Stories of Customers, Colleague and Documents - A Great Evening

December 23 2008 Posted by Sharon Mink under Event Details | Comments (0)
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As many of us are contemplating what the downturn in the economy is going to do to us next, it was good to get together to exchange stories, especially humorous ones. Actually we bounced back and forth between funny episodes and the brass-tacks of how best to deal with the current job market (link to photos).
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A funny thing happened on the way to the electrical store, or shocking truths about Israel

March 22 2008 Posted by Esther Shira Stepansky under chelm | Comments (3)
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Ok, so being that I worked for years as an electronics technician, I should come as no surprise that my favorite food item in Israel the new drink, Shocko.
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What is the relationship between technical writers and cats?

March 20 2008 Posted by Mordy Hai under Purim | Comments (0)

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Why do so many of us adore those feline creatures and encourage multiple versions underfoot simultaneously? Why that's easy! Cats are ...
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Aliyah organizations 101

March 7 2008 Posted by Esther Shira Stepansky under chelm | Comments (0)
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For some reason (probably because I don’t like getting flamed) today’s article has been avoiding the word processor for several days. I finally realized that I was looking at the whole thing wrong.
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“You have to be out of here with in two weeks or your stuff will be out on the sidewalk by next Friday.”

February 22 2008 Posted by Esther Shira Stepansky under chelm | Comments (0)

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No, I did not assault the Em Bayit, or even yell at the Director of my Absorption Center.
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Welcome to Chelm!

February 7 2008 Posted by Esther Shira Stepansky under chelm | Comments (0)

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Moving to Chelm

Making aliyah is supposed to be the fulfillment of my of your Jewish identity, so why does Israel make it so difficult? Wasn’t it bad enough in America being the only one who did not hunt for Easter Eggs or bring presents to exchange for the “holiday” party. Now the shoe is on the other foot, and suddenly I have the funny accent, and my skills “are not specific enough”. Laugh and cry with a recent olah as she navigates Israeli bureaucracy.
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God and the Technical Writer

March 16 2007 Posted by Mumpy under Life as a Tech Writer | Comments (1)

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And in the beginning there was nothing. And then one day a huge bang was heard that echoed round the universe and when the smoke had cleared, all that could be seen was a giant Product Manager and a petite Technical Writer
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I Do Not Understand HR People

March 12 2007 Posted by Michael Altman under Why am I a Tech Writer? | Comments (0)

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I had an appointment to speak to the technical writing manager...
I arrived 10 minutes early for the meeting with the HR lady and was told to sit in the foyer and wait. That is what I did - for more than an hour. Eventually...
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Did It Work Out?

February 28 2007 Posted by Michael Altman under Why am I a Tech Writer? | Comments (0)

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...on my last day there I told him that in my humble opinion the machine was under priced and the panel was really ugly
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The point of my existence

February 20 2007 Posted by Mumpy under Life as a Tech Writer | Comments (0)

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I had a marvelous encounter yesterday which simply begged to be written down and shared with other technical writers.
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How I Got Started

February 15 2007 Posted by Michael Altman under Why am I a Tech Writer? | Comments (0)

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I had spent most of my working life as a mainframe service engineer at IBM and the thought of sitting in one place the whole day was scarier to me than bungee jumping over a crocodile infested swamp.
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My First Day as a Technical Writer

February 15 2007 Posted by Michael Altman under Why am I a Tech Writer? | Comments (1)

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He poured two glasses and we wished each other l’Hayim and a sort of blessing on the new book. Technical writing suddenly took on a completely different structure and I could definitely get used to this.
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Baby Steps

January 8 2007 Posted by Mumpy under Life as a Tech Writer | Comments (0)

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I’m not saying that I have it that badly coz I don’t. Nobody chains me to my desk and sticks hot skewers up my nose.
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From Word to FrameMaker with Love

December 26 2006 Posted by Mumpy under Life as a Tech Writer | Comments (1)

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Only God and Shlomo Perets know the answer. And I'm not so sure about God.
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Stream of Mumpyness

November 23 2006 Posted by Mumpy under Life as a Tech Writer | Comments (1)
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This article fuses the "Stream of Consciousness" literary technique with the world of technical writing. The end result is best viewed after taking mind-altering drugs.
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Things that Made me Laugh This Week

November 8 2006 Posted by Mumpy under Life as a Tech Writer | Comments (0)