#Tech Comm

[techcommgeekmom]

New listings added today! (5/5/25): So, where do we go from here? That's the main question following the closing of STC. Here are some suggestions that I've gathered: #techcomm

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Miller, Carolyn. “A Humanistic Rationale for Technical Writing” College English. 40(6). 1979. 610-617. doi.org/10.2307/375964.

This piece by Carolyn Miller focuses on introducing new (for 1979 and still important today) “notions of what technical and scientific rhetoric can be and do” (48). Her work here looks at more than just the connections between scientific writing and technical communication though. She is extremely critical of the perceived connection between science and technical communication in this piece because of the traditional positivist view of science (which is clearly, to Miller, not the role of technical communication) and the historic connection between engineering and technical communication (as a service course). She claims that this positivist connection to technical writing is a “form of intellectual coercion, it invites us to prostrate ourselves at the windowpane of language and accept what science has demonstrated” (50). This windowpane metaphor is important to technical communication because it places individuals either inside or outside a particular place (or discourse community), and is often used by science fields to separate those who “see” what is self-evident and those who do not (Clay Spinuzzi would call this a “hero” complex).

Miller, after discussing the connections that are assumed to be between technical communication and science fields, calls for a new epistemology for technical communication. This is a call that is echoed through much of the research on technical communication still, including other works by Carolyn Miller, David Russell, Anne Beaufort, Mary Soliday, J. Blake Scott, and many others. The epistemology she creates here “holds that whatever we know of reality is created by individual action and by communal ascent” as a way to see the world (51). She continues developing her epistemology later by saying “if we pretend for a minute that technical writing is objective, we have passed off a particular political ideology as privileged truth” (52). This is important to think about in connection with other cultural research, and discourse community work, because the cultural connections that technical communicators deal with, between communities both inside and outside of the entities we work for, are important communities that define and redefine the work that we do and the knowledge that we share or produce.

This article is a historically foundational research piece for my comprehensive exams and my own dissertation research because it brings me to an understanding of much of the background, histories, and stereotypes of technical writing in the academy. It also helps me build an understanding of historical pedagogies in the field and where the field has space to grow. While this has many uses in the research I plan to do, I do not think that Carolyn Miller fully answers the need for cultural understanding, even though she hints at this need with her discussion of community and acknowledgement of forces outside of the technical writer. It also lays out many of the issues that still plague the perception of technical and professional writing and communication, both in the classroom and in professional work (specifically as monodirectional communication). She does introduce a need to begin to transition from technical writing to a much more technical communication, or rhetorical, focus as a field (which I feel we need to continue transitioning to, because I see it in my own department).

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[boyswillbedogz]

wolf themed communication cards i made for myself :)

[jaysdoodlehell]

I introduce to y'all the design specifics WIP (kinda) of my Tech-O AU creatures :3 Some details could change of course, but this is the general idea!

[thecoffeecrew404]

Reblog/Comment on this if your tumblr is about aac, if you use aac to make your posts, have any aac based social media's, or know of any creators who do

Namely where we can see the actual aac! Video, screenshots, resources links

Anything AAC

ALSO AAC DISCORD SERVERS/COMMUNITY CHATS PLEASE!!!

[zegalba]

COMME des GARÇONS autumn/winter 2000-2001

[thecoffeelorian]

Coffee's Fic Café, Redux!

Vilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome…

So, cool people.

Once upon a time, I had originally thought that sticking a short blurb at the beginning of my fanfiction list would be enough of an introduction to get to know me, as well as assuming (at the time) that people would focus more on my stories and less upon my general history...these days, however, that may no longer be the case.

This is kinda why I hope to start over almost entirely from scratch, as well as go into a bit more detail about what it is I write about and why I write it in the first place, so...here goes nothing.

