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Social Sunday: RSS Readers

by Sarah Dillon

A quick overview of some of the ways I use my feedreader to manage information from a range of different sources (5 mins). [Read more…]

Last updated: 16 August, 2009 by Sarah Dillon. Filed Under: Technology for translators, Working habits Tagged With: Google Reader, online presence, screencast, top tips, video

Sharing social media secrets*

by Sarah Dillon

Knowledge Sharing Is...
I like projects so I’m going to start a new one. I think it will be fun, and I’m hoping it will catch on.

Starting tomorrow, I’m planning to post a series of screencasts to demonstrate how I use various web 2.0 and social media tools. They’ll be no more than 5 minutes each, aimed at fellow language professionals, and pretty rough and ready in format (suffice it to say you won’t find it hard to believe I’m a translator, instead of a movie producer). My aim is simply to share things that I find interesting, or that have worked for me as I’ve built up my freelance practice over the past 5 years or more. [Read more…]

Last updated: 1 August, 2009 by Sarah Dillon. Filed Under: Marketing for language professionals, Professional development, Technology for translators Tagged With: jing, knowledge sharing, online presence, Professional development, screencast

Twitter: this director's cut

by Sarah Dillon

Sometimes it can help to actually *see* someone using an application to grasp its possibilities as they may – or may not – apply to you. I’ve already written about where Twitter stands for me in the grand scheme of social media things. Here are three little screencasts to give you a quick visual overview of how I use Twitter. [Read more…]

Last updated: 16 October, 2008 by Sarah Dillon. Filed Under: Technology for translators Tagged With: online presence, screencast, Social media, Technology for translators