How do I make money from my Social Network? IBM has the answer.
Mark reports here that IBM researcher Ching Yun Lin gave an interesting talk about the monetary value of having friends today at Web 2.0 Expo in New York.
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IBM: How To Monetize Your Social Network & Why Every Email is worth 948 dollars!
November 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Social Media
Tags:ibm·Monitization·O'Reilly Radar·Social network·Strategy·web 2.0
How to Study Technical Writing Online & Get Certified
November 10th, 2009 · Comments Off · Career, How To, Technical Writing
The University of Limerick, Ireland offers an excellent online course for those who want to study technical writing at home.
This university has a pretty amazing campus, specializes in the Arts and provides a conveyor belt of freshly-minted technical writers to Microsoft, Google and IBM in Ireland. It’s one of the few universities in Europe with [...]
Tags:Business·Career·Degree·Distance education·Distance Learning·education·Electronic learning·google·Graduate School·ibm·microsoft·Online Courses·University·University of Limerick
Society of Technical Communications tries to define Technical Communicator and Fails
November 6th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing
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This week the much-maligned STC tries to define what it means to be a technical communicator.
Actually the STC are at pains to point out that the “thoughts expressed in this post are not the official opinion of the Society for Technical Communication or its Board of Directors, but rather only of the individual.”
Seems [...]
Tags:communication·ibm·information developers·Project management·Quality assurance·Society for Technical Communication·STC·technical communication·Writers Resources
Is a Degree In Technical Writing Worth The Effort?
November 5th, 2009 · Comments Off · Career, Google, How To, India
Do you have a degree in technical writing or technical communications? Was it worth the money? If you had a second chance, would you have chosen this or opted for another career path?
One of my younger cousins has started her degree in university in Limerick, Ireland. Not the place most of us think of as [...]
Tags:Asia·Business·Career·Course·Degree·distance learning course·education·google·ibm·India·Ireland·Limerick·microsoft·Online Techical Writing Course·Technical Writing
Why do you need to develop a Capacity Plan?
November 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · How To
Developing a Capacity Plan is vital if you want to understand how much capacity will be required to support your IT systems and, by extension, the infrastructure that supports it.
Think about it.
If you plan to install a new large-scale solution, for example, IBM WebSphere or SAP, you also need to consider the impact these will [...]
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What Your Website Can Learn From Starbucks
October 26th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To
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By Gerry McGovern
Like all great self-service organizations, Starbucks knows that you should never keep the customer waiting.
The July 2006 like-for-like sales for Starbucks were lower than expected. This was rare for such a high performance company and resulted in an 11 percent decline in the share price after the news was announced.
According to [...]
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STC Increase Fees: Is the STC still value for money?
October 21st, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing
Sarah O’Keefe (Scriptorium) discusses STC’s new dues structure: Dues are going up; Printed publications are no longer included in basic dues; No chapter or SIG membership are included in the basic dues.
She adds that while reaction is largely negative, she finds value from her STC membership and gives some examples and reasons to join/stay with [...]
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Outsourcing Isn’t a Problem for Silicon Valley But Is for Detroit
October 11th, 2009 · Comments Off · Google, How To, India
For those involved in out-sourcing or off-shoring, Andy Rappaport discusses why outsourcing works for the IT industry but fails in the automobile industry. He writes that “the U.S. IT industry has been able to innovate over the past 20 years even while ceding leadership of component technologies and basic processes.”
Tags:Amazon·AT&T·Auto industry·Global business·google·Hewlett-Packard·ibm·Outsourcing·Qualcomm·Silicon Valley·Tech industry
Can I get a job as a Technical Writer without a Degree?
October 9th, 2009 · View Comments · Career, How To, Technical Writing
I got this email during the week. There are quite a few things to address here but the bottom line is, as is mentioned below, is it worth the time and money to take college technical writing courses?
“I’ve been reading articles about Technical Writing and I’m thinking about a change in career. I’ve worked as [...]
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