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Articles
“Doing DITA with confidence” (DITA Best Practices, book review)
Communicator, the quarterly journal of the ISTC, Summer 2012, forthcoming.
“5 steps from legacy documentation to topics“
MITWA (Mentors, Indexers, Tech Writers & Associates) News, Winter 2011, pp. 3-4.
“Why TCUK is such a cool conference“
InfoPlus+, the monthly newsletter of the ISTC, November 2011, pp. 3-4.
“My other life” (my tech comm job related to my desert hiking hobby)
InfoPlus+, the monthly newsletter of the ISTC, October 2011, pp. 14-15.
“Learning more about DITA” (DITA 101, 2nd ed., book review)
Communicator, the quarterly journal of the ISTC, Spring 2011, p. 56.
“A day in the life“
Communicator, the quarterly journal of the ISTC, Spring 2011, p. 58.
“Getting ahead as a lone author“
Communicator, the quarterly journal of the ISTC, Winter 2010, pp. 22-25.
“Are you asking questions right?”
IDeaL: Design for Learning, the newsletter of the STC’s Instructional Learning and Design SIG, vol. 7, issue 2 (Fall 2010), p. 10.
Conferences
Presenting
2-4 Oct 2012
“Internationalisation as an accessibility issue”
Panel discussion with Karen Mardahl and others.
ISTC’s Technical Communication UK, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Wed 23 May 2012, 8:30
“Pattern recognition for technical communicators“
STC Summit, Chicago.
19 Oct 2011
“Getting ahead as a lone author“
tekom’s tcworld conference, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Feedback by attendees on a scale from 1 (excellent) to 7 (very poor):
- 1.26: Overall impression of speaker
- 1.97: Contents of presentation
- 1.67: Quality of presentation
- 1.38: Overall evaluation (vs. 2.26: avg. of all speakers)
22 Sep 2011
“Pattern recognition for technical communicators“, together with Chris Atherton.
ISTC’s Technical Communication UK, Oxford.
Feedback by attendees:
- “Brilliant structure, wonderful style, inspirationally relevant, nice visuals. Best presentation this year.”
- “Kai Weber and Chris Atherton were really interesting speakers. The explanation of psychological concepts was clear and engaging, and the examples from the tech pubs world were relevant and well thought-out.”
- “Well presented, interesting, but most of all to the point and something I could take something away from and apply to my own work.”
22 Sep 2010
“Getting ahead as a lone author”
ISTC’s Technical Communication UK, Oxford.
Feedback by attendees:
- “Great input & tips from Kai Weber. Valuable & worthwhile presentation that actually applies to non-lone writers!”
- “A very interesting talk. Thank you for making me feel that I’m not alone with my lone author experience.”
- “Excellent and helpful – well presented.”
Attending
02-04 Oct 2012 – ISTC’s Technical Communication UK, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
20-23 May 2012 – STC Summit, Chicago, IL.
18-20 Oct 2011 – tekom’s tcworld, Wiesbaden, Germany.
20-22 Sep 2011 – ISTC’s Technical Communication UK, Oxford.
13-16 Mar 2011 – WritersUA, Long Beach, CA.
21-23 Sep 2010 – ISTC’s Technical Communication UK, Oxford.
17-20 Mar 2009 – DocTrain West (since defunct), Palm Springs, CA.
