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[suyogketkar]

The Interplay of Information Architecture and Fictional Storytelling

As humans, we’ve been telling stories for a very long time. We’ve grown ourselves out of the various phases of human evolution because of the untapped contribution of stories in our lives. In this article, we discuss the interplay of stories and information architecture. Insights from information architecture Information architecture is the structure in which we produce information for…

[sleepy-gardevoir]

march 28, 2023 - tuesday week 4

day 2 of the conference! today i went to two career related workshops and a luncheon for my fraternity. i think i really learned some valuable stuff and made some good connections, and i might ask one of the other undergrads i met today to be pen pals!

as soon as i got back i started my normal tuesday extracurriculars (and am typing this between concert band and improv), but i managed to find time in between events to transfer today's biochemistry and techcomm notes. it feels so weird not going to any classes!

song of the day: two trucks by lemon demon

[sassyharmonywombat]

Buscador de dirección de radio (RDF), previsión del tamaño del mercado mundial, clasificación y cuota de mercado de las 11 principales empresas

Según el nuevo informe de investigación de mercado “Informe del Mercado Global del Buscador de dirección de radio (RDF) 2024-2030”, publicado por QYResearch, se prevé que el tamaño del mercado mundial del Buscador de dirección de radio (RDF) alcance 0.14 mil millones de USD en 2030, con una tasa de crecimiento anual constante del 3.9% durante el período de previsión.

Figure 1. Tamaño del mercado de Buscador de dirección de radio (RDF) global (US$ Millión), 2019-2030

Según QYResearch, los principales fabricantes mundiales de Buscador de dirección de radio (RDF) incluyen Rohde-schwarz, Collins Aerospace (RTX), TCI (SPX), RHOTHETA Elektronik GmbH, Hensoldt, Thales, IZT, TechComm, BendixKing, Narda, etc. En 2023, las cinco principales entidades mundiales tenían una cuota de aproximadamente 81.0% en términos de ingresos.

Figure 2. Clasificación y cuota de mercado de las 11 principales entidades globales de Buscador de dirección de radio (RDF) (la clasificación se basa en los ingresos de 2023, actualizados continuamente)

Sobre QYResearch

QYResearch se fundó en California (EE.UU.) en 2007 y es una empresa líder mundial en consultoría e investigación de mercados. Con más de 17 años de experiencia y un equipo de investigación profesional en varias ciudades del mundo, QY Research se centra en la consultoría de gestión, los servicios de bases de datos y seminarios, la consultoría de OPI, la investigación de la cadena industrial y la investigación personalizada para ayudar a nuestros clientes a proporcionar un modelo de ingresos no lineal y hacer que tengan éxito. Gozamos de reconocimiento mundial por nuestra amplia cartera de servicios, nuestra buena ciudadanía corporativa y nuestro firme compromiso con la sostenibilidad. Hasta ahora, hemos colaborado con más de 60.000 clientes en los cinco continentes. Trabajemos estrechamente con usted y construyamos un futuro audaz y mejor.

QYResearch es una empresa de consultoría a gran escala de renombre mundial. La industria cubre varios segmentos de mercado de la cadena de la industria de alta tecnología, que abarca la cadena de la industria de semiconductores (equipos y piezas de semiconductores, materiales semiconductores, circuitos integrados, fundición, embalaje y pruebas, dispositivos discretos, sensores, dispositivos optoelectrónicos), cadena de la industria fotovoltaica (equipos, células, módulos, soportes de materiales auxiliares, inversores, terminales de centrales eléctricas), nueva cadena de la industria del automóvil de energía (baterías y materiales, piezas de automóviles, baterías, motores, control electrónico, semiconductores de automoción, etc.. ), cadena de la industria de la comunicación (equipos de sistemas de comunicación, equipos terminales, componentes electrónicos, front-end de RF, módulos ópticos, 4G/5G/6G, banda ancha, IoT, economía digital, IA), cadena de la industria de materiales avanzados (materiales metálicos, materiales poliméricos, materiales cerámicos, nanomateriales, etc.), cadena de la industria de fabricación de maquinaria (máquinas herramienta CNC, maquinaria de construcción, maquinaria eléctrica, automatización 3C, robots industriales, láser, control industrial, drones), alimentación, bebidas y productos farmacéuticos, equipos médicos, agricultura, etc.

[anthrobytes]

Are They Frequently Asked Questions, Though?

