My schedule every Friday this term. (Payback for teaching a course over Christmas break.)

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AmLit Rescue — Scratch Game

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Updating a handout I originally wrote in 1998. #tech #writing

A mechanism description analyzes (that is, subdivides into components for further scrutiny) an object in space. When you try to organize your major subsections, if no other obvious pattern seems appropriate, you can always fall back on the more-important-to-less-important strategy. Don’t sell the object. A technical writer is not required to persuade the reader that the object is wonderful,…

Getting to the Point in Academic Writing

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Playing a well-dressed bad guy.

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Father-daughter bonding between takes.

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Younger friends, can you write or read cursive? I’m curious.

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When we play Star Trek Monopoly, I am the Captain’s chair.

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Tonight’s Supermoon.

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Using a Typewriter Simulator to Teach Media History

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My parents doing their daily crossword.

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Consciousness: Where Are Words?

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Merry Christmas 2017

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Mentoring skills, communication/listening, empathy, critical thinking define successful employees in Google self-study. (STEM knowlege? Not as important.)

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“Dammit Mom, I’m a daughter, not a theoretician!”

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