Technical publishing consultant and trainer; XML/DITA architect; former STC president; adjunct professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Joined June 2007
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FWIW: we currently don't include 'deliverable' as a noun but don't tell that to your manager.
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Tucupita Marcano shouldn't be banned for life for betting on baseball, he should be banned for life for betting on the Pirates.
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New episode of #SeldonCrisis featuring some guy named #Asimov (for once). Mentions of @StarsEndPodcast and @thatroblennon
seldoncrisis.net/asimov-and-…
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Dear @Apple: Your press release for the Apple Vision Pro uses the term “user” 104 times. Why would you choose such a distancing, dead, disrespectful term for the people who use your products? Only two industries refer to their customers as “users.”
Here’s my suggested edit.
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The second edition of Content Audits and Inventories, by Paula Land, is the #1 new release in Technical Writing Reference on Amazon xmlpress.net/content-strateg… and the ebook is on sale at the XML Press ebook store until tomorrow (5/26) store.xmlpress.com/product/c…
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The new @Duolingo Max aims to offer users a more immersive language learning experience. Pittsburgh-based Principal Product Manager Edwin Bodge says it’ll be as good as having a personal tutor to look over your work: technical.ly/software-develo…
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🚨 NEW PRODUCT UPDATE 🚨
If you need a reliable way to detect and publish changes between versions of DITA content, whether that’s single topics or full map hierarchies, DITA Compare has been the go-to solution for over a decade.
Find out more here: zcu.io/kPki
Alan Houser retweeted
For visual art, evidence of appropriation by generative AI is far more clear and evident than for text. "Give me an <image> in the style of <any artist whose work is on the internet>". And does so by mining the artist's work, without the artist's consent.
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Improve your legal writing. @CBA_News offers some practical tips in #Plain Language Legal Writing: Part I—Writing as a Process. Recognize six elements of legalese and gobbledygook. nationalmagazine.ca/fr-ca/ar…
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ALT 5 star review Perfect entry into the Foundation series If you want a recap or entry into the universe of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, this is it. So far this is a thoughtful and really well executed discussion with just the right amount of quotes from the series as well as context provided by the host. Can’t wait to listen to more! NursingMama923 Sept. 15, 2021 Apple Podcasts
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What does it mean to meet someone where they are? For a brand, it means speaking your audience's language as well as your own. Today at 1PM ET, join me & @kpnichols to talk building trust through tailored content—and dish on 20 years in #contentstrategy! brighttalk.com/webcast/9273/…
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Experience the newly transformed 18th floor of @Midtown_Towers on 10/1 as part of #DOPdowntown2022. For tickets and additional information visit doorsopenpgh.org/doors-open-…
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Hey @Pittsburgh #tech community 👋🏼
My team and I at @pwc are excited to showcase some of the innovative #hardware #software products that we build with and for our clients!
If you are around @CarnegieMellon, stop by between 10-3!
This is free + open to the public! 🆓
#TeamPwC – at Pittsburgh, PA
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#PlainLanguage. The U.S. Senate Bill S.4577—Clear and Concise Content Act of 2022. To improve plain writing and public experience, and for other purposes. congress.gov/bill/117th-cong…. The bill was introduced in the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
