Hyperviews Online

Thanks to Online SIG member Eileen Potter for these links.

You can set up an audio blog, a talk show online, at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ The “Writing” category has ]interviews with a “top, new poet” in Texas as voted by the Dallas Literary Society and a place where people can call in and share their writing with an audience.

Digital grafitti characterizes messages left “in mid-air,” tied to GPS coordinates for a given location and seen only when looking at that location through a special device. Look through it and see messages from other people, internet addresses, drawings, any messages entered on the device at that location, floating all around you). How will that change technical writing and copy writing? Eileen suggests we imagine creating content for a travel guide with this technology.
http://unrated.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/digital-graffiti-leave-messages-in-mid-air/

by Bill Thomas, Senior Member, Rocky Mountain Chapter, November, 2006

Since I first joined STC in 1974, there have been discussions of whether Technical Communication is a profession and whether certification for technical communicators would be a good idea. There have been roundtables, articles, recommendations, and hallway discussions in companies, chapter meetings, and presentations at STC conferences.

 With the STC re-vitalization and transformation initiative, there has been renewed interest in certification and a new task force has been formed to look into answers. (more…)

WritersUA has published its 2006 Skills and Technologies Survey results.

Sun Microsystems has made its GNOME Documentation Style Guide available online, including chapters on basics of information design and writing for international audience

Adobe has FAQs that address use Adobe products for technical communication.

This is a new listing for 2006 of online resources for employment and business development, incorporating the information published in 2005 on the old website of the Online SIG. Included are Employment information from STC; Online job listing URLs; Maximing use of online resumes; Social networking; Career resources online; Cost and value: online tools. (more…)

Online SIG annual conference team members Saurabh Kudesia, Kathy Ramsey, and Wanda L. Worley share links they learned of at the Annual Conference. (more…)

The STC Lone Star Community is proud to present the Region 5 Conference for 2006 “The 50 Facets of Technical Communication.” Lone Star is celebrating its 50th year as a chapter and we’re taking this year to look at the many different types of technical communications professionals.

You can find information at
http://region5conf.com/CallforProposals.htm

For questions, contact:
Elisa Miller, Program Chair
email: program@region5conf.com

A few links are posted here for quick reference. (more…)