A sporadic collection of my thoughts, learnings, and updates.
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This winter, I took on one of my most ambitious career projects to date: I designed, scripted, recorded, edited, and published a training course for the Vitality Project from scratch. It was a novel experience for a number of reasons. While I’ve made plenty of training content in the past, much of it has been in written form. In the instances I’ve…
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I enjoy working as a technical writer. It’s satisfying to translate technical concepts and language into everyday language. I like that my work has a direct impact on how customers experience software. I value the deep working relationships I get to build with SMEs and other technical writers. It’s work that suits me well. And also. I come from a humanities background:…
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Nearly a year to the day since my last site update (😬), I’m back to share a brief, exciting personal update: In January, I became a Canadian permanent resident! Being granted PR status has been a relief. Notably, I no longer need to expend loads of mental energy on contingency planning. My temporary status was due to expire in mid-2023, without the…
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It’s been a bit since I posted, so I figured I’d take some time to post an update from what I’ve been up to on this summer. It’s flown by! I revamped this website. If you’ve followed me for a bit, you’ll notice that some things look different around here. I updated the look and feel of this site and did some…
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Like many other graduating students this year, I was disappointed to be unable to attend convocation and formally celebrate the completion of grad school alongside my friends, family, and colleagues. Fortunately, the faculty and administrative team at Dal’s School of Information Management arranged a good ol’ virtual Nova Scotia kitchen party for us to get together one last time and mark the…
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I’m pleased to announce that I’ve finally finished the web-friendly write up of a semester-long project I worked on for a course on Human Information Interaction. For the project, I surveyed members of the Facebook group Sounds like MLM but OK to see how they use information from the group to make decisions in their day-to-day lives, and to get an idea…
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Watch the video below for a short explanation of how to add and remove subscribers from the SIMSA listserv. Step-by-step instructions are listed below the video. Adding a Subscriber From the listserv homepage, click List Management > Subscriber Management. Click the Single Subscriber tab. Enter the subscriber’s name and email address in the Add New Subscriber box. Click Add to SIMSA-L button.…
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Information Without Borders is an student-run information management conference hosted each February at Dalhousie University. Both students and information professionals are encouraged to attend to learn, network, and connect with others in the IM community. Each year the conference is organized around a selected theme. This year’s theme was Information at Home, which the conference organizers describe as a topic that ‘focuses…
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I maintain a list of open access journals, industry publications, and other resources that I find helpful for professional KM development. This list is periodically updated. Open Access Journals Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management Journal of Knowledge Management Practice Note: This journal has not been updated since 2013 Industry Publications KMWorld RealKM RealKM approaches KM…
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