I'm baaaack....and ready to edit!

 
Hello again!

I'm back after my little hiatus (otherwise known as Winter Break).  I needed some time to be offline for a while and recharge my mental/emotional/physical batteries.  I think I've accomplished that.

Now it's time for new adventures into the hybrid world that is technical communication/usability/psychology.  I've decided that I'll also discuss editing in some of my posts on this blog.  I think that the editing process is crucial to communicating successfully in any medium, and usability and the reader's construction of meaning are essential elements to consider when editing or revising a product of any kind.

While I have some professional experience editing at the micro level, I'm hoping that, over the course of the next few months, I'll be able to gain a greater appreciation for other (and more interesting) types of editing that both challenge me and enable me to show the utmost respect for the readers of any kind of writing or producing that I will do in the future.

The posts relevant to this topic will be labeled "editing," making them easy to find.

I hope you'll continue to visit me here in the blogosphere (and if you're new here, welcome!).

Prepare to Merge: Streamlining My Interests Into One Blog

 
You may have noticed that I've added some posts to this blog that relate, in one way or another, to communication theory.  I want to take this opportunity to explain why I'm including them here and why I'm adding these posts now.

(photo: found here and used in accordance with a Creative Commons license)

My interests are many and varied, and when I can draw connections between them and share them with others, I'm thrilled.  However, when I first started this blog, I wasn't sure of the exact direction I wanted it to take and what kinds of topics I wanted to cover (apart from usability and psychology).

My original idea was to create two separate blogs: one for me to talk about usability, psychology, and related topics, and another for me to write about communication theory.  Then, one of my potential readers suggested that I try to incorporate my communication theory posts into this blog, a practice that would allow me to focus my energy on one blog and one readership rather than two.

I liked this idea, but then I wasn't sure how I would blend the two topics together in a way that really made sense and didn't seem forced.  Thus, for the past few months, I have kept notes on what I've wanted to say about communication theory and held off on finalizing and posting them until this week.

I think (or hope?) that I've done a good job of integrating communication theory and usability/psychology.  I've posted them according to the corresponding dates of my notes, and I've given them the label "theory" for easy retrieval.

I hope you enjoy my postings (and maybe even learn as much as I have during the process of writing them).  I also hope that you will continue down this road of the blogosphere with me.

As always, comments and questions are welcome.

Thank you.