TechCommGeekMom
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Musings and learning about technical communications issues from your TechCommGeekMom - a geeky mom who is into tech comm, since 2012.
TechCommGeekMom
1M ago
Today, 18 March 2024, I found this post on LinkedIn.com which briefly discusses that Apple is considering using Gemini AI from Google for their products. Apple mulls Gemini for iPhones Hey Apple, I’m really confused by this. You came out with Siri eons ago. In fact, between my own experiences between Google’s Alexa and Siri ..read more
TechCommGeekMom
2M ago
Yesterday was a gray, blustery Saturday, where it would’ve been easier to stay in bed, drink some hot tea, and curl up with a good book. Instead, I was actually happy to go out in the horrible weather, because I was meeting up with a fellow STC member who lives about an hour’s drive away ..read more
TechCommGeekMom
10M ago
I know, I know. I definitely don’t write here as often as I used to–not by a longshot. But, that’s actually a good thing. It means that I’m doing a lot to keep busy. Between work, STC volunteering, and dealing with an ornery young autistic adult, my bandwidth is usually taken up. My job is ..read more
TechCommGeekMom
1y ago
The big topic right now in the content world is the emergence of Chat GPT and other AI tools. Chat GPT has the head start as it’s an open source project. Today, after much resistance of checking into it, I happened to have watched a demonstration of the tool, and it was compelling. So, I’ve ..read more
TechCommGeekMom
1y ago
I’m in a position that I haven’t really been in before–or at least not for a long time. While my private life is always in flux and stressful, my professional life is generally in good shape for the moment. Even typing that makes me a little superstitious that I’ve now ruined my good luck. But ..read more
TechCommGeekMom
1y ago
If you are on social media–specifically Facebook, you know that Facebook will show you “memories” from past posts on a given day. Recently, it’s been showing me posts and photos from what I think was very much a breakthrough day in the start of my career–spending 36 hours in Portland, OR at LavaCon 2012. I ..read more
TechCommGeekMom
2y ago
It’s been a while since I’ve actually updated things. The last few years with this pandemic haven’t actually been that inspiring. And the last year or so has been a whirlwind. As I write this, I just finished giving my husband all my documentation for our 2021 taxes. Wait–it’s 2022 already? There are times my ..read more
TechCommGeekMom
2y ago
On March 9, 2012, I was in my last semester of getting my master’s degree in professional and technical communications at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). One of the two last main courses I was taking was “Theory and Practice of Social Media”, a course I would later teach a few years later ..read more
TechCommGeekMom
2y ago
Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve checked in. I know I don’t write here much any more, but life, as they say, has been busy. I was going to write up something today, and saw that I had a ..read more
TechCommGeekMom
2y ago
Had to share this out–got this from Kirk St. Amant, who got it from Maks Giordano and Hilary Marsh. This is why personas can help a little, but not always a lot, and why understanding your audience’s needs–not who they actually are–makes a difference. This is a GREAT example!
Can you think of other examples? Share in the comments below ..read more