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Twitter Hashtags: Which Ones to Use – and When

Feb 26, 2010 9:40am

You’ve seen them on tweets, no doubt. The hashtags. They provide a way to group and organize tweets, to bring them front and center, and to enable one to participate in a discussion with the Twitter community at large. In case you’re wondering about using some, but not sure which, I’ve...

7 Ways to Keep Up With Trends

Feb 11, 2010 6:13pm

Two facts: we have to try and keep up with all the changes in IT, and we don’t have much time, if any, to do so. What can you do? Here are some ideas. They’ve been working well for me. Hopefully they will for you as well. Blogs Bloggers are out there...

5 Reasons to Write Procedures in Twitter

Jan 11, 2010 6:25pm

Recently, I’ve been exploring the need for writing procedures in real-time, focusing on Twitter in particular. This is the fourth post in the series. In my last post, I was asked by Larry Kunz in a comment for thoughts on situations in which one might write procedures in Twitter. Five...

Lessons Learned: Procedure Written in Twitter

Jan 6, 2010 9:49pm

Last week, I thought I’d experiment and write a quick procedure in Twitter. This goes right along with my thoughts that new methods should be used for creating docs. Given that microblogging is here to stay, as is real-time, I decided to give it a try. There were two main...

My First Procedure Written in Twitter

Dec 29, 2009 11:28am

All I’ve been thinking about the past week, it seems, is real-time and how it affects docs. Yesterday I wrote a post about it. Today, I tested it out. I wrote a procedure in Twitter. Tech writers – take a look at it and let me know what you think. Tweets...

Real-time: it’s sooooo last second

Dec 28, 2009 3:35pm

Who has time to think? These days, actions do speak louder than words. The world has changed to an immediate, need-it-now mentality. Real-time is turning into all-the-time, and tech writers need to address it. Can’t ignore this one! The luxury of time is slipping away from us. Time to research. Time...

E-Learning Rapid Development = Sticky Learning

Dec 16, 2009 11:42pm

Sticky learning* is the primary goal of any learning initiative, regardless of the method used to create it. Good content and well-defined learning objectives and measurements will result in effective e-learning courses that improve business performance and the bottom line. “Rapid-development” is a hot topic, generating a great amount of discussion...

Introducing: New e-Learning Category and Contributor Jill Freeman

Dec 16, 2009 11:41pm

Tech writers often work closely with e-learning developers. Yes, it’s true that tech writers can (and should) be able to make their own short online tutorials, or make a quick video to show how an app works. However, there are definitely times when a polished, planned tutorial or similar item...

On Writing and Finding Words

Dec 3, 2009 11:32am

Now, I don’t know how other writers view the world of words, or all the letters and words available from which to choose when composing some sort of written material. For me, I always visualize words up in the sky, like stars, and when writing, I just reach up and...

Minimal Procedure Content: Reasoning

Nov 13, 2009 11:52am

The procedure I wrote about creating a Twitter list uses abbreviated content. This post describes the reasoning behind and decisions made in writing the topic. Title Instead of using this: Create a Twitter List I opt for this construction: Twitter List: Create Reasons It puts the topic first. You don’t have to dig through...