Melanie Blank
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Spectrum 2012 Conference - Knowledge, Expertise, Leadership at Rochester Institute of Technology

April 22, 2012 at 6pm to April 24, 2012 at 12:30pm
Sunday, April 22: Keynote and Cocktail Reception, Monday, April 23: Full-day Conference, Tuesday, April 24: Leadership Day; http://spectrum.stc-rochester.org/about/See More
Apr 7
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Melanie Blank replied to Susan Campbell's discussion Metrics in technical communication
"Susan - ....and the discussion on metrics continues!!!  Some of the discussions go on and on and on.... Regards, Melanie"
Apr 5
Melanie Blank replied to Susan Campbell's discussion Metrics in technical communication
"Susan, A discussion on this subject has been going on in the LinkedIn Group called Technical Writer Forum. Look for the subject The Metrics Problem. I'm sure this has been asked here before, but can anyone suggest quanitifiable metrics for tech…"
Apr 2
Melanie Blank replied to Sharon O'Neill's discussion Developing online help in Unix
"Sharon, Like Arnold, I was thinking of JavaHelp, too.  It was considered for one of the software products in my last contract job. The application was developed in Java. Some users of the client used PCs; others used UNIX machines.  Not…"
Apr 2
Melanie Blank replied to Thomas Mauser's discussion Estimating a Writing Project
"Thanks, Julio - helpful. :)"
Feb 28
Melanie Blank replied to Thomas Mauser's discussion Estimating a Writing Project
"Jenny - this is helpful, too - thanks, Melanie"
Feb 21
Melanie Blank replied to Thomas Mauser's discussion Estimating a Writing Project
"Tom - this is a question I have struggled with, and obviously I'm not alone.  Mark brings up some excellent points - I always benefit from his comments.  I'm also thinking of online help projects, where the "per page"…"
Feb 21
Melanie Blank replied to Sanjay G's discussion Convincing a developer
"Hareem, You are right that the right attitude about documentation (and not only in this regard) should come from top management. My only difference of opinion with you is that maybe it's a better idea (and more politically correct?) to speak…"
Oct 26, 2011
Melanie Blank replied to Karen Mardahl's discussion Contractions and tone
"Hi Mark, Thanks a lot for the clarification. Very interesting... I've never heard this trust issue brought up before -- in this context. Regards,Melanie"
Oct 19, 2011
Melanie Blank replied to Karen Mardahl's discussion Contractions and tone
"Hi Mark -- You've lost me here.  I can't quite grasp the point you're trying to make.  This discussion is a bit too academic for me. Are you saying that if the readers trust you, the meaning will be clear, whether…"
Oct 18, 2011
Melanie Blank replied to Karen Mardahl's discussion Contractions and tone
"Hi Karen, I have no problem with contractions in an informal document when you are sure that your audience is limited to native English speakers or extremely fluent non-native speakers. But if this is an online newsletter, and non-native speakers…"
Oct 17, 2011
Melanie Blank replied to Rebecca Clark's discussion Requesting Your Feedback
"Sarah, You have some nice content and layout ideas. I agree with Sanjay that your text font is too small, and I think you need some COLOR.  It's too bland for me. You want to grab readers' attention. I also think you need some samples…"
Oct 14, 2011
Melanie Blank replied to Daniel Archer's discussion Tech Writer's First Day
"Jason - bug-fixing?  Just wondering - are you in the type of job/department where the tech writers are also software developers, or at least have a formal s/w development background?"
Aug 25, 2011
Melanie Blank replied to Marie-Ève Béland's discussion Excuse my French
"No biggie, Eddie.  (I was about to type "no te preocupes!"  - Spanish for "Don't worry about it!"  My Spanish study and usage are much more recent than my French, so Spanish usually comes to mind first! I…"
Aug 23, 2011
Melanie Blank replied to Marie-Ève Béland's discussion Excuse my French
"Formidable, Eddie!  :)  (Sounds better in French than English....same spelling)"
Aug 22, 2011
Melanie Blank replied to Marie-Ève Béland's discussion Excuse my French
"Merci bien!  Good reminder about that rule!"
Aug 22, 2011

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At 7:21am on July 20, 2011, Simon Sun said…

I live and work near Shanghai,  which is in the eastern part of China. I find there are so few TWs from China here at TWW. Anyway I am very glad to meet you at TWW. I am still young both physically and in the sense of career development. Any advice from you is much appreciated!

Simon

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