Tag: Accessibility
Dr. McCoy to Boldly Start at the End
Here we are, at the end of my TECM 5200 coursework. 8 weeks ago, if someone said the phrase “SWOT analysis,” I would have assumed we were talking about law enforcement—not strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Transitioning from an academic to a techcomm career has reminded me of a line from T. S. Eliot’s Four… Read more
Anton Chekhov, Apple Maps, and the Power of Consistent, Accessible Content
I have characterized the difference between writing for the academy techcomm as working out the same muscles with new exercises. Plain language is a major theme in these blogs. Module 4, in particular, championed a concept Anton Chekhov once wrote to Maxim Gorky: You understand what I mean when I say, “The man sat on… Read more