More on the M-Dash
Ben Yagoda has provided more information on the m-dash in today’s New York Times. I am pleased that my own ramblings on the subject in a previous blog inspired others to explore this dainty bit of punctuation goodness!
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(Not) The Queen’s English
The perfect blend of Old World style and New World bravado!
It’s Friday, and what better time to reflect on a recent item that made news on both sides of the pond: Americans are barmy about Britishisms!
According to University of Delaware professor Ben Yagoda, who curates the Not One-Off Britishisms …
IPCC Day 3
The final day of IPCC, and we started with a morning keynote. Jon Leydens, winner of the Lufkin Award for Best Paper in the 2012 Conference Proceedings, argued for the role of social justice in professional communication. Part of the presentation included a memorable illustration …
Nothing Completes a Day Better Than an Afternoon Keynote and Awards
Suguru delivers the afternoon keynote
When I think about the best way to finish the day, I naturally think: Keynote! Suguru Ishizaki completed a full Day 2 with the afternoon keynote on his development of assessments for measuring student learning in information design.
From the last session …
IPCC Day 2
Wow, yesterday was a full and fun day! We wrapped up Day 1 with a keynote by Kirk St. Amant, who will be receiving the Blicq Award for Distinction in Technical Communication at tonight’s Award Reception. Ron Blicq is here and will be giving the …
We’re Here at IPCC 2012
If you are reading this, you may not be at IPCC 2012 on the campus of the University of Central Florida. No worries–I am happy to bring you up to date on the sights, sounds, and bright ideas that have emerged during Day 1 of …
Mobile is the new PC
I was happy to see that Marta Rauch–PCS member and principal information developer and team lead at Oracle and Senior Member of STC– sharing her expertise with members of the Society for Technical Communication. In a presentation entitled “Mobile Usability Guidelines to Implement Now,” Marta described …
Voting for PCS Administrative Committee Candidates
IEEE Professional Communication Society will be holding the e-voting election of Administration Committee members soon.
The following people have been nominated for the Professional Communication Society’s Administrative Committee(AdCom). Each of the candidates was asked to respond to a set of questions. Please review their responses to …
The Writing Engineer
To engineer is to write.
I was reminded recently about the amount of time working engineers spend on communication. As Jon Leydens explained in his 2008 PCS Transactions article,
“engineers spend between 20% and 40% of their workday writing, a figure that increases as they move up the career …
Who Cares About The Oxford Comma? I Do!
I need this t-shirt!
I am ready to confess: I do care a lot about the Oxford comma. The purpose of this post is to make you care too.
The Oxford comma, or “serial comma,” is meant to separate three or more items that appear in a …