{"id":4032,"date":"2013-10-01T10:31:08","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T15:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/?p=4032"},"modified":"2013-10-01T10:38:47","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T15:38:47","slug":"pinterest-for-tech-writers-you-bet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.encoretechresources.com\/insights\/2013\/10\/01\/pinterest-for-tech-writers-you-bet\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinterest for Tech Writers? You Bet!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It might seem counterintuitive to link Pinterest \u2013 the pinboard Web app you tend to associate with garden parties and interior decorating \u2013 with technical writing. But that’s wrong. Witness the marvelous job Ugur Akinci has done on Pinterest with his technical writing pinboard<\/a>. \u00a0In addition to being a Fortune 100 technical writer, Ugur \u00a0is an online course designer, a lover of Bossa Nova, running, singing in harmony, positive thinking and meditation. A real renaissance man in a Web setting!<\/p>\n

\"imgres\"<\/a>Ugur has a couple of dozen other pinboards besides the one on technical writing. Pinterest ought to be using him as a demonstration of the range of its engaging technology. Everything from Films of Cary Grant tp Technical Communication. And Ugur keeps on servicing them all; he seems particularly in love with Hawaii.<\/p>\n

We wonder how today’s Web men and women have time for all the surfing, designing and posting they do, and still maintain their sponsoring discipline, in this case technical writing. It’s an expressive medium, to be sure, but there’s usually not a copydesk rimmed with green-eyeshaded proofreader\/headline writers to help with it. We note that Ugur is a PhD, which doubtless has something to do with his capacity for productive creativity. A lot of it has to do with thinking through your aims and concepts beforehand.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, Pinterest is a delightful means of portraying your interests on the Web, and thereby doing yourself \u2013 whether you’re a technical writer, sprinter or a homemaker \u2013 a celebratory service. \u2013 Doug Bedell<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It might seem counterintuitive to link Pinterest \u2013 the pinboard Web app you tend to associate with garden parties and interior decorating \u2013 with technical writing. But that’s wrong. Witness the marvelous job Ugur Akinci has done on Pinterest with his technical writing pinboard. \u00a0In addition to being a Fortune 100 technical writer, Ugur \u00a0is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-communication","category-technology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t