Word-Nerd
- Gender: Female
- Astrological Sign: Gemini
- Industry: Technology
- Occupation: Technical communicator
- Location: Toronto : Ontario : Canada
About Me
I am a Canadian and a graduate of the Humber College Technical Writing Certificate program. I've been writing professionally since 2004, preparing and editing end-user documentation for an IT consulting firm in Toronto. The more I learn in the field of tech. writing, the more I want to know. Since beginning my career, I have developed passions for Plain English, copyediting, international documentation standards, single sourcing, and usability issues. I joined the STC Toronto Chapter as a student member in 2004, and became the Hospitality Manager later that year. In 2006 I was offered and accepted the portfolio of Recognitions Manager. In November of 2006, I was honoured to be declared a Canadian Delegate to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC 7 WG 2
Interests
- authors
- books
- canadian literature
- content management
- crosswords
- dictionaries
- editing
- information architecture
- international documentation standards
- lexicons
- libraries
- modern literature
- old english
- plain english
- plain language
- reading
- stc
- technical writing
- usability
- word play
- words
- writers
- writing
- team blogging
- team blogs
Favorite Books
- Austerlitz
- Dharma Bums
- Of Human Bondage
- Mad Shadows
- Hopeful Monsters
- Coming Through Slaughter
- In the Skin of a Lion
- In the Spice House
- On the Road
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
- Beautiful Losers
