC. For many personal reasons, I was not getting value from the organization. I've been a member for 14 years or so, previous membership manager, web master, and volunteer. During my time as membership manager for the [...]
Unrest by Parkway Drive