Being irresponsible is the fifth sin in my ongoing series on the Seven Deadly Sins of Blogging (other sins include being fake, irrelevant, boring, unreadable, unfindable, and inattentive). Blogging responsibly includes awareness of proper disclosure, approvals, and representation, as well as avoiding sensationalism in the posts you write. Disclosure Recently the FTC updated the rules about proper disclosure when receiving compensation for promoting a product or … more »

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Duration: 32 min. In this podcast, I talk with Deborah (Shapiro) Hemstreet about the personalities of technical communicators, based on research she conducted as part of her masters degree. I got the idea of interviewing Deborah from on a discussion on the Techwr-L listserv about a movie called … more »

Kevin on the TECHWR-L listserv asked a lot of questions on the “practicalities of blogging.” I thought I would respond here in a post rather than on the listserv, because so many people outside of techwr-l have the same questions. Kevin asks, Let’s say that I wanted to finally start a blog (it seems de rigeur for techwriters (and many others) to have a website … more »