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September/October

2003

Vol. 61,

No. 1

Newsletter of the Boston Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication

Contents
	Cover Page
	End of the Year Banquet
	Letter from the Editor
	Idea Watch SIG Examines the Development Process
	Birth of Boston IA
	The Well-Fed Writer: Financial Self-Sufficiency as a Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less
	What the Competitions are About
	The Competitions Are Fast Approaching - Always!
	PDF Files and the STC Competitions
	"What, Me Judge?"
	Macromedia Products Deliver
	Seabiscuit Disappoints Technical Communicators
	Society Highlights
	Announcements and Activities
	Chapter Membership Report
	Broadside Survey
	Broadside Staff
	Broadside Policy
Copyright © STC Boston 2003

End of the Year Banquet
By Gigi Vert
Members enjoy an evening of dinner, commendations, and a rousing rendition of "R-E-S-P-E-C-T."

Letter from the Editor
By Margaret Garcia-Nokes
Let your voice be heard.

Birth of Boston-IA
By Steve Greffenius
Interview with the founder of a budding information architecture and Internet accessibility organization.

The Well-Fed Writer: Financial Self-Sufficiency as a Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less
By Debbie Swanson
The Well-Fed Writer gives tips and techniques to establishing and maintaining a freelance writing business.

Macromedia Products Deliver
By Peter Bates
FreeHand and Studio MX are powerful Web design and development tools.

Seabiscuit Disappoints Technical Communicators
By Matthew Nankin
Hollywood has turned its back on some of technical communicators' most important professional principles.

Society Highlights
By Amy Anson
Chapters create past chapter presidents club and an STC University, national chapter seeks Fellow recommendations by October deadline.

Which format of the Boston Broadside
do you prefer?

Mark your calendar
with competition dates and deadlines.

What the Competitions are About
By Joan Wotkowicz
Learn more about how to enter or judge in this year's competitions.

The Competitions Are Fast Approaching - Always!
By Carol Hobday
Plan of action for you and your company.

PDF Files and the STC Competitions
By Denise Dennett
STC-INFO survey reponses supporting the decision to not introduce PDF-specific judging criteria this year.

"What, Me Judge?"
By Charlie Burzalow
Kick back and show off your skills.

Announcements and Activities
Chapter and professional activities.

Chapter Membership Reports
By Zohra I. Mutabanna
Members who joined, were reinstated, or transferred in.

Broadside Online Survey
Let us know what you like and dislike about the Boston Broadside Online.

Broadside Staff
By Margaret Garcia-Nokes
The STC members who bring you the Boston Broadside.

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	Index of past issues
	Boston Broadside Sponsors
	Society for Technical Communication, Inc.
	STC Boston Chapter Web Site
	STC Boston Chapter Contacts
	STC Boston Calendar

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