Time travel into the past

I recently took a trip back in time. By chance, I got my hands on a set of instructions that I created around 20 years ago for a Cobi (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConferenceBike). I still have fond memories of the research and creation of the instructions. At the time, it was the company's first and only product and [...]

2024-05-15T14:52:19+02:0021.03.2024|Kategorien: General, Consulting, Technical Communication|Tags: , , , , , time 0 Comments

The "personality" factor in the change process

Personalities and their impact on CCMS implementation In the article Successful CCMS implementation: These are the aspects you need to pay attention to, we described people as a decisive factor in the implementation process. This article takes a closer look at the personality traits that turn employees into brakemen, skeptics or resisters and what impact personal sensitivities have on the implementation process.

What is this actually about? A plea for more awareness of meaning, interpretation and context through terminology work

What is the core of terminology work? How does terminology work, what is the point of it all? And finally: What does this have to do with awareness? Warming up and warming up for terminology Shortly before Christmas 2020, I was given the opportunity to present a one-hour introduction to terminology for RWTH Aachen University in an online guest lecture. The audience was [...]

Between terminology and warnings - tekom annual conference 2016

Schon die letzten Wochen vor der tekom-Jahrestagung 2016 waren stressig, denn es ging nicht nur darum, Vorträge und Workshops vorzubereiten, sondern auch darum, das Projekt RTX Industrie 4.0 – smart maintenance fertigzustellen, welches tecteam zusammen mit Dometic sowie OKIT und FORSIT aufgesetzt hat. Und wie sollte es anders sein, zur Generalprobe lief noch nicht [...]

Normen mit Relevanz für die Technische Dokumentation – Juni 2016

Ausgabedatum: Juni 2016 DIN EN ISO 17664: Aufbereitung von Produkten für die Gesundheitsfürsorge - Vom Medizinprodukt-Hersteller bereitzustellende Informationen für die Aufbereitung von Medizinprodukten Diesen Monat ist ein Norm-Entwurf zur DIN EN ISO 17664 erschienen. Die Norm gilt für Hersteller von Medizinprodukten, welche zur gebrauchsfertigen Aufbereitung durch den Anwender oder Dritte vorgesehen sind. Die Norm legt [...]

Standards with relevance for technical documentation - April 2016

As a result of our regular standards research, we would like to draw your attention to the following standards and drafts. Date of issue: April 2016 DIN 14034-6, Graphical symbols for firefighting - Part 6: Structural facilities This standard specifies graphic symbols that are used in the field of firefighting (fire department plans or fire department deployment plans). They are used to depict the facilities on properties or [...]

TechKommGlossary - Terminology

Terminology, noun, f (the), word origin: terminus, Latin for "boundary", logos, ancient Greek for "word" and its content, cf. composites with -logie "Terminology" thus denotes, according to its meaning: the science of defining designations (terminology, which is also called "terminology theory" rather than just "terminology" for better differentiation) a set of defined designations (collection of words of a [...])

2025-09-26T15:03:31+02:0008.02.2016|Kategorien: TechKommGlossary|Tags: , , theory|0 Comments
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