In what feels like quite a significant personal move, I have officially told my professional association, the ISTC, that I am retired, after about 32 years in #techcomm and related activities.
November 6, 2026 at 9:56 AM
In what feels like quite a significant personal move, I have officially told my professional association, the ISTC, that I am retired, after about 32 years in #techcomm and related activities.
The regular expression
‘(is|are) [a-z]+ed’
finds a metric crapton of passive voice. Banging on a 40-yo document, I guess we wrote things different back then. #techcomm
‘(is|are) [a-z]+ed’
finds a metric crapton of passive voice. Banging on a 40-yo document, I guess we wrote things different back then. #techcomm
November 1, 2026 at 3:25 AM
The regular expression
‘(is|are) [a-z]+ed’
finds a metric crapton of passive voice. Banging on a 40-yo document, I guess we wrote things different back then. #techcomm
‘(is|are) [a-z]+ed’
finds a metric crapton of passive voice. Banging on a 40-yo document, I guess we wrote things different back then. #techcomm
#TechnicalWriters who were out of work and landed a job: What was one tool or process that made your search successful? #TechComm #TechnicalCommunication #APIDocumentation #SoftwareDevelopment
September 17, 2026 at 12:47 AM
#TechnicalWriters who were out of work and landed a job: What was one tool or process that made your search successful? #TechComm #TechnicalCommunication #APIDocumentation #SoftwareDevelopment
Today's blog post: Some thoughts on using Google Docs for technical writing. I couldn't do much with it in my pre-retirement job eight years ago, but Google has added a lot to it since then.
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#MicrosoftWord #GoogleDocs #TechComm #Word #Docs
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#MicrosoftWord #GoogleDocs #TechComm #Word #Docs
Google Docs Is Getting Better
Back in the before times, a couple of years before I retired, management at the TSX decided to change the office systems from SharePoint and...
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September 16, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Today's blog post: Some thoughts on using Google Docs for technical writing. I couldn't do much with it in my pre-retirement job eight years ago, but Google has added a lot to it since then.
coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/09/goog...
#MicrosoftWord #GoogleDocs #TechComm #Word #Docs
coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/09/goog...
#MicrosoftWord #GoogleDocs #TechComm #Word #Docs
writing LORs are HARD and take TIME and a lot of THOUGHT.
Sending appreciation to the people who help reduce the cognitive load of these genres with multiple examples, connections, and argument. I spend a LOT of time pushing those Rh situations on Ss to practice doing just this.
#techcomm
Sending appreciation to the people who help reduce the cognitive load of these genres with multiple examples, connections, and argument. I spend a LOT of time pushing those Rh situations on Ss to practice doing just this.
#techcomm
September 14, 2026 at 6:25 PM
writing LORs are HARD and take TIME and a lot of THOUGHT.
Sending appreciation to the people who help reduce the cognitive load of these genres with multiple examples, connections, and argument. I spend a LOT of time pushing those Rh situations on Ss to practice doing just this.
#techcomm
Sending appreciation to the people who help reduce the cognitive load of these genres with multiple examples, connections, and argument. I spend a LOT of time pushing those Rh situations on Ss to practice doing just this.
#techcomm
Is AI going to replace technical writers? We unpack why typing words is just a fraction of what we do on "Inside Tech Comm with Zohra Mutabanna" (S8E1): pocketcasts.com/podcasts/7e5... #AI #TechComm
September 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Is AI going to replace technical writers? We unpack why typing words is just a fraction of what we do on "Inside Tech Comm with Zohra Mutabanna" (S8E1): pocketcasts.com/podcasts/7e5... #AI #TechComm
New blog post: Getting a Better List of Styles in Word. It turns out that AI has some uses.
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#AI #TechComm #Word #AI
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#AI #TechComm #Word #AI
Getting a Better List of Styles in Word
Styles are one of Microsoft Word's better features but Microsoft has never made them particularly easy to use and especially never easy to m...
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August 20, 2026 at 3:14 PM
New blog post: Getting a Better List of Styles in Word. It turns out that AI has some uses.
coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/08/gett...
#AI #TechComm #Word #AI
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#AI #TechComm #Word #AI
Today's blog post: How Journalists Are Using AI.
