Kurt Vonnegut and The Edge
“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” — Kurt Vonnegut
Read On View Comments“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” — Kurt Vonnegut
Read On View CommentsI’ve been playing with Google Wave…and I get it. Oh wow, do I get it.
This, my fellow Writers, could change the entire game. Now it’s up to us. We need to get the SMEs, our bosses — pretty much everyone on board.
Show them this video. It may help.
What is Google Wave?
If you have not tried [...]
My fellow Technical Writers — have you noticed a thaw in the market?
Recruiters (especially in the Financial markets) are out and looking. Sure, these are contract jobs, but that’s not a bad thing by any measure!
If you’re still looking for a place to set your pen, look towards the money.
I haven’t dealt with these for about 7 years.
Wow.
Another call for electronic editing…
A plague among Tech Writers is the Verbose Writer. The one who buries the reader in terms, words and heavy language.
Be A Minimalist. It’s easy.
How?
Start here.
Zen Habits is a great Site to learn the ways of simplicity. Writing does not need to be complex, neither does the art of being technical.
An economy of words will [...]
Web Worker Daily has a great article on the racks: “Find the Right Full-Time Telecommuting Job”
It’s the dream of many. Working in your jammies, no commute, the home office. But it does have a down side.
“Out of sight, out of mind” is a key. You must work hard to stay in the loop.
Motivation to stay on [...]
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I’m a bad host! I upgraded the server for a different Site and didn’t realize it would cause problems here.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is known as “The Butterfly Effect”.
I apologize.
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Voila! Problem solved!
(hmmm…what’s missing? It doesn’t seem to be working!)
WebResources Depot has a list of 10 pretty good starters for ScreenCasting.
I’m in about elbow deep in some projects pushing my knowledge envelope. Some are “work related” some are related to personal projects. Hopefully I’ll be able to unveil them soon!
Either way? Fun! I love screencasting…even though that name is becoming obsolete.