Podcasts are digital media files, usually digital audio or video, that are made available for download via Web syndication. The syndication aspect of the delivery is what differentiates podcasts from other files accessible by direct download or streaming.
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Stephanie Bryant on Videoblogging
Bryant talks about videoblogging as a tool for promoting yourself or for communicating with others. She explains the equipment she uses and the process for producing videoblogs. Her book, Videoblogging for Dummies, is available from her website: www.mortaine.com. Bryant also discusses interesting ways lawyers can use videoblogging to educate their clients.
Bryant, Stephanie and Tom H. Johnson. Tech Writer Voices (2007). Articles>Interviews>Video>Podcasts
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Tackling Typical Grammar Problems
This training podcast provides examples as well as explanations and tips for dealing with a few grammar or usage problems that occur for many engineering and technical professionals who have to communicate in a hurry, via, for example, email. Listen for ways to know when to use can or may, affect or effect, it's or its, and also me, myself, or I.
Still, Brian. IEEE PCS (2008). Articles>Writing>Grammar>Podcasts
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Talking About Wikis with Stewart Mader
An interview done by Scott Nesbitt of DMN Communications. Nesbitt talks with Stewart Mader, author of the book WikiPatterns. In the interview, Nesbitt and Mader discuss adopting wikis, how best to use them in an organization, building communities around wikis, and why Mader is so passionate about wikis.
Nesbitt, Scott and Stewart Mader. DMN Communications (2008). Articles>Interviews>Wikis>Podcasts
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Tech Writer Voices is a podcast specifically intended for technical writers. Podcasts include all topics relevant to the profession of technical writing, from single sourcing to collaborating with SMEs.
Johnson, Tom H., Heidi Hansen and Keith Hoffman. Tech Writer Voices. Resources>TC>Technical Writing>Podcasts
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The Technical Communication Suite from Adobe
R.J. Jacquez, senior product evangelist at Adobe.com, talks about the new Technical Communication Suite from Adobe, which includes RoboHelp 7, Captivate 3, Acrobat 3D version 8, and Framemaker 8.
Johnson, Tom H. and R.J. Jacquez. Tech Writer Voices (2007). Articles>Software>TC>Podcasts
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Ten Lessons Learned as a Technical Communicator: Interview with Rahul Prabhakar
Rahul Prabhakar talks with us today about ten lessons he has learned as a technical communicator. Rahul is an Indian technical writer living in South Korea working for Samsung.
Prabhakar, Rahul and Tom H. Johnson. Tech Writer Voices (2007). Articles>Interviews>TC>Podcasts
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Transitioning from Technical Writing into Usability
In this podcast, I talk with Theresa Putkey, a usability consultant in Vancouver, about how she transitioned from technical writing into usability.
Johnson, Tom H. and Theresa Putkey. Tech Writer Voices (2008). Articles>Usability>Technical Writing>Podcasts
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Understanding Principles of Usability, Part 1
In this podcast, Karen Bachmann, manager of the Usability and User Experience SIG, provides an overview of the user-centered design process. This is part one of a two part series.
Bachmann, Karen L. Tech Writer Voices (2006). Presentations>Usability>User Centered Design>Podcasts
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Understanding Principles of Usability, Part 2
This is part two of Karen Bachmann's presentation on Usability. In this part of her presentation, Karen gets more in depth with principles and methods for usability.
Bachmann, Karen L. Tech Writer Voices (2006). Presentations>Usability>Methods>Podcasts
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This podcast features Char James-Tanney's June 2007 presentation to the Suncoast Florida STC chapter on virtual ways of communicating.
James-Tanny, Char and Tom H. Johnson. Tech Writer Voices (2007). Articles>Interviews>Information Design>Podcasts
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David McNamee presented on Vista and Office 2007 to the Suncoast chapter in May 2007. This is a recording of his presentation. He talks about how the purpose of Vista and Office is to help you create, find, and share information more efficiently.
McNamee, David. Tech Writer Voices (2007). Presentations>Software>Word Processing>Podcasts
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Brenda Huettner provides us with the basics for making our web sites accessible in this training podcast.
Huettner, Brenda P. IEEE PCS (2008). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Podcasts
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Whitney Quesenbery on the Five E's of Usability
Quesenbery is one of the authors of Content and Complexity: Information Design in Technical Communication. Quesenbery explains the five E's -- a simple way to talk about product usability. The five E's are efficient, effective, engaging, error-tolerant, and easy to learn. She elaborates on what it means for a product to be engaging/satisfying. Quesenbery also explains the importance of personas, which she has written about in the Personas Lifecycle by Tamara Adline and John Pruit. She says stories are essential to personas.
