Sometimes, if you look out the corner of your eye, you might see your life zip by in a blur. You’re moving so fast with family, work, home and all sorts of responsibilities that the days just meld one into the other. Holidays go even faster, discernable only by the shape of the chocolate. But [...]
Twitter Discussion Experiment: Lessons Learned
July 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Today I ran an experiment to use Twitter for a discussion. It was an hour long and went quickly. There were excellent discussions by the participants. Here are some quick thoughts I have about the experiment.
Managing the Discussion
The discussions went in different directions than originally planned, but it was a good discussion; I didn’t want [...]
Twitter Real-time Discussion Experiment
July 9, 2010 By 4 Comments
Today, at 10 am PDT, I’ll run a Twitter experiment to see how a discussion might work. Here’s information about it. I’d appreciate it if you’d jump in and participate. I think it’ll be fun, and we’ll likely learn something. Always do with these experiments. I don’t know how many will participate, but will plan [...]
Your Docs: Thought About Adaptability?
July 7, 2010 By 1 Comment
There’s usability, accessibility, and readability that we’re all well aware of. I’d like to toss in one more to the mix: adaptability. By this I mean the ability to change docs on the fly to accommodate real-time actions in social media or due to user-generated content that needs to be addressed rather quickly.
How adaptable are [...]
Proposal: Expand Use of Tech Comm Hashtags
June 14, 2010 By 1 Comment
Hashtags have long been an integral component of Twitter. They offer much: ability to sort tweets into categories, quickly find and track information for a particular topic, and customize as needed for a brief interval or long-term use.
Given the transient nature of tweets, hashtags also provide a way to capture information and review historical [...]
The Magic of Touchscreens and HTML5
May 26, 2010 By 1 Comment
This grabbed me yesterday. The info I want to discuss is longer than a tweet, shorter than a regular blog post, but I just have to get this out until I can start testing it. So – here’s an interim thought. Just can’t drop everything to think about this at the moment. If nothing else, be [...]
(1-Yr Archive) The Future: Doc Management
May 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Yes, everything has changed. These posts relate more to documentation planning and management, and ways to keep up with changes.
Changes
These posts cover my thoughts on managing the new methods and changes.
Let’s Reinvent Technical Writing
A New Doc Strategy
The Changing Role of Writers and Editors
Methods
Keep up. Keep up. Keep up. The world is spinning faster. Will it [...]
(1-Yr Archive) New Writing Methodologies
May 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Tech writing is changing, has changed, and the old ways won’t work any longer. Many of my posts over the past year address those considerations. Here they are.
Writing Styles
Smaller screens. Smaller devices. Smaller word counts, don’t you think?
Think Mobile When You Write
Cut, Cut, Cut Your Content and Procedures
Video and Touchscreens
Well, keyboards and Flash are perhaps [...]
(1-Yr Archive) Writing Procedures in Twitter
May 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I ran a series of posts about the effect that real-time is having on documentation. Real-time is, of course, changing everything, and impacts documentation as well. As part of research, I tested some procedures in Twitter to see what would happen. The emphasis was on dealing with a “crisis” situation – one in which immediate [...]
(1-Yr Archive) Fav Post: Might We Become Walking Computers?
May 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’m going to be going through my archives from my first year (see other post) and present some again.
This archive post is a definite peek at the future. I had been reading about cool technologies either in place or in development. The post ties it all together, envisioning a time where we wear different components [...]