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#AI #Journalism #TechComm
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#AI #Journalism #TechComm
How Journalists Are Using AI
The Nieman Journalism Lab has published an article showing how several Pulitizer Prize-winning journalists used AI tools in their work. A...
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August 18, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Today's blog post: How Journalists Are Using AI.
coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/08/how-...
#AI #Journalism #TechComm
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#AI #Journalism #TechComm
Docs as Code Fundamentals course new lesson: Editing, collaboration, contribution.
You’re managing a docs team or running a documentation project? This lesson will help you!
👉 docskit.link/rtkc1o
#DocsKit #platformOS #DocsAsCode #TechComm #OpenSourceDocs #Collaboration #Documentation
You’re managing a docs team or running a documentation project? This lesson will help you!
👉 docskit.link/rtkc1o
#DocsKit #platformOS #DocsAsCode #TechComm #OpenSourceDocs #Collaboration #Documentation
October 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Docs as Code Fundamentals course new lesson: Editing, collaboration, contribution.
You’re managing a docs team or running a documentation project? This lesson will help you!
👉 docskit.link/rtkc1o
#DocsKit #platformOS #DocsAsCode #TechComm #OpenSourceDocs #Collaboration #Documentation
You’re managing a docs team or running a documentation project? This lesson will help you!
👉 docskit.link/rtkc1o
#DocsKit #platformOS #DocsAsCode #TechComm #OpenSourceDocs #Collaboration #Documentation
AI is changing how we write, review, and manage docs, but teams still share the same concerns.
At platformOS, we’re already integrating AI into our workflows and client work.
👉 platformos.link/ujwm1x
#AI #TechComm #DocsAsCode #DocumentationStrategy #Cherryleaf
At platformOS, we’re already integrating AI into our workflows and client work.
👉 platformos.link/ujwm1x
#AI #TechComm #DocsAsCode #DocumentationStrategy #Cherryleaf
AI Adoption in Technical Communication: Measured Progress in 2025 blog page | platformOS
AI Adoption in Technical Communication: Measured Progress in 2025
platformos.link
July 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
AI is changing how we write, review, and manage docs, but teams still share the same concerns.
At platformOS, we’re already integrating AI into our workflows and client work.
👉 platformos.link/ujwm1x
#AI #TechComm #DocsAsCode #DocumentationStrategy #Cherryleaf
At platformOS, we’re already integrating AI into our workflows and client work.
👉 platformos.link/ujwm1x
#AI #TechComm #DocsAsCode #DocumentationStrategy #Cherryleaf
I’m (finally) here! Please recommend techcomm, UX, design, writing studies, & rhetoric folks to follow. Y’all are a good bunch! 😊
October 14, 2023 at 2:34 AM
I’m (finally) here! Please recommend techcomm, UX, design, writing studies, & rhetoric folks to follow. Y’all are a good bunch! 😊
Anyone with experience in technical communication / technical writing who would be willing to talk to me via DM about the usefulness of a Masters degree? #academicsky #academia #techcomm #technicalwriting
January 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Anyone with experience in technical communication / technical writing who would be willing to talk to me via DM about the usefulness of a Masters degree? #academicsky #academia #techcomm #technicalwriting
Call for Papers: Artificial Influence & the Engineering of Mass Persuasion
How is AI affecting mass persuasion techniques and technologies? When does a nudge become coercion? What practices cultivate resilience, and which toxify the public sphere?
tinyurl.com/4kxtxba5
#AI #rhetoric #techcomm #ATTW
How is AI affecting mass persuasion techniques and technologies? When does a nudge become coercion? What practices cultivate resilience, and which toxify the public sphere?
tinyurl.com/4kxtxba5
#AI #rhetoric #techcomm #ATTW
Call for papers: Artificial Influence and the Engineering of Mass Persuasion Conference
The Artificial Influence and the Engineering of Mass Persuasion Conference, co-hosted by the Center for Science, Technology and Society, the Kummer Institute Center for AI and Autonomous Systems and M...
