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Android, webOS, and HTML5 walk into a bar... vrge.co/Kf3PKT 11:42 AM May 25th via web
I know getting feedback from content users is crucial in #techcomm, but I can no longer read comments on news stories. TOXIC SLUDGE. 8:21 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
@Jenn_Tech Under trees, fortunately. And the hail has passed on. 2:05 PM May 23rd via web in reply to Jenn_Tech
Hailing in Cary right now. Hard. 1:56 PM May 23rd via web
TRUTH RT @kirstyt: @alanpringle That is just poor planning. Always have a backup chocolate stash. 7:31 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
@#$%! I just finished off the @EscazuChocolate dark bar with goat's milk that I keep in my desk drawer, and I didn't bring a new one! 7:18 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
RT @virtual_li: Craftsmanship MUST give way to efficiencies @KnowledgeBishop (Not at #stc12, but I have to give this a big AMEN.) 8:42 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
@peterlubbers @sarahokeefe We'll set up a chocolate IV drip just for you at the next conference we all attend! 6:19 PM May 21st via web in reply to peterlubbers
@peterlubbers @sarahokeefe Not this year. Shaking up our schedule & trying new things. Seen some interesting tweets from #stc12, though! 6:08 PM May 21st via web in reply to peterlubbers
The editor in me wants quality content. The manager in me wants stats on how editing improves bottom line. #stc12 12:25 PM May 21st via TweetDeck
YouTube is 7 years old: bit.ly/Krszgq Time flies when you fall down YouTube holes. 5:51 AM May 21st via TweetDeck
NC regulators approve Apple solar farm: bit.ly/KwtY8N (Let's hope "Apples's" in the headline is corrected soon.) 11:35 AM May 17th via TweetDeck
Sprint comes in dead last in ranking of wireless carriers in the Raleigh area. (Totally unsurprising result.) bit.ly/KqQb8p 12:40 PM May 15th via TweetDeck
From @sarahokeefe: moving #techcomm from batch publishing to a just-in-time model. bit.ly/JgrndB 5:36 AM May 15th via TweetDeck
From a Reuters story on the finale of Desperate Housewives: "after taking the wrap in [the] murder trial." A shawl? Plastic? 4:24 AM May 15th via TweetDeck
Amen! RT @sarahokeefe: If you post your Klout, exercise log, 4square checkin, or anything else of that ilk, I am unfollowing. #toomuchnoise 12:17 PM May 14th via TweetDeck
@juliov27612 Good question. "Documentation" is indeed dated; it reinforces incorrect perceptions about what #techcomm does, IMHO. 11:39 AM May 14th via TweetDeck in reply to juliov27612
And 10 hours of Brahms for 99 cents! amzn.to/KRbU4X 2:02 PM May 11th via web
Seven hours of Tchaikovsky for 99 cents: amzn.to/KuGLqo 1:51 PM May 11th via web
Working in isolation is NOT the answer. RT @dfarb: great question from Alan Pringle #techcomm bit.ly/KtpLAW 8:01 AM May 11th via TweetDeck

Name alanpringle
Location Cary, NC
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Bio Director at scriptorium.com: Content strategy for technical communication. Publishing (ebooks and print). Eating (preferably pastries and chocolate).