http://treadheavily.com/blog A old geeks's blog about games, gamers, and parenting. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:35:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At the Technical Communication Summit this past week in Philly, Phylise Banner and I decided to do something a little different. We found out that a surprising number of Technical Communicators didn't know about the options out there in Social Media and Social Networking. Most of them have never even ... http://treadheavily.com/blog/2008/06/06/s3-super-secret-session/ I've spent the first part of this week here in Philly at the Technical Communication Summit. I am exhausted, inspired, and excited about the future of the STC and the people that I met there. This is my first year as an official member of the Program Advisory Committee, and ... http://treadheavily.com/blog/2008/06/04/philly-tech-comm-style/ Last weekend I turned 35. The last milestone before the dreaded 4-0. Not that 35 means anything beyond another year, but anything above that; I feel is 'close to 40,' and not so much young anymore. So now, I am at that in-between period where birthdays mean less than ... http://treadheavily.com/blog/2008/05/05/my-birthday-with-wenches/ This past Monday, Robert "Bawb" Varley passed away unexpectedly in his Orlando, Florida home. He wasn't feeling well, so he laid down to take a nap. Bawb loved his naps. His wife found him a few hours later. I've never actually met Bob Varley, never interacted with him online, and doubt ... http://treadheavily.com/blog/2008/05/01/disney-loses-a-wonderful-fan/ I have been a bachelor for the last 6 days and I have had the best time. My wife took the kids to the in-laws' house for spring break, leaving me and the dog back home. This was the first time in a while that I've been completely unsupervised, so I ... http://treadheavily.com/blog/2008/04/09/while-the-cats-away/ Today is the first day of my new job. It has been a few weeks since I have written a post, but I at least have a good reason, or a good one to me on any account. Before Friday, I was an Information Architect, serving on a product management team. ... http://treadheavily.com/blog/2008/03/31/new-beginnings/ Last week was not conducive to blogging, so I took a bit of time off. This week I'm coming back strong with another episode of Tweet Files! My guest this week is Shannon, better known as Monty or akaMonty on Twitter. [audio:http://www.treadheavily.com/blog/pod/tweetfilesepisode3.mp3] Use this link to download it for later. Go to Monty's ... http://treadheavily.com/blog/2008/03/11/tweet-files-episode-3/ Episode 1 was so much fun to do, I decided to do episode 2! This week's interview is with Meg Fowler (megfowler on Twitter.) Meg is an amazing writer and blogger who just happens to be from Canada. Listen to the podcast and go read her blog. In this episode, we get ... http://treadheavily.com/blog/2008/03/03/tweet-files-episode-2-megfowler/ Earlier this month, I presented a short show-and-tell session about new sites and trends in Social Media at the chapter meeting for the Atlanta Society for Technical Communication. I posted about this before, and was very excited about bringing these sites to light within our chapter of the STC. After ... http://treadheavily.com/blog/2008/02/29/social-media-show-and-tell/ I have been itching to try my hand at putting a podcast together, not because I like to hear myself talk, but because I love the medium and am curious how I would do as a podcaster. A couple of weeks ago, I came up with this idea and the ... http://treadheavily.com/blog/2008/02/26/tweet-files-episode-1-phillymac/