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…
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I am a fan of sharing information and knowledge. Maybe that is why I enjoy the field of technical communication? It feels natural to share a snippet of knowledge or experience that I have gained. One specific example of this happened earlier this year. A person respected in the technical communication community asked for more experienced technical communicators to meet with some of his students to share stories of career journeys and life experiences in this field. I volunteered right away. We were all matched up with a student who would interview us. I had no idea what to expect, but I can talk and I have opinions! (Insert image of countless heads nodding vigourously at the talking part.) A student contacted me soon after, and we arranged a meeting. They ran the interview, and I “just talked”. It was a pleasant experience, and they seemed quite satisfied with the…
Comments closedOdd title, but hey! It’s my blog! Today is the fifth anniversary of the death of a loved one, so it’s been a weird day. Books were a very big part of our life together, which is why books are mentioned and are actually the main point of this post. He had a way of recommending books to others, even going as far as always picking up copies of favourite books to have on hand to give away. One of the first books he mentioned to me was Appointment in Samarra by John O’Hara. I didn’t know it so I found it and read it. This amazed him. That I actually went out and found a book he mentioned so I could read it for myself. It seemed to me like a logical way to get to know a person – what did they read. He was quite moved. To…
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