Digital communicators! Keep abreast of latest thinking in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality, plain language, user experience, metadata, content and techcomm. We read and repost our bookmarks here so you can quickly get up to date with what’s happening in your career area.
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Plain language
- Plain Language Past and Present, Part I: The Legacy of “Gobbledygook” (CDC)
- Let’s Talk: Plain Language Can Make Your Content More Conversational (Zuula)
Content – creation, strategy, sharing
- Digital transformation: why it’s hard and how to make it work (Gather Content)
- 15 Creative Ways to Repurpose Your Content (Constant Content)
- A smart factory needs smart content needs smart workers (Firehead)
- The Impact of AI on Content Strategy (Qordoba)
- “No Content for You!” Understanding The Strange Animals We Call Writers, for Best Results (Writer Access)
- Most Online ‘Terms of Service’ Are Incomprehensible to Adults, Study Finds (Vice)
- The building blocks of content strategy (The Content Company)
User experience (UX) and usability
- Creative-and-unusual-e-commerce-experiences (Awwwards)
- Flat Design – An Introduction (interactive Design Foundation)
Metadata
- The Semantic Zoo – Smart Data Hubs, Knowledge Graphs and Data Catalogs (Forbes)
- The Value of Metadata (Forbes)
Techcomm
- Employment and salary outlook for technical writers based on the 2017-2018 STC Salary Database (I’d Rather Be Writing)
- Is this the end of user assistance as we know it? (TCWorld)
Augmented, virtual and mixed reality (AR)
- Augmented Reality SEO: What to Expect in the Future (Quick Sprout)
- What’s the hype around industrial augmented reality? (Mobile Marketing)
Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning
- Alibaba’s new AI can generate 20,000 lines of copy in a second (CNET)
- Writing for machines and humans (Firehead)
- How Neural Networks Can Read Thoughts and Restore Movement to Paralyzed Limbs (Nvidia)
- How Math and Data Science Accelerate Innovation While Conserving Resources (Bayer)
- Artificial Intelligence Creates a New Generation of Machine Learning (Interesting Engineering)
- Top 2019 Artificial Intelligence Trends and predictions (Chatbot News)
Workplace, careers, recruitment
- The top 5 job search mistakes you need to stop making (Monster)
- How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting (HBR)
- How to Tailor Your CV to Different Jobs (Career Experts)
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CJ Walker
