by Heather Sommerville | Feb 2, 2019 | Announcements, Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
We managed to find a quieter corner in a restaurant that’s known for its large echoing rooms and loud atmosphere as well as for its good food. We didn’t quite have to shout to be heard, but the group was large enough that each half of the table had its own separate...
by Andrew McFallon | Jan 18, 2019 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
STC Canada West Coast’s first ever Victoria Pierogifest Holiday Social was an engaging evening with plenty of rambling, wide-ranging discussion and catching up. The beer was cold. The pierogis were hot. The company was engaging. The Sült Pierogi Bar was a cosy...
by Serena Beck | Dec 2, 2018 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
Fire, Write the Docs, and Robots From across the room, the glinting, glossy, rock gas fireplace drew me in. I joined several fellow technical writers for a lovely chat about Write the Docs and robots. Write the Docs is a free online community with excellent...
by Christina Drabik | Nov 29, 2018 | Announcements, Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
The November 13 Tech Comm Café met at the Cactus Club Café on Kingsway in Burnaby. The change from our usual downtown coffee shop brought in new people from across the Lower Mainland so we had lots to talk about over dinner. As usual, we started with job-hunting and...
by Dianne Volek | Oct 27, 2018 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café, Tools
On Wednesday 17 October, a group of technical writers dialed in to share industry perspectives at a virtual Tech Comm Café. The join.me software worked well, with the invitation link and agenda arriving efficiently an hour before the event. A simple click brought us...
by Jenny Riecken | Oct 4, 2018 | Recent Events, Techniques
On September 20, 2018 Nenad Furtula presented an overview of the principles and value of structured content. Nenad, a partner and VP Sales and Marketing at Bluestream Database Software, has been working with Extensible Markup Language (XML) for over 15 years....