Are Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) in knowledge bases really effective? They're not the solution for post-sales customer content. It's lazy writing and lazier information architecture. #productledgrowth #knowledgemanagement #techcomm

Support people and their managers seem to love Frequently Asked Questions, or FAQs, in knowledge base content. You see them in almost all knowledge bases. I’ve been pressured to include them and make sure the link is on the first page of the knowledge base, so customers can see them. And they deflect not a single support call. Nor do they ever answer any frequently asked question. Why don’t…

[techcommgeekmom]

Is a membership into a professional society worthwhile?

Hey! I haven't written a blog post in a while. Now I have. Check it out the latest TechCommGeekMom blog post: #techcomm

Yesterday was a gray, blustery Saturday, where it would’ve been easier to stay in bed, drink some hot tea, and curl up with a good book. Instead, I was actually happy to go out in the horrible weather, because I was meeting up with a fellow STC member who lives about an hour’s drive away from me here in New Jersey. Over the years, we’ve become good friends, and we always have a good time together…

[jaimee2001]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: TechComm I3HR Fitness Tracker Water Resistant Heart Rate and Pedometer.

[derek-hanson]

Tinkering with Canva AI Image Creation for Technical Communication Journal Cover Art

I didn't end up submitting this, but it was still fun to experiment with AI image in Canva for STC's Tech Comm journal cover. #canva #ai #ai-image #stc #techcomm

[gizmodabneon]

Just Another User:

#techcomm #overdrive #webcube #ultracogence

Oga Tech CEO; this one you are running around looking for programming scripts to steal?!

Stop looking at my post: even my shoe_

Courtesy: #naija 🇳🇬🇳🇬 #dripsie 🍺

[uakinci-blog]

UX Writing Jobs are Hot in 2022

[seo-workshop-mcdaid-blog]

Conferences for Technical Writers

Looking for a conference to speak at or attend? There are conferences all over the world that cater to the technical communication industry. Plus there are lots of conferences related to our field where we can go and learn some crazy new skills we’d never thought to use before.

Me. Mainstage at LavaCon 2018.

This year, I’ve made it a personal goal to help colleagues get out and speak at conferences. I spent years avoiding conferences until my boss finally dragged me (kicking and screaming) onto a stage with her. Now I feel the urge to return the favor. Sure, the stage fright was (is still) awful. But my peers encouraged me and my industry listened to me. We all just want to hear your story, learn from your lessons. Everyone has something to share... And who doesn’t want an all expenses paid trip somewhere cool? 

Talking to my first couple of (victims) colleagues, it turns out that a big problem is only knowing about 1 or 2 conferences. Someone told me they’d missed the boat for LavaCon this year, so they were going to wait until next year to put in a bid. They didn’t even know about the 4 other conferences that have open calls out as I write this. 

I’m going to attempt to maintain this list and keep it up to date. Please reach out if you know of any conferences I’m missing!! Or if you want advice on submitting a proposal or prepping a talk!

General Technical Communication Conferences

These conferences are appropriate for a wide range of technical writers. 

Winter IDEAS (Jan) - I’ve spoken at this one on a panel with Dell folks. It’s an online-only conference (no video just slide share) held twice yearly. It’s sponsored by CIDM, so sometimes it’s DITA-heavy. Sometimes general. 

MEGAComm (Feb) - Yearly conference held in Israel, appropriate for techcomm, marcomm, and content managers. 

TC World India (Feb) - I’ve spoken at this one. The conference has a lot of personality. It’s the world stage version of LavaCon in that sense. The food was fabulous. The MC thinks he’s hilarious. And evening entertainment included performances and an open dance floor. Conference material focuses heavily on things technical writers can do, in addition to writing, to add value. They love things like chatbots, AR, visualizations, automation, etc.

Tekomm Spring (March) - Bilingual in German and English.

ATTW (Mar) - A little off the beaten path. This is a yearly conference by the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing

Information Energy (April) - Fancy a trip to Amsterdam anyone?

MadWorld (April) - Sponsored by MadCap Flare, but focused on content strategy.

TC Camp (April) - The technical writer’s UNconference. This camp focuses on issues, skills, challenges, and tools for technical communicators. Expect discussions instead of lectures.  

TC World China (May)

Technical Documentation Roundup (May) - New conference from the Content Wrangler.

STC Summit (May) 

Write the Docs Portland (May)

ComTecnia (May) -  Held in Italy in spring (sold yet?), this conference focuses on the latest trends in techcomm.

Evolution of TC (June) - Focused on software documentation innovations. I’ve been to this one, and am speaking at it for the first time this year. It’s a lovely time of year to visit Bulgaria, and the TC industry has exploded in Sofia over the last decade or so. You’re bound to be inspired.

Write the Docs Vilnius (June) 

Soap! (June) - An annual conference for content professionals, held in Poland.