ABOUT ME:

Since my first memory of Star Wars involved the Ewoks in "Return Of The Jedi", I guess I officially count as an Elder Fan, and therefore have been in the SW fandom ever since childhood. Since then, as you all will see below, I've done a bunch of work in several facets of the Galaxy Far, Far Away; as well as dabbling in other fandoms in order to broaden my horizons somewhat. I've also started to do a little fanart recently, so once I've got this pinned post up and running, I will eventually add my pieces to the proper fandom sections.

ABOUT MY WRITING STYLE/PREFERENCES:

Sooooo...when I mention in a fic that the romance will be 'slow burn', chances are the main plotline will probably brought about the exact same way. This means that, if we're going by recent examples, the Female Reader will start witnessing some hints of future conflicts from her extended family by Chapter 9 (TBB: Kiss Me, Captain), or else finally getting a moment alone with a certain space pirate by Chapter 9 (SC: Anomaly). This also kinda means that I need my audience to be ultra-patient with me sometimes, as I'm just not that kind of writer who jumps straight into the "woo-hoo" without a literal ton of preparation beforehand.

WHAT I NEED FROM YOU:

So, what does this mean for any and all interested readers?

Simple--I need likes (❤️); I need reblogs (🔁); and if you're feeling really excited, horrified, etc. about a recent chapter, comments (🗨️). It's as simple as that, because it's feedback that makes the world go 'round, and because this site is NOT Tiktok, i.e. views alone WON'T let me know if anybody enjoys my hard work. Therefore, hit the proper icons when my updates come, and I won't ever end up throwing my efforts away in frustration because people weren't bothered to interact.

Anyways! Now that I've gotten through all my explanations, here is a current record of all my fanworks:

STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH

(De)Stressing (Captain Howzer x Reader)

Kiss Me, Captain (Captain Howzer x Female Reader)

The Surprise Guest (Crosshair x Reader)

Caf, Chocolates, and Comfort (Tech x Reader)

The New Aftermath Series (S1 Rewrite)

Burn // Standoff // Heart Of Stone

Overwatch (You Are Omega)

Rogue Punned (A Space Parody)

STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW

Anomaly (Jod Na Nawood x Female Reader)

OTHER STAR WARS TALES

The Special Guest (Codywan)

Comm Chatter (Anomaly Tie-In)

CALL OF DUTY

Sachertorte (König x Reader)

GLADIATOR II

Everyone's Got Secrets (House Husband AU)

FARGO

Promises (Ole Munch x Reader)

STARLIGHT EXPRESS

On Another Track: Part 1

[howdidthisevenhappenanyway]

I think that the comms that Thorn managed to find so that Stone could jailbreak them to be able to call their batchmates without being reported for time wasting or malfunctioning equipment for having emotions or some shit are shaped like cute little tookas and banthas and other cute animals.

thorn kept the single fox one for fox obviously, and hound and all of his arf troopers have ones shaped like masiffs, but he kept the wolf one for himself because he’s an arsehole

[lucentful]

Mukuro Ikusaba, the 7th Bad Batch squad member, lying hidden somewhere inside this facility... the one they call the Ultimate Soldier. Watch out for her.

COMMISSION BY @painthorseblues! be sure to check out his twitter since he's more active there! THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN!

[techcommgeekmom]

New on TechCommGeekMom: Unruly Content: Why Governance Matters

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Grabill, Jeffrey T. and Michele W. Simmons. “Toward a Critical Rhetoric of Risk Communication: Producing Citizens and the Role of Technical Communicators” Technical Communication Quarterly. 7(4). 1998. 415-441. Doi.org/10.1080/105722598909364640.

In this article, Grabill and Simmons focus on the social construction of risk and risk communication. Their study attempts to define risk as arhetorical by decontextualizing the concepts of risk and failure as something that is socially constructed. Grabill and Simmons define risk as currently having three aspects in the professional communication field: as something that “dissolves the separation between assessment and communication,” foregrounds the power in risk communication, and the technical communicator is the only person with the research and writing skills necessary for all of the processes involved in risk communication (360). Their goal was to define how important it is to examine both the disciplines and the institutions involved in risk communication to better understand how the various hierarchies of power are established and exercised in the communication of risk. These definitions of communication structure and power create a new meaning (at least for 1998) into how we as technical communicators are “supposed to” communicate with the “general public.”

