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LavaCon 2011 Articles and Photos

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My articles from LavaCon are slowly being posted online at TechWhirl’s LavaCon Conferences Page. I am working through plenty of typed and handwritten notes, and audio recordings. So far I have plenty of articles to write about and I believe there will be some article ideas that will come out of my attendance from this year’s LavaCon.

Currently there are two articles online at TechWhirl: Robert Rhyne Armstrong on the Perfect CMS and Corey Ganser on “Who Cares About Your Content?”. These two sessions fall into my field of interest with technical communication and content strategy. More article postings will come soon.

I have some photos of LavaCon and Austin, Texas on Flickr. You can view them on Roger’s LavaCon Flickr Set.

There are more LavaCon photos from TechWhirl’s Flickr LavaCon Group, TechWhirl’s Flickr Page, and Rachel Houghton’s LavaCon 2011 Flickr Set,

Videos of the nightlife will slowly pop up–including Karaoke.

I’ll leave you at last with a picture of Scott Abel and his panel of speakers at the Keynote Session: The New Communication Paradigm: Smart Content, Social Media and Mobile Devices.

Keynote Session: The New Communication Paradigm: Smart Content, Social Media and Mobile Devices

Scott Abel and his panel of speakers at the Keynote Session

See you at LavaCon 2011!

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Thank you to everyone who supported me to attend LavaCon on Facebook, I greatly appreciate your help! As part of your support, my job while at LavaCon is to live blog and write some articles for the folks over at TechWhirl.

Tech–what? TechWhirl, formerly and popularly known as Techwr-L, is an online magazine and discussion group for technical communicators. It originally began as an email discussion group in 1993. You can read more about them and their history.

What does this mean for you and me? Great content for the TechWhirl website which promotes everyone involved with LavaCon. I’ve done blogging before and this will be a fantastic opportunity for everyone to see my networking, interviewing, and article writing skills in action. I look forward to writing about this conference.

I’ll post one or two more articles here at WriteTechie before I run off to LavaCon and I will post a recap of my attendance with links to articles on the TechWhirl website. You are more than welcome to contact me and offer feedback while I’m out and about at the conference. I wish to make it interactive as well as informative.

See you in Austin from November 13-16!

Five Reasons Why I Should Guest Blog at LavaCon

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I’m posting a blurb here at WriteTechie because I would love to attend LavaCon 2011. There is so much knowledge that I can learn and share with the rest of my colleagues at the conference and on the TechWhirl site. Part of effort would be to win the contest sponsored by TechWhirl so I could live blog from the conference. Your support is greatly appreciated!

Please read my Facebook wall post and “Like” it.

 

“Five Reasons Why You Should Send Me On The Road To LavaCon Contest

  1. I am easy to talk to and have an established network to draw on for attendee interviews and commentary.
  2. LavaCon will be a valuable experience for a relatively recent grad struggling to gain content development experience.
  3. My interests include social networking, content management, and education.
  4. I have an awesome TechComm blog ( http://writetechie.com/ ).
  5. I post frequently on Facebook, Google+, Twitter ( @rogerrenteria ) and LinkedIn

Also, I would love the honor of being a live blogger for TechWhirl.”