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Adobe Day at LavaCon 2012 Roundup!
This post is just a quick summary of the Adobe Day at LavaCon 2012 series from this past week. As you see, there was so much information that it took six posts to try to summarize the event! Being in...
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Do you speak the Queen’s English? It’s a Rhetorical Question.
William and Kate,aka The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge I’ve been a big royalty follower for 30 years. It started the weekend before the wedding of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer, and it...
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Is English an International Language? – Part 1
English: Hypothetical flag quartering the British and American flags. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I mentioned a while ago that I had several writing projects that were coming up, and the first of them...
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Is English an International Language? – Part 2
Earlier this year, I was asked by the STC-PMC to write a two-part article about the differences and similarities between American and British English. Part 1 was published in February. Today, I...
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What have you got against adverbs? What did they ever do to you?
I’ve noticed a disturbing trend that seems to be happening in the English language–at least in American English. Every time I heard this mistake, I cringe and wonder why it’s happening. Evidently,...
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Everything’s Coming Up Roses! : Why I’ll be going to Adobe Day at Lavacon 2013
Ethel Merman can’t wait to go to Adobe Day at Lavacon 2013–and she’s been gone almost 30 years! A little more than a month from this writing, Adobe will be hosting an Adobe Day event at the 2013...
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Uhura and Translation Software–Still not there yet
My husband’s first language is Spanish. As a result, naturally, most of his relatives speak Spanish exclusively. I, however, do not speak Spanish. I took two beginner courses, but I know little...
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Adobe Day @Lavacon 2013: Welcome to the City of Roses
International Rose Test Garden – Portland, ORPhoto from content.time.com It’s been more than a week since I attended the 2013 Adobe Day at Lavacon, and like the previous two Adobe Days that I’ve...
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Adobe Day @Lavacon 2013 – Val Swisher Says It Starts With The Source
Ladd’s Addition Rose GardenPhoto from http://www.rosegardenstore.org Val Swisher was the next to last individual to speak at the Adobe Day at Lavacon 2013 event. For those who are regular readers of...
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TechCommGeekMom’s TechComm Predictions for 2014
Sarah Jane Smith of Doctor Who is gazing into her crystal ball, trying to figure out why the 3rd Doctor and the Master aren’t going at it with more mobile tech.Happy New Year! Welcome to 2014! I had...
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English is crazy!
My husband found this on Digg, and shared it with me. Yes, English is crazy, but we love it anyway. :-) It’s no wonder that we have translation issues with it sometimes! Watch this video and enjoy: I...
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Eddie Izzard Understands Content Strategy
Eddie IzzardPhoto courtesty of omg.yahoo.com My husband and I had a rare date night last weekend to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary, and we celebrated by going to Philadelphia to see British...
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ENIGMA Decoders Have Nothing On We Tech Comm Writers
An ENIGMA coding machine, found at the Computer History Museum (photo credit: TechCommGeekMom) Technical communicators truly do have skills that most others don’t have, and it’s a simple set of skills....
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No wonder (verbal) English is confusing!
I’ve been seeing a lot of videos about various accents in the English language lately, and it makes me think that I must have missed some sort of calling to be a linguist. I find it all fascinating!...
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No wonder English is confusing, Part 2
As a follow-up to my fun post, “No Wonder (Verbal) English is confusing!“, here’s a follow-up that really shows how crazy it can get. Although I think in the end, there is some (okay, a lot of) Celtic...
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No wonder (verbal) English is confusing, Part 3
It seems these kinds of articles are coming out nonstop these days. While this one doesn’t have a video (awwwww), it’s short and to the point, and is another example of why spoken English can be rather...
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No wonder (verbal) English is confusing – Part 4
Evidently, Siobhan Thompson is back, and BBC’s Anglophenia must be doing a series on the difference between British English and American English. Here’s another gem on British colloquialisms–some you...
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No wonder (verbal) English is Confusing–Part 5
I often enjoy reading the blog/website Anglotopia, as it is written by a person who loves England and UK stuff as much as I do (if not more) and is making a living doing it (lucky!). This latest...
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The Top 6 Questions to Ask When Creating Your Content Strategy
WOW! I will admit that there are a lot of content strategists who have been doing content strategy for a much longer time than I have. Val is one of those people, and she’s someone I consider to be...
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“Lucy, you have some ‘splanin’ to do!”: Considering your ESL Customers
Content Rules Inc. was kind enough to extend their invitation to have me blog for them again. This time, it’s on a subject that’s near and dear to their hearts as well as mine. This article talks about...
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