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....
by Jennifer Murphy | Oct 3, 2018 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
There were, once again, many new faces at the September Victoria Tech Comm Café on a lovely rooftop patio in downtown Victoria. Organizing through a Meetup group has gotten the word out about STC Canada West Coast and made life easier for our organizers. With passion...
by Rick Georg | Sep 28, 2018 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
New and longtime technical writers met for the September Tech Comm Café at the Wicklow Pub. Attendees enjoyed the quiet and privacy of the new venue, as well as its food and drinks menu. The relaxed and convivial conversation touched upon the beauty of the sunset, the...
