If there were a stock for outrage, conventional media, 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 non-profit and lobbying groups, and fundraising platforms would be mutual investors. Outrage is hot right now, and it’s making some people hundreds of thousands of dollars. Earlier this month I shared an Indiegogo campaign that closed having raised over $17,000 for a Chicago youth homelessness […]
On Understanding
Convenience of conceptual analogies is no substitute for usefulness or rigour. —R. Brennan & S. Henneberg One understands a phenomenon only when one has a holistic view of [it], a view that integrates all of its known components and all of its known manifestations. —T. Bouldin & L. Odell Pulling a mechanical thing apart to […]
Scholarship Opportunity: Technical Editors
Know any worthy undergraduate or graduate technical communication students focusing on technical editing? The Society for Technical Communication‘s editing special interest group invites applications this month for two US$1,400 scholarships. The deadline is July 7. Criteria and other information are available on the SIG website.