Grabill and Simmons use Michel Foucault’s “The Subject and Power” as a lens through which to look at the concepts of risk and the power structures involved in the conversations surrounding risk. Foucault claims that “institutions exercise power through regulating and constraining knowledge making, production and consumption through rules and practices. Understanding how power is exercised, and looking for gaps, we can resist, even alter, unequal power relations” (as qtd. In Grabill and Simmons, 361-362). Foucault’s view (and Grabill and Simmon’s) shows that the power structures involved in document construction is one in which the power of decision making is given to “experts.” This choice of decision making, and distribution of information ends up masking the complex social connections and interactions that are involved in the creation of knowledge, therefor denying the citizens involved any real power in the creation of the knowledge and limiting the social needs of knowledge making. This, I (and Grabill and Simmons) would claim, would also weaken the message given by the “experts.”

This article holds some very important connections for my potential research, one is that I probably need to better acquaint myself with Foucault, and the other is that power formation is something that has the ability to evolve the messages of technical communicators for good and for ill. By looking at how risk communication deals with the social needs (or doesn’t) of the field, I will be able to find connections to other research. There are some interesting parallels between social construction, risk communication, and power structures that I should be aware of in looking at the needs of the audience. This helps inform my research when defining what is social within the field and being aware of who the decision makers are and how that can affect the work produced, its interactions and its intentions. Also, being aware of various communication structures, how they work, and how they are perceived is something that all technical communicators should be aware of.

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Sorry, Wrong Comms! Masterlist

Season one Bad Batch AU fic; our favorite squadron of rouge Clones escapes the Empire (some more reluctantly than others) post Order 66 and do their best to make their way in a turbulent galaxy. When a medical emergency puts one of their own at risk, they're forced to seek out medical help, and end up forging a friendship in the woman who kindly helps them. She may be a simple medic, but she's no stranger to the sick and injured of the galaxy, even when things get grisly once more for the Bad Batch...

Please mind the warnings for each chapter as there are things like vague medical terminology, near death(s), mild injury description + care, blood, drugs (both medical and **recreational references), use of restraints, needles (autoinjectors), nausea and non-descriptive mentions of vomit, language and minor adult themes throughout the series.

*RATING: 16+ | STATUS: Complete | POV: 3rd Person | Fem Reader

🩺Chapter 1

🩺Chapter 2

🩺Chapter 3

🩺Chapter 4

🩺Chapter 5

🩺Chapter 6

🩺Chapter 7

🩺Chapter 7.5

🩺Chapter 8

🩺Chapter 9

🩺Chapter 10

🩺Chapter 11

🩺Chapter 12

Started: 5/1/2023 | Finished: 7/24/2023 | Total word count: 82,209

*I am aware chapters will say "Intended audience is 13+"; these were written some time ago and new edits will not always "take" when I have tried to save them.

**This is a one-time occurrence.

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[pandorablogz]

AACs we use!!

body language; pointing,, gestures,, nodding,, some basic ASL,, we only know some basic words and phrases so its mostly pointing with my hands or eyes.

high tech AAC; symbotalk,, weave chat,, Cboard AAC,, TDsnap,, we only feel comfortable using these with close friends so we dont use them often but when we do they work extremely well, we really enjoy organizing these AACs

low tech AAC; communication cards,, we are in the process of making new ones since we lost our old ones. we had an info card, personal card, medical card, DID card, selective mutism card, some greeting cards, yes/no/maybe/i dont know cards, some others and many cards for myself like breathing exercises and thinking pattern reminders. these are my favourite AAC.

[onecooooooolcat]

sorry i cant take anything srsly i literally come from doesn't take anything srsly region