10-Minute Tech Comm
10-minute interviews with technical communication practitioners, scholars, and innovators. Hosted by Dr. Ryan Weber at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Visit https://tenminutetechcomm.com/ for transcripts and more information! Contact Ryan Weber at rw0019@uah.edu with questions, comments, or feedback!
Episodes
90 episodes
Josh Dorfman on Solutions-Oriented Climate Change Communication
Josh Dorfman, co-founder of Supercool and Plantd, shares insights from decades of experience communicating about climate. Dorfman brings an optimistic spirit to...
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27:50
Scott Abel on Creating Trustworthy Content in the Age of AI
Scott Abel of The Content Wrangler talks about how technical communicators are uniquely positioned to leverage the capabilities of generative AI to create better content. Find a tran...
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27:53
Dr. Kem-Laurin Lubin on the Rhetorical Nature of AI
Dr. Kem-Laurin Lubin joins 10-Minute Tech Comm to explain why AI is rhetorical, how it defines humans, and how we can use ethotic heuristics to create more human-centered AI. This conversation is part of...
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22:32
Jennifer Blatz on the Good, the Trends, and the Ugly of UX
Jennifer Blatz, Lead UX Researcher at BECU and founder of BlatzChatz, joins the podcast to discuss her newsletter, building community in UX, and whether it's worth getting into the UX field at a...
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18:17
Dr. Leslie Seawright on the Ethics of Document Design
Dr. Leslie Seawright discusses her new article, co-authored with Amy Hodges and Timothy Ponce, "'Is This Ethical?' New Data on the Ethical Principles and Practices of Docu...
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21:52
Dr. Sarah Gunning on the Learning Curve for Nonprofit Proposal Writers
Dr. Sarah Gunning of Towson University joins the podcast to discuss her recent article "How Do Nonprofit Proposal Writers Learn Their Jobs? Results of a Nationwide Survey...
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12:59
Joe Natoli on The User Experience Team of One
On this episode, we're joined by Joe Natoli, co-author (with Leah Buley) of second edition of The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Surv...
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17:32
Dr. Elena Garcia and Lupe Garcia on Considering the Factory Floor
Father-daughter research team Lupe and Elena Garcia discuss their recent Technical Communication Quarterly article Considering the Factory Floor, which ana...
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32:01
Irina Silyanova on Writing UX Microcopy
Irina Silyanova offers advice on how to write better UX microcopy, the small chunks of text that allow users to navigate an interface. Her advice comes from her recent Smashing Magazine article:
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18:13
Karen Rempel on Technical Writer Resumes and Interviews
Karen Rempel (https://karenrempel.com/) joins the podcast to give advise on crafting better resumes and giving better interviews. Visit
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19:30
Anjana Rajan on Knowledge Management
Anjana Rahan shares insight from her career in knowledge management and information architecture. Visit Buzzsprout for a transcript of the e...
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7:08
Julia Pond on Information Architecture with DITA
Julia Pond, information architect at Trilyon, Inc, joins the podcast to discuss her work using XML and DITA to collect, manage, and publish content. Visit
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18:40
Dr. Jordan Frith on Barcodes
Dr. Jordan Frith discusses Barcode, his new book in the Object Lessons series. Though we take barcodes for granted now, Frith argues that "it's really hard to become mundane." He explains how barcodes shaped the global economy, how controversie...
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Sara Sánchez on Technical Communication in Spain
Sara Sánchez, a localization lead and technical writer at Onada, talks about her project of spreading the word about technical communication in her country of Spain. Check out https://meetcontent.github.io/ for more about her work! Visit
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13:20
Summer Lopez on AI and Threats to Free Expression
Summer Lopez from PEN America joins the podcast to discuss her organization's new report, Speech in the Machine: Generative AI's Implications for Free Expression. The report details ways that generative AI tools might disrupt free speech with t...
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20:52
Jasmyne Epps on Digital Accessibility
Jasmyne Epps, Product Manager at Digital Services Georgia, joins the show to discuss the definition and goals of digital accessibility, plus the ways that digital accessibility contributes to the goals of a robust Diversity, Equity, and Inclusi...
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17:44
Dr. Joy Robinson on UX Research
Dr. Joy Robinson joins the podcast to discuss her work as a user experience researcher at Google. She discusses her research methods, how she advocates for users, and the trends she see in UX. Email Ryan Weber at ryan.weber@uah.edu for more inf...
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16:42
Justin McGill on AI Writing
Justin McGill, founder of the AI content-generation company Content @ Scale (https://contentatscale.ai), joins the podcast to talk about what his company does, what AI means for the future of writing, and the ethical issues surrounding AI conte...
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42:08
Dr. Katie Mack on Writing about the End of the Universe
Astrophysicist Dr. Katie Mack (https://www.astrokatie.com/) joins the show to talk about writing her book, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking). Dr. Mack discusses her writing process, her moment of realization that the universe cou...
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21:11
The Big Rhetorical Podcast Carnival 2022! Dr. Emily Haozous on Health Communication with Native American Communities
Part of The Big Rhetorical Podcast Carnival 2022! Dr. Emily Haozous researches Native American health care disparities and communication at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (https://southwest.pire.org/person/emily-a-haozous-ph-...
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24:50
David Nunez on Docs for Developers
David Nunez talks about his book Docs for Developers (https://docsfordevelopers.com/), coauthored with Jared Bhatti, Zachary Sarah Corleissen, Jen Lambourne, and Heidi Waterhouse. David talks about why developers need to write documents, how to...
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Julio Vazquez on DITA and the Technical Work of Technical Communication
Julio Vazquez is a Senior Digital Content Strategist at Cisco and a technical communicator with decades of experience. He joins the show to talk about his experience helping to create the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) standard and ...
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17:32
Big Rhetorical Podcast Carnival Special Episode on Misinformation Featuring Dr. Sara Yeo, Dr. Leticia Bode, and Maryam Maleki
This episode is part of the Big Rhetorical Podcast Carnival 2021 on Contending with Misinformation in the Community and Classroom. The episode features three experts who study how misinformation spreads and effective ways to thwart it. Dr. Sara Ye...
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Natalie Dunbar on Information Architecture and Content Strategy
Natalie Dunbar (https://www.nataliedunbarcontentstrategist.com/) defines information architecture and content strategy, then explains how to implement both! She explains how to keep your webpage from resembling the Winchester Mystery House (https:...
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