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- January 23, 2013
- In design, type
What Type Says
Taxi tells you what subliminal message your font choices send.
- January 17, 2013
- In art, criticism, media, random
Do Not Adjust Your Set
Via Amazon.com streaming. Thanks.
- January 4, 2013
- In architecture, design, type
NYC Nights Typography Tour
A type tour of New York City at night. Nice.
- December 21, 2012
- In photo
Depot
Railroad Depot in Plattsburgh, NY. More new scans up at my Flickr stream.
- December 15, 2012
- In criticism, media
Unfortunate Adwords
Google should consider suspending its automated Adwords service during times when the media is covering mass tragedies. Here’s a screenshot from a Chicago Trib story on the Newtown shootings that I just opened.
Maybe someone at the Trib noticed it, since reloading the page brings up a cellphone ad.
- December 7, 2012
- In media, work, writing
Out Now
Consider this excellent holiday gift for your family, close friends, small relatives, and students. Only $40 in softcover. Think of the smiles on their faces when they unwrap this—priceless!
Seriously, though, I’ve edited more than a couple of collections in my career and this text if far and away the one I’m proudest of. Thanks to my co-editor, Stuart Selber; the great contributors we had (listed below); and David Morrow and the rest of the staff at U of Chicago Press.
And check out the list of Table of Contents: 0 “Introduction” Johndan Johnson-Eilola and Stuart A. Selber 1 “What Are the Boundaries, Artifacts, and Identities of Technical Communication?” Richard J. Selfe and Cynthia L. Selfe 2 “What Are the Work Patterns of Technical Communication?” William Hart-Davidson 3 “How Can Technical Communicators Fit into Contemporary Organizations?” Jim Henry 4 “How Can Technical Communicators Develop as Both Students and Professionals?” Kelli Cargile Cook, Emily Cook, Ben Minson, and Stephanie Wilson 5 “How Can Rhetoric Theory Inform the Practice of Technical Communication?” James E. Porter 6 “How Can Work Tools Shape and Organize Technical Communication?” Jason Swarts 7 What Can History Teach Us about Technical Communication? Bernadette Longo and T. Kenny Fountain 8 “What Is the Future of Technical Communication?” Brad Mehlenbacher 9 “How Can Technical Communicators Work in an Ethical and Legal Manner?” J. Blake Scott 10 “How Can Technical Communicators Plan for Users? Antonio Ceraso 12 “How Can Technical Communicators Evaluate the Usability of Artifacts?” Barbara Mirel 13 “How Can Technical Communicators Manage Projects?” R. Stanley Dicks 14 “What Do Technical Communicators Need to Know about Genre?” Brent Henze 15 “What Do Technical Communicators Need to Know about Writing?” Ann M. Blakeslee and Gerald J. Savage 16 “What Do Technical Communicators Need to Know about Information Design?” Karen Schriver 17 “What Do Technical Communicators Need to Know about New Media?” Anne Frances Wysocki 18 “What Do Technical Communicators Need to Know about Collaboration?” Rebecca E. Burnett, L. Andrew Cooper, and Candice A. Welhausen 19 “What Do Technical Communicators Need to Know about International Environments?” Kirk St. Amant
Introduction
Part 1: Mapping the Field
Part 2: Situating the Field
Part 3: Understanding Field Approaches
11 How Can Technical Communicators Study Work Contexts?” Clay SpinuzziPart 4: Developing Field Knowledge
List of Contributors
Index
- December 3, 2012
- In photo
Golden
[Larger sizes and additional images at Flickr.]
Two rolls of color film shot during fall colors. Back to black and white Fuji Neopan 400. Still trying to figure out how grey works.
- November 20, 2012
- In criticism, photo, work
Yard With Orange Orb
Shooting with Fuji Velvia 50 slide film and the Leica M3. Raw scan (no Photoshop tweaking). Larger sizes at Flickr.
(Kids, this is where Instagram came from. You know, when photography still had a soul.)
- November 19, 2012
- In information, work
Inbox Zero
This only lasted about a nanosecond but it still felt weird, like a disturbance in the force.
- November 12, 2012
- In architecture, photo
COIN CLEAN RESTROOM CLEANING
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