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In November, Denis Boudreau tweeted about a periodic table of SEO ranking factors. He concluded that somebody really ought to do one for accessibility as well. Periodic table? The periodic table as explained in Wikipedia is “a tabular display of the 118 known chemical elements organized by selected properties of their atomic structures.” Because the [...]
This year, Glenda Sims made a wish for a more accessible web. It’s not nice to spoil someone’s good wish, but I don’t think she’ll get her wish for Christmas. Santa would definitely need many, many helpers like fairy godmothers, Mary Poppins, and, well, you get the idea. That’s where you come in. I hope [...]
It’s nearly a year since the Fix the Web campaign was launched. It takes a while to fix “the interwebs”, so let’s revisit a press release from this past February. It contains many good reminders for us all! This is posted with permission from Nick Ferry, Pumpkin Communications, UK, and Gail Bradbrook, Fix the Web. [...]
Update: Deadline is changed. Was September 28th. Now moved to Monday, October 3rd. It’s time to submit that great idea for a session in next year’s STC Technical Communication Summit! The Summit is scheduled for 20-23 May 2012 in Rosemont, Illinois. We hope for great presentations that include a major or a minor focus on [...]
The STC Technical Communication 2011 is coming! From the 15th to the 18th of May, there’ll be a technical communication buzz in Sacramento. What are some of the accessibility and usability highlights at the summit? Innovations in Accessibility: Designing for Digital Outcasts with Kel Smith – full of awesome that’s hard to explain in a [...]
It’s that time of year again. The 2010 STC Summit begins early Saturday morning in Dallas, Texas, with the pre-conference courses, followed by more courses on Sunday along with Leadership Day. Before it closes on Wednesday at lunch-time, attendees will have chalked up many hours exchanging ideas, questions, solutions, and business cards. Our SIG networking [...]
Caroline Jarrett asks you to consider participating in the “Design to read” workshop on 10 April at CHI 2010 in Atlanta, GA. Caroline writes We are want to bring together practitioners and researchers who work with audiences who do not read easily, and also people who themselves have encountered difficulties with reading. We aim to [...]
Practice, practice, practice. That may be a familiar phrase to anyone who played a musical instrument as a child. It’s a phrase you can apply to all of your skills. It’s also a phrase that pops up on technical communication discussion lists whenever the topic of “unemployment” or “just starting out” pops up. Someone will [...]
Moments ago, it was August 26, and we announced the call for proposals for the STC 2010 conference. Now, the October 5th deadline for submitting your proposals is rapidly approaching. This post is a copy of the reminder mail that Caroline Jarrett, Track Manager for Usability/Accessibility at the conference, sent out on our discussion list. [...]
Only yesterday, we were saying that we didn’t know when the call for proposals would be out for STC’s Technical Communication Summit 2010 set in Dallas, Texas, 2–5 May 2010 (at the Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion.) Today, we are pleased to announce that the STC 2010 Summit Call for Proposals is now open. Go [...]
With all the open calls for papers for various conferences, it is easier to blog about them than to tweet about them. Why the call for papers? Conferences are excellent opportunities to exchange knowledge with your peers. It’s never too early or too late to share. Some even provide special student opportunities to encourage the [...]
Whatever your speciality in technical communication, Web development education can affect you in some way. The authoring tools you use will change. New areas like mobile technology will provide new career opportunities as services and products move from your desktop to your browser to your mobile phone to … who knows where? There is a [...]
Are you ignoring an important market sector? How do we make our communications usable by people with hearing and sight difficulties? How do we work with colleagues and customers who have hearing and sight difficulties? The Society for Technical Communication UK and Ireland chapter is pleased to announce this major event that will give you [...]
Photos of the conference taken by Rachel Houghton and Cynthia A. Lockley are up. So far there are 13 photos available. If anyone else has photos to add to the SIG’s conference collection, please use the Contact Us form to let us know. This year’s conference photos are at http://www.stc-access.org/photos/album/72157618066308364/stc-2009-annual-conference-atlanta-ga.html All our photo collections are [...]
David Pogue, the Keynote speaker at the STC conference, gave one of the funniest keynotes we’ve ever had. It was a shame that it wasn’t recorded. However, I found a recording of a similar keynote address he gave to TED last year. The first half is similar to the one he gave to us and [...]
We are pleased to present you with this year’s AccessAbility SIG roadmap for the STC Technical Summit 2009 in Atlanta. Listed here are the sessions that have a particular focus on accessibility or usability. You can view this roadmap by day Sunday, May 3 Sunday, May 4 Sunday, May 5 Sunday, May 6 or jump [...]
For those who have lost their jobs, STC has added a special series of sessions to the conference. These sessions cover such topics as interviewing, resumes, portfolios and job hunting. Take a peek at the final program before you get to the conference!. The full conference program is online in the Live Learning Center at [...]
The Employment booth will be very different this year. First of all, the resumes will be online and not in binders. We will be using the STC Career Center where you can post your resume free. That way your resume will be available for more than just the conference days and be seen worldwide. If [...]
The conference accessibility guide – 8th year in a row! – has been live on the conference site for two months. Additional material is available, as always, on our permanent page for the conference accessibility guide. We tooted our horn on our SIG discussion list and on Twitter – and we forgot to blog about [...]
STC extended the deadline for the Early Bird Rate for registering for the Technical Summit to 24 April.
Special conference room rate $159.00 (plus 15 percent tax) for single or double accommodations. Make your reservations at the Hyatt: http://atlantaregency.hyatt.com/groupbooking/atlrastco2009. (Note: the Hyatt booking page has not been updated with the new rate, but you will be given the new rate if you specify you are registering for the STC conference.) Recognizing how the [...]
The Summit At-a-Glance PDF file was updated. This updated link will give you a view of the overall structure of each day’s offerings. (.pdf)
Recognizing the impact the economic downturn has had on technical communicators, STC will grant 250 scholarships to members who have been laid off, let go, downsized, or have been forced to take a pay cut of 10 percent or more. Scholarships of $400 will be given to members wishing to attend the STC Technical Communication [...]
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