by Andrew McFallon | Jun 24, 2018 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
Once again, some new faces turned out for the June 5 Tech Comm Café in Victoria. And, once again, the discussion was lively, varied, and long-lasting. We all cleaned our plates, drank our beer, and covered five topics at the busy Northern Quarter bar and music venue...
by Brian Weatherby | May 17, 2018 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
This month’s Tech Comm Café was a mix of new and old faces and covered a wide range of topics. Job lead. The meeting started with an interesting job lead put forward by one of our experienced freelancers. According to an article in The Editors’ Weekly, the Canadian...
by Rick Georg | Apr 16, 2018 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
The theme of the April 11 Tech Comm Café was ethics. The conversation was lively, and participants shared many stories and ideas about ethical dilemmas in technical writing. Working for companies with questionable ethical practices. Financial considerations may force...
by Robert Thibodeau | Apr 5, 2018 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
Victoria-area technical communicators came out thirsty for beer and conversation to Smiths Pub for the first quarterly Vancouver Island Tech Comm Café of 2018. It was a lively and free-flowing meeting where we got to know new people, settled on some topics for future...
by Heather Sommerville | Mar 19, 2018 | Recent Events, Tech Comm Café
This month’s meeting welcomed a variety of people: senior writers, including two who recently relocated to Vancouver; a recent graduate; and a student intern making a career change to technical writing. All shared their experiences and contributed different...
by Heather Sommerville | Mar 5, 2018 | Tech Comm Café
The next meeting of the Tech Comm Café on Vancouver Island will take place on Wednesday, March 28. We’re getting together for a casual discussion and dinner from 6:30 to 8 p.m. If you’d like to join us, RSVP to admin (at) stcwestcoast.ca so we can save a...