Summer IDEAS (Jul) -  An online-only conference (no video just slide share) held twice yearly. It’s sponsored by CIDM, so sometimes it’s DITA-heavy. Sometimes general. 

Nordic Tekomm (Sept) - I’ve got a bid in for a gig here this year! I’ll let you know how the conference is if I get to attend!

Write the Docs Prague (Sept)

TCUK Conference (Sept)

CIDM Best Practices (Sept) - This is another CIDM conference, so can skew DITA. But it’s intended to be general. You can also enter to win the Inspire Award. Whose boss doesn’t like that kind of industry recognition?

LavaCon (October)  -  The focus tend to be on content strategy for techcomm. I’ve spoken at this one and it’s super fun. They have parades and storytelling and karaoke events! Call for papers is early, and it closes out fast. 

MadWorld Europe (October) - Sponsored by MadCap Flare, but focused on content strategy.

TC World (October) - This is the biggest of the Tekomm events. I’ll be putting in a proposal myself!

TechCommNZ (October) - Yeah, an annual New Zealand technical communications conference. How awesome does that sound? I can speak first hand about NZ being basically a living post card (so beautiful), but I don’t have any first hand knowledge about the conference.

ASTC (October) - Who wants a trip down under? Every year the Australian Society for TechComm puts on a conference. This could be your opportunity to get those flights to the GBR paid for. Not to mention the fabulous techcomm education you’ll be getting.   

DITA Technical Communication Conferences

XML Prague (Feb) -  A conference about XML and markup languages. DITA welcome. Oxygen attends.

CMS/DITA North America (April)

MarkUpUK (June) - A conference about XML and other markup languages. DITA welcome. Oxygen attends.

Balisage the Markup Conference (Jul) -  Another conference about XML and other markup languages. DITA welcome. Oxygen attends.

RIDE Ottawa (Sept) - A regional, single day conference from CIDM. 

DITA OT Day (Nov) - A one day conference dedicated to the DITA Open ToolKit

CMS/DITA Europe (Nov)

User Assistance Conferences

Writers UA West (March)

UA Reloaded (May) - Held in Germany and brought to you by Tekomm. This is conference aimed at bringing techcomm and UA to breakthrough heights. 

Writers UA East (October)

Content Strategy Conferences

Confab (April) - One of my favorite conferences of all time. A range of perspectives, excellent presenters, interesting presentations. Highly, highly recommend. Very competitive for speakers.

IA Conference (April) - Formerly the IA Summit, this conference is under new management after they mishandled a harassment complaint.

Marketing Conferences (that relate to us)

Content Tech Summit (April) - I’m really interested in attending this one. I bet I’d be all sorts of inspired by the technical inroads marketing is making into spaces like analytics and personalization. 

Digital Summit Series - 5 conferences throughout the year. Wide range of topics covering all aspect of customer strategies.

(A couple) SEO Conferences

Search Engine Journal keeps a humongous list of SEO Conferences. Here are two that stand out for me.

OhGMCon (April) - In a basement, no wifi, no sponsor talks. Sounds interesting...

Brighton SEO (April) - Well known conference comes to me highly recommended by people I trust and respect in the industry.

(Some) Conversational Design Conferences

Business of Bots (Feb)

Chatbot Conference (May) 

Chatbot Summit (June)

ConverCon Dublin (Oct)

[suyogketkar]

Wayfinding through Everyday Challenges at Work

“Do working hours drive you crazy too?Often there is a lot of work to finish or even in normal days there are late eve meetings or some deadline to meet. Have you faced such a situation? If yes, what are such situations and how do you manage the work-life balance?” Someone posted the questions on a regional WhatsApp group. I can hardly be blind to the question. And since there is so much to say,…

[sleepy-gardevoir]

april 3, 2023 - monday week 5

happy monday! had a test today in anatomy, and i feel pretty good about it. also made up a quiz i missed last week and finally met with the bio department head to make sure my degree plan was sound! only had to move one thing around - a lot of advanced bio classes move around from year to year, unfortunately, but i'll get all the credit i need somehow :)

i'm going to be writing a tutorial to using notion as a college student for my techcomm class, and i'm really looking forward to it! i'll probably post it on here when i'm done with it, so look forward to that in a few weeks ^_^

i made a research progress presentation as well! and i was productive in other ways, which is always nice! still have a few things to check off my to do list but i'm feeling good about today! our spring break is next week so i just have to finish strong for now

song of the day: stay away from my friends by pierce the veil

[sassyharmonywombat]

Buscador de dirección de radio (RDF), previsión del tamaño del mercado mundial, clasificación y cuota de mercado de las 11 principales empresas

Según el nuevo informe de investigación de mercado “Informe del Mercado Global del Buscador de dirección de radio (RDF) 2024-2030”, publicado por QYResearch, se prevé que el tamaño del mercado mundial del Buscador de dirección de radio (RDF) alcance 0.14 mil millones de USD en 2030, con una tasa de crecimiento anual constante del 3.9% durante el período de previsión.

