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Category Archives: technical writing
Sorting Out Conflicting Regulations
If you’d like to know see a bureaucratic nightmare is like, try looking up COVID vaccination requirements for a multi-country trip. My friends and I are now less than 120 days from a Disney Cruise around three countries in Western … Continue reading
Technical Writing and Event Management, Revisited
I’ve written about event management a couple of times before (here and here, for example). However, I’ve not written about the activity in a comprehensive way because I have this lurking fear that if people see me writing about event … Continue reading
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Tagged event management
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Friday Miscellany
I don’t have a single, long thought to share with you this week. However, I have a few shorter ones related to technical editing that you might find of value. Or not. Stranger things have happened.
Posted in blogging, consulting, editing, freelancing, graphics, management, peers, personal, technical writing, workplace
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Soft Skills: Reading Between the Lines
“Reading between the lines” sounds like a straightforward skill, but if you grew up with a very literal brain, as I did, it sometimes takes years before you get this skill working for you. I’ll take a shot at explaining … Continue reading
Posted in audience, management, Office Politics, philosophy, presentations, technical writing, workplace
Tagged parsing, semantics, speechwriting
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Interview Questions: Caroline G, University of Limerick Student
A while back, I got a request from a student at the University of Limerick (Ireland) who wanted to interview me for her class. The magic of Zoom allowed this to happen. We were constrained by a time limit, so … Continue reading
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