Andrea Ames and Ed Marsh discuss the evolution of the technical communication field, the number of job titles for technical communicators, the frustrations of proving your value, and laugh a lot.
Andrea is the CEO of Idyll Point Group, after a long stint in content strategy and content experience strategy at IBM.
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Timothy Esposito is a principal technical writer for Oracle, and current STC Philadelphia Metro chapter President. We talk about a career of service, Y2k, what it takes to run a successful volunteer organization, hiking, and, of course, beer. Tim is also an STC Associate Fellow.
Continue reading The price is right with Tim Esposito – Content Content podcast episode 20
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Elizabeth Fraley runs Single-Sourcing Solutions in Sunnyvale, Ca. We geek out about the history of structured authoring, how her opinions have changed in 17 years of technical writing, and how many books a year are too many to read.
Single Sourcing social media and public projects
TC Camp
TC Dojo
Liz’s books
Continue reading Same mess different tools with Liz Fraley – Content Content episode 19
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Allie Proff works for freaking Boeing. We discuss emotive analytics, technical storytelling, technology as a tool for good and bad, and a meta podcast moment.
Allie’s technical writing twitter
Continue reading Emo analytics with Allie Proff – Content Content episode 17
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Pawel Kowaluk, a technical writer, self-proclaimed DITA geek, and recruiter, joins us from Krakow, Poland. He talks about the rise of technical communication in Poland, starting a conference, and how to balance a team when hiring.
Note: After recording, we became aware that Pawel left the Soap! Conference team after one year. To further clarify, Pawel did not have a role in the formation of MeetContent, though he is an active member of the community. Content Content regrets any confusion or offense to those involved.
Continue reading Be like Thomas Pynchon with Pawel Kowaluk – Content Content episode 16
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