Response to “Blogging: A New Role for Technical Communicators”
Tom Johnson recently wrote in his post “Blogging: A New Role for Technical Communicators”
Although it may be early to tell, surely some keeping up with web trends is in order. As such, technical writers have somewhat of a new role to play (or at least to reconcile) in the realm of web 2.0. Of the various new media technologies writers could enter, perhaps none fits so well as the blog, since it consists mainly of writing.
I agree! So long as you can do it with a certain amount of independence.
Why not take it a step further? Blogging is great. But it’s very static. Spread out a bit.
Twitter – yes, it’s a buzz, but it’s effective if done correctly (look at Dell, Comcast, Carnival, etc.)
FriendFeed – A great way to funnel all of the relevant corporate info into one place and present it internally.
RSS Feeds – Well, probably don’t need to say much about these since every company should already be using them.
FaceBook – I personally do *not* like FaceBook and will not use it (too many issues with their TOS and content) but hey, that’s what legal departments are for. Needless to say, a great way for a company to face themselves.
If design is a big deal for your company, look to Sites like PicoCool, etc.
Many of us are attached (in one way or another) to Marketing. If you want to increase your value in these Troubled Economic Times (drink) work with them.
-Collin