STC WDC-MB Blog

TranslationJanice (Ginny) Redish, a member of the Washington DC Chapter, has a new book out called “Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works”, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2007, 380 pp., $49.95 (plus s&h; http://www.elsevierdirect.com/product.jsp?isbn=9780123694867 or through http://www.redish.net). The “Communicator’s eNEWS”, Issue 78, September 2007, says that “This is a great guide for a [...]

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TranslationNancy McCord gave a presentation about “Blogging for Search Engines” to the Capital PC User Group on Saturday, 22 September 2007 at the Cleveland Park Library in DC. Because of the popularity of her topic, she set up a resource area where you may download a PDF of her handout. See http://www.mccordweb.com/web-design/downloads.php. The presentation was [...]

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TranslationMOSCOW (AP) – The mayor of a Siberian oil town ordered his bureaucrats to stop using expressions such as “I don’t know” and “I can’t”, or look for another job. Alexander Kuzmin, the 33-year-old mayor of Megion, banned these and 25 other phrases as a way to make his administration more efficient. Saying “I don’t [...]

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TranslationFreelancers and others that work from home or alone have fewer opportunities to network around the water cooler. In this 17-minute enhanced audio podcast, three networking pros reveal how to “break out of solitary confinement” and network successfully. This podcast features an interview between host and technical writer Carolyn Kelley Klinger, technology consultant Gabe Goldberg, [...]

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TranslationAnna Colton, a recruiter with HireStrategy and former technical writer and STC WDC member, shared her thoughts on the right way to quit a job in this blog entry. Don’t have time to read the whole thing right now? Here are some of her words of wisdom that she expands on in the piece. I [...]

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TranslationDuring my career as both a contract and a permanent Technical Writer, I have gotten much of the information that has led to my being hired because of my relationships with other technical writers. Notice that I did not say contacts, I said relationships, because most of those who gave me information about employers were [...]

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