Month: October 2024

I just attended the LavaCon Content Strategy Conference (for content professions, a.k.a. technical communicators, technical writers, and MANY more) for the first time ever, and it was like Christmas and my birthday all at once. I attended the Virtual Track from the comfort of my home, so I was not in Portland, Oregon. Thanks to the very professional setup and management, the conference was marvelous, and I loved it. The Virtual Track will go on my wish list for 2025 for sure. Only virtual because I want to avoid flying. My mind is still trying to wrap around where to begin summarising for my work colleagues. If pressed to tell you my top takeaways, here is what I’d say: 1. Accept our responsibility (our duty, even) to become AI literate and teach others and think hard about potential abuses. This is just one gem from Noz Urbina‘s profound talk entitled…