STC WDC Blog

The AccessAbility SIG has published information about Getting around at the 2008 conference in Philly. It has illustrated directions from the Market East Platform to the PA Convention Center or the Philadelphia Marriott.
For those who are arriving by train at the Amtrak station, there is a note about how to transfer from the Amtrak station [...]

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Call for Papers Deadline Approaching
For the third year in a row, GALA is cooperating with tekom to organize the Localization Forum for the 2008 tekom annual conference and trade fair (tcworld). This year’s conference will take place 5-7 November in Wiesbaden, Germany.
You are cordially invited to submit a presentation or workshop proposal for the Localization [...]

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[ May 17, 2008; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Our chapter’s volunteers work hard to increase the value of chapter and STC membership by providing networking and learning opportunities, organizing competitions, communicating career information and job opportunities, and much more.

Meet us at Rí Rá Irish Pub in Bethesda, MD luncheon and help us thank this year’s volunteers, install our new officers, and reveal the [...]

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STC member, Sarah Horton, wrote about accessibility and the Web in her book “Access by Design”. There is an excellent book review on the SAP Design Guild site at
http://www.sapdesignguild.org/community/book_people/review_acc_design.asp.
The review is a thorough discussion of the book and the whole reason for the book. It might even inspire you when you think about writing a [...]

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STC member, Frank M. Palinkas, has developed a new Fast Track tutorial, which is free to the technical writing, user assistance, accessibility and web design communities. The tutorial was presented at the 2008 WritersUA Annual Conference in March at Portland, Oregon. This tutorial demonstrates how to create the accessible, static Navigation section on the left [...]

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[ April 5, 2008; 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] Our next Admin. Council meeting will be Saturday, April 5th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Steve Whitney’s home. Steve’s address is:
16 Crescent Pl
Takoma Park, MD

It is about 6 blocks from the Takoma Park metro stop on the Red line.

Please submit your committee report by March 31st. Please post your
committee report to [...]

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