by Art Berger | Jan 8, 2020 | Announcements, Blog
In October 2019, Portland State University hosted the annual conference of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC). Several local academicians and practitioners attended, including your STC Carolina...
by Aaron Theolet | Nov 18, 2019 | Announcements, Blog, Events, Recap
As technical communicators, we share a goal with our peers in instructional systems design (ISD): we want our work to help the audience learn how to do something. At the October STC Carolina chapter meeting, Kevin Siegel of IconLogic demonstrated a Virtual Reality...
by Art Berger | Sep 28, 2019 | Announcements, Blog
Is virtual reality old news? Virtual reality, or VR, has existed in various permutations since at least the early 80s with varying degrees of success. It wasn’t until the 2010s that VR experienced a resurgence in both development and consumer popularity. If you were...
by Art Berger | Sep 15, 2019 | Announcements, Blog
Do you work on documenting physical products like hardware or medical equipment? Or maybe you are a conceptual thinker looking for a new, multimodal way to plot out and share ideas. 3D pens combine the ease and simplicity of your standard pen with the creativity and...
by Art Berger | Sep 6, 2019 | Announcements, Events, Recap
Transitioning to any new career can feel daunting. Often you run into the age old problem of how to gain experience before landing your first job, or maybe you are new to the area and just don’t know where to begin. For those of us transitioning to a career in...
by Art Berger | Aug 20, 2019 | Announcements, Blog
As a technical communicator, you might work with a team of writers or, increasingly, embedded with a cross-functional product team of people who don’t always know how to hire for our skillset. As the saying goes, hiring employees can make or break your business....