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Category Archives: social media
Heroic Technical Writing in a Time Fraught with Political Peril
I’ve talked about this before, but it seems to be that sort of time again. This is going to be a challenging post to write, but it is also necessary. How do you write heroically (i.e., write in line with … Continue reading
2023 Wrap Up and Miscellaneous Advice
It’s been an action-packed year, so I have chosen to focus my brain on keeping my work and home life in order. As a result, I’ve devoted less time to this blog and more time to providing help and advice … Continue reading
Transitioning from Freelance Life Back to Full-Time Employment
If you read the past few months’ entries, you’ll see that I’ve had an interesting year, which began with being told that my ongoing (it would have been eight years as of May 30) contract with Nissan would be coming … Continue reading
Posted in careers, job hunting, personal, social media, technical writing, workplace
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Writing and Distributing Surveys
As some of my regular readers might know, I tried to distribute a survey as part of my “Arts and Recreation on Mars” paper for Kepler Space Institute. The goal was to assess how people consumed/engaged with art or recreation … Continue reading
Posted in audience, education, metrics, reader response, social media
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Handling Errors in Social Media
A few years ago, I wrote a post about handling errors on social media. Recently Matt, a regular reader of Heroic Technical Writing (thank you!), found an example of this sort of situation in the wilds of the working world and wanted … Continue reading
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