Figure 1. Tamaño del mercado de Buscador de dirección de radio (RDF) global (US$ Millión), 2019-2030

Según QYResearch, los principales fabricantes mundiales de Buscador de dirección de radio (RDF) incluyen Rohde-schwarz, Collins Aerospace (RTX), TCI (SPX), RHOTHETA Elektronik GmbH, Hensoldt, Thales, IZT, TechComm, BendixKing, Narda, etc. En 2023, las cinco principales entidades mundiales tenían una cuota de aproximadamente 81.0% en términos de ingresos.

Figure 2. Clasificación y cuota de mercado de las 11 principales entidades globales de Buscador de dirección de radio (RDF) (la clasificación se basa en los ingresos de 2023, actualizados continuamente)

Sobre QYResearch

QYResearch se fundó en California (EE.UU.) en 2007 y es una empresa líder mundial en consultoría e investigación de mercados. Con más de 17 años de experiencia y un equipo de investigación profesional en varias ciudades del mundo, QY Research se centra en la consultoría de gestión, los servicios de bases de datos y seminarios, la consultoría de OPI, la investigación de la cadena industrial y la investigación personalizada para ayudar a nuestros clientes a proporcionar un modelo de ingresos no lineal y hacer que tengan éxito. Gozamos de reconocimiento mundial por nuestra amplia cartera de servicios, nuestra buena ciudadanía corporativa y nuestro firme compromiso con la sostenibilidad. Hasta ahora, hemos colaborado con más de 60.000 clientes en los cinco continentes. Trabajemos estrechamente con usted y construyamos un futuro audaz y mejor.

QYResearch es una empresa de consultoría a gran escala de renombre mundial. La industria cubre varios segmentos de mercado de la cadena de la industria de alta tecnología, que abarca la cadena de la industria de semiconductores (equipos y piezas de semiconductores, materiales semiconductores, circuitos integrados, fundición, embalaje y pruebas, dispositivos discretos, sensores, dispositivos optoelectrónicos), cadena de la industria fotovoltaica (equipos, células, módulos, soportes de materiales auxiliares, inversores, terminales de centrales eléctricas), nueva cadena de la industria del automóvil de energía (baterías y materiales, piezas de automóviles, baterías, motores, control electrónico, semiconductores de automoción, etc.. ), cadena de la industria de la comunicación (equipos de sistemas de comunicación, equipos terminales, componentes electrónicos, front-end de RF, módulos ópticos, 4G/5G/6G, banda ancha, IoT, economía digital, IA), cadena de la industria de materiales avanzados (materiales metálicos, materiales poliméricos, materiales cerámicos, nanomateriales, etc.), cadena de la industria de fabricación de maquinaria (máquinas herramienta CNC, maquinaria de construcción, maquinaria eléctrica, automatización 3C, robots industriales, láser, control industrial, drones), alimentación, bebidas y productos farmacéuticos, equipos médicos, agricultura, etc.

[anthrobytes]

Knowledge bases templates: writing for beginning customers

Developing product-use information for Naïve and Beginning audiences has unique challenges. This article explains what these audiences need, including examples. #ProductLedGrowth #Techcomm #UXWriting

In a previous article, I talked about the basics of creating knowledge base articles. I started by talking about audience and mapping content to audience types. This article talks about information for the Naïve and Beginning audiences in the table. I’m including examples that you can reuse for your content. These examples work for technical writing content and for knowledge base articles. The…

[techcommgeekmom]

Tech Comm is safe from AI

#TechComm need not worry about AI. Here's why: (Yes, a new TechCommGeekMom blog entry!)

Hoshi Sato, the 1st Comms Officer for the Enterprise. She did not rely on AI alone, and was Uhura’s idol. (I also named my car “Hoshi” in her honor.) I know, I know. I definitely don’t write here as often as I used to–not by a longshot. But, that’s actually a good thing. It means that I’m doing a lot to keep busy. Between work, STC volunteering, and dealing with an ornery young autistic adult,…

[alanjporterwriter]

Books Read in 2019 #2 - “Outsourcing Technical Writing“ by Barry Saiff - A worthwhile light quick read that covers many basics around process change while tackling some of the common myths around outsourcing. Nothing particularly revolutionary, but it hits the spot as the “primer” promised on the cover.