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	<title>Technical Communication Center &#187; Consumer</title>
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	<description>Technical Writing &#38; Communication Tips, Trends &#38; Tutorials by Ugur Akinci, Ph.D.</description>
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		<title>Eliminating the Boundary Between Reporting and Selling</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/04/25/eliminating-the-boundary-between-reporting-and-selling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© 2011 Ugur Akinci This one is new to me. I was reading this news story about actor Nicholas Cage attending his son&#8217;s wedding. There was a photo of Cage in the news story. When I accidentally moved my cursor over the photo I saw these three blue dots emerge out of nowhere: (Click to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plain Writing for Medical Insurance Policies &#8212; A Growth Field for Technical Writers</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/04/01/plain-writing-for-medical-insurance-policies-a-growth-field-for-technical-writers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© 2011 Ugur Akinci First off, please read the following description of &#8220;Primary Care Health Program&#8221; and see if you can understand anything: &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- &#8220;The following rules determine which is the “primary” program: a) If the other program is not primarily a dental program, this program is primary. b) If the other program is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Find Self-Assembly Sheet and Installation Guide Writing Jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/03/21/how-to-find-self-assembly-sheet-and-installation-guide-writing-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/03/21/how-to-find-self-assembly-sheet-and-installation-guide-writing-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© 2011 Ugur Akinci It&#8217;s hard to buy a single product or gadget these days that don&#8217;t come with it&#8230; Monitors&#8230; computers&#8230; cell phones&#8230; tables and chairs&#8230; modular homes&#8230; kitchen appliances&#8230; vacuum cleaners&#8230; cameras&#8230; exercise equipment&#8230; I&#8217;m talking about self-assembly sheets and installation guides written for the consumers. And who writes all those instructions? A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Email Large Files and Technical Documents</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/02/28/how-to-email-large-files-and-technical-documents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/02/28/how-to-email-large-files-and-technical-documents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/?p=10854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[© 2011 Ugur Akinci In technical communication we frequently send large files. Pushing such files through a regular email server is always a problem. Some graphic and video files take up huge space. Those EPS-format or InDesign publication &#8220;packaged files&#8221; that some printers require also eat up a lot of megabytes because they include every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charge Credit Cards on Your Cell Phone</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/02/27/charge-credit-cards-on-your-cell-phone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/02/27/charge-credit-cards-on-your-cell-phone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© 2011 Ugur Akinci This is pretty amazing if you ask me&#8230; Now you can accept credit card payments via your cell phone by SWIPING the PHYSICAL CREDIT CARD against your phone! Works both with iPhone and Android phones&#8230; What&#8217;s next? THIS: you&#8217;ll be able to swipe the credit card over a CHARGE SPOT on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Write About Internet Connectivity &#8212; A Crash Course</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/02/25/how-to-write-about-internet-connectivity-a-crash-course/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/02/25/how-to-write-about-internet-connectivity-a-crash-course/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© 2011 Ugur Akinci Telecommunications and internet connectivity are hot items not only for the consumers but for writers as well. Those writers specializing in these topics have countless magazines and web sites to which they can sell their articles. But first things first&#8230; If you&#8217;re a technical communication professional who&#8217;d like to write articles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Idea and Title of &#8220;Product Evangelist&#8221; in Technical Communications</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/02/03/on-the-idea-and-title-of-product-evangelist-in-technical-communications/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2011/02/03/on-the-idea-and-title-of-product-evangelist-in-technical-communications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/?p=10458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[© 2011 Ugur Akinci I love product evangelists for two good reasons: (1) I love software products. I have no idea how we lived back in the 60s and 70s without any software doing all these wonderful things on our desktops, laptops, and mobile devices. (2) I like and admire the product evangelists that I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why and How to Write Proposals for U.S. Government Purchasing Contracts &#8212; An Introduction</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2010/12/07/why-and-how-to-write-proposals-for-u-s-government-purchasing-contracts-an-introduction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2010/12/07/why-and-how-to-write-proposals-for-u-s-government-purchasing-contracts-an-introduction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© 2010 Ugur Akinci Did you know that you can make a good living as a technical communicator by concentrating on writing U.S. Government purchasing contracts? U.S. Government is probably the largest buyer in the world, period. The numbers change from year to year, but the last I heard is this: U.S. Government purchases more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Avoid Obfuscation when Writing a Corporate &#8220;Tagline&#8221; or Mission Statement</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2010/11/26/how-to-avoid-obfuscation-when-writing-a-corporate-tagline-or-mission-statement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2010/11/26/how-to-avoid-obfuscation-when-writing-a-corporate-tagline-or-mission-statement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/?p=9628</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[© 2010 Ugur Akinci Movies come with taglines that summarize the story in a hurry. ALIEN (1979): &#8220;In space, no one can hear you scream.&#8221; ERIN BROCKOVICH (2000) : “She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees.” FARGO (1996): &#8220;A lot can happen in the middle of nowhere.&#8221; STAGECOACH [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Ambient Media&#8221;&#8230; The Next Step in Modular Mass Communication or Intrusive Advertising?</title>
		<link>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2010/11/08/ambient-media-the-next-step-in-modular-mass-communication-or-intrusive-advertising/</link>
		<comments>http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2010/11/08/ambient-media-the-next-step-in-modular-mass-communication-or-intrusive-advertising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[© 2010 Ugur Akinci I was really amazed at this video about the new &#8220;Ambient Media&#8221; trend, coming to us from Britain: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/11/03/imagining-an-augment.html As you can see, it can easily be interpreted as yet another transparent attempt by the advertisement agencies to intrude into our private lives. One can easily think of it as &#8220;Mad [...]]]></description>
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