Quesenbery, Whitney and Tom H. Johnson. Tech Writer Voices (2007). Articles>Interviews>Usability>Podcasts
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Who's Keeping Score? The Value of Usability Scorecards and Metrics
Explains how HFI's evolving set of user experience metrics can help you: quantify best practices in design at a site, sub-site or page level; prioritize your usability resources across a range of projects; get valuable feedback quickly, in 'design time'; track and benchmark user experience over time; learn how you score against your competitors; and synthesize your various user data streams into an integrated UX dashboard.
Goddard, Phil and Susan Weinschenk. Human Factors International (2007). Design>User Experience>User Centered Design>Podcasts
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Wikis Are Coming: An In-Depth Exploration of Using Wikis in Documentation
In this podcast, Katriel Reichman, a technical writer at Method M in Jerusalem, Israel, talks in-depth about how to use wikis for documentation.
Reichman, Katriel and Tom H. Johnson. Tech Writer Voices (2007). Presentations>Documentation>Content Management>Podcasts
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In this podcast, Sarah O’Keefe talks about XSL, Flash, and live blogging. XSL (extensible stylesheet language) is a programming language that transforms XML content into a specific format, such as HTML. She explains what you can do with XSL, why it’s unique, and how the output is created.
O'Keefe, Sarah S. and Tom H. Johnson. Tech Writer Voices (2008). Articles>Interviews>XSL>Podcasts
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Documentation and Agile Software Development
What’s it like doing documentation as part of an Agile software development team? Why is it a better way of working? I mull this over these and other questions with Graham Campbell.
Christie, Alistair and Graham Campbell. ITauthor (2008). Articles>Documentation>Agile>Podcasts
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A chat with technical communicator and blogger Anne Gentle in which we discuss wikis, DITA, the XO Laptop, documenting Open Source software, and a lot more.
DMN Communications (2008). Articles>Interviews>TC>Podcasts
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Debunking the Boredom Myth of Technical Writing
Several weeks ago I wrote about my trip to Brigham Young University-Idaho and the presentation I gave there titled “Debunking the Boredom Myth of Technical Writing.” This podcast is a recording of my presentation.
Johnson, Tom H. Tech Writer Voices (2008). Presentations>Writing>Technical Writing>Podcasts
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In Conversation with Adam Hyde
A conversation between Scott Nesbitt of DMN Communications and Adam Hyde, who runs FLOSS Manuals. In a wide-ranging conversation, they talk about why Adam started the project, the way in which FLOSS Manuals gets things done, Book Sprints, Adam’s thoughts on the 80/20 rule, and more.
DMN Communications (2008). Articles>Interviews>Documentation>Podcasts
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Documenting Design with Dan Brown
If you ask designers what the most frustrating parts about designing a project are, one of the top answers would be undoubtedly be “communicating and documenting the design process.” And with good reason… it’s not easy. That’s why I interviewed Dan Brown for this week’s SpoolCast. I don’t know of anyone who knows more about solid design communications than Dan.
Spool, Jared M. User Interface Engineering (2008). Design>Collaboration>Communication>Podcasts
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Authorship, Appropriation, and the Fluid Text: Versions of the Law
A fluid text is any work that exists in multiple versions. What are the ethics and legality in the creation, sharing, and ownership of textual versions? What are the boundaries of textual appropriation? How does technology abet appropriation; how might it assist in the useful designation of boundaries? Is the law keeping up?
Bryant, John and Wendy Seltzer. MIT (2009). Articles>Intellectual Property>Audio>Podcasts
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On User Interface Design, Part I
The first of a pair of presentations by Alan Kay (of Smalltalk fame). The presentation is from 1983 and discusses the development of user interface design from the 1960s onward.
Kay, Alan. Visual Literacy (1983). Articles>User Interface>History>Podcasts
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On User Interface Design, Part II
The second of a pair of presentations by Alan Kay (of Smalltalk fame). The presentation is from 1983 and discusses the development of user interface design from the 1960s onward.
Kay, Alan. University of California Berkeley (1983). Articles>User Interface>History>Podcasts
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Making Whuffie: Raising Social Capital in Online Communities
This talk gets to the heart of how people interact and exchange information in online communities: through social capital, or as Cory Doctorow calls it, Whuffie. The key to growing customers in online communities is through growing your social capital. You will learn the 5 lessons of raising Whuffie through online communities in this presentation.
Hunt, Tara. SXSW (2009). Articles>Business Communication>Social Networking>Podcasts