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July 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Call for Papers: Artificial Influence & the Engineering of Mass Persuasion
How is AI affecting mass persuasion techniques and technologies? When does a nudge become coercion? What practices cultivate resilience, and which toxify the public sphere?
tinyurl.com/4kxtxba5
#AI #rhetoric #techcomm #ATTW
How is AI affecting mass persuasion techniques and technologies? When does a nudge become coercion? What practices cultivate resilience, and which toxify the public sphere?
tinyurl.com/4kxtxba5
#AI #rhetoric #techcomm #ATTW
I was honored and excited to receive a campus-wide Faculty Teaching Award today from S&T, special thanks to Carleigh Davis + KC Dolan for writing wonderful nomination letters! And thanks to all of my wonderful students who make this career so fulfilling and worthwhile. #teaching #rhetoric #techcomm
December 4, 2024 at 8:12 PM
#techcomm and #rhetoric communities, please consider submitting to ATTW 2025: Technical and Professional Communication in the Global Election Supercycle, hosted at Missouri S&T on June 14-15th. The conference has virtual and in-person options. Go to www.attw.org for more info
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing – attworg
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November 19, 2024 at 1:04 AM
#techcomm and #rhetoric communities, please consider submitting to ATTW 2025: Technical and Professional Communication in the Global Election Supercycle, hosted at Missouri S&T on June 14-15th. The conference has virtual and in-person options. Go to www.attw.org for more info
Any #techcomm #translation folks going to TEKOM/TCWorld in November?
October 19, 2023 at 2:31 PM
Any #techcomm #translation folks going to TEKOM/TCWorld in November?
July 16, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Nice to see some #techcomm #contentstrategy joining the fun on Bluesky - welcome to @sarahokeefe.bsky.social
November 12, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Nice to see some #techcomm #contentstrategy joining the fun on Bluesky - welcome to @sarahokeefe.bsky.social
I'm a #techcomm grad student. I'm new to bluesky and really don't know my way around here just yet. Any other #techwriters here that want to connect? Any starter packs, feeds, etc. I should be part of?
November 11, 2024 at 7:04 AM
I'm a #techcomm grad student. I'm new to bluesky and really don't know my way around here just yet. Any other #techwriters here that want to connect? Any starter packs, feeds, etc. I should be part of?
Crowd-sourcing: any recommendations for a student interested in pursuing a UX/technical communication/rhetorical analysis of patient portal design (in this case, MyChart)?
#TeamRhetoric
#TechComm
#AcademicSky
#TeamRhetoric
#TechComm
#AcademicSky
October 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Crowd-sourcing: any recommendations for a student interested in pursuing a UX/technical communication/rhetorical analysis of patient portal design (in this case, MyChart)?
#TeamRhetoric
#TechComm
#AcademicSky
#TeamRhetoric
#TechComm
#AcademicSky
Excited to share my new article published in Technical Communication Quarterly—"Rethinking Grant Writing Pedagogy: Integrating Social Justice Through a Community-Engaged Approach in Teaching Grants and Proposals.” #TPC #techcomm #teamrhetoric www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ACTYP...
Rethinking Grant Writing Pedagogy: Integrating Social Justice Through a Community-Engaged Approach in Teaching Grants and Proposals
This article delves into a case study of nine technical and professional communication (TPC) writers, investigating their adoption and adaptation of abundance in grant writing within a graduate-lev...
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February 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Excited to share my new article published in Technical Communication Quarterly—"Rethinking Grant Writing Pedagogy: Integrating Social Justice Through a Community-Engaged Approach in Teaching Grants and Proposals.” #TPC #techcomm #teamrhetoric www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ACTYP...
This is a fantastic resource. I am going to use it for my future tech comm classes. Thanks @annamillsoer.bsky.social for this amazing resource! #techcomm #ai
My own thinking on this is far from complete. Still, my intuition tells me that refusing to guide students on ways AI can complement their learning and thinking is ultimately a dead end. I've tried to candidly articulate my reasons in a draft directed at students: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
AI and College Writing: An Orientation (Draft)
AI and College Writing: An Orientation for Students (Draft) by Anna Mills Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 license (CC BY NC 4.0) Contents Request for comments Introduct...
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November 24, 2024 at 11:53 PM
This is a fantastic resource. I am going to use it for my future tech comm classes. Thanks @annamillsoer.bsky.social for this amazing resource! #techcomm #ai