Emma Rose

FailureCFP_TCSJ Embracing and Reframing Research Failures: Toward More Socially Just Practices Special Issue for Technical Communication and Social Justice Co-Editors: Chen Chen, Utah State University, chen.chen@usu....

Hey! Have you ever had a research failure? Want to share about it? We're co-editing a special issue for Technical Communication and Social Justice and want to reframe and explore research in a productive way.

See the CFP here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Volume 13, Issue 4 of Communication Design Quarterly has been published. The issue includes 4 articles, as well as 3 book reviews.

To access CDQ, please follow this link: cdq.sigdoc.org/wp-content/u...

My Year with ChatGPT Every term, student AI use makes me miserable in a whole new way

A good description of the realities of being a writing professor these days.

open.substack.com/pub/charlott...

SIGDOC 2026 Conference & Program Reviewer Request Thank you for either expressing interest in or previously reviewing SIGDOC conference proposals and Proceedings submissions. To help us coordinate the review process for SIGDOC 2026, we ask that you p...

Interested in getting involved with SIGDOC? Become a reviewer for the 2026 Proceedings!

Use our link to share your contact information, availability, and expertise.

go.osu.edu/sigdoc2026

Wonderful conference so far. Lots of amazing student research at the SRC!

We've spent the last several years listening to #UX pros talk about what they mean by storytelling. In this article, we propose a definition of storytelling informed by data to help students and early-career professionals.

If you don't have access through a uni library, reach out, happy to share!

The Multifaceted Purposes of Storytelling in User Experience Design Practice - Emma J Rose, Cynthia Putnam, Craig M MacDonald, 2025 Storytelling is a key component of user experience (UX) design practice. However, while storytelling is universally acknowledged as important, what exactly is m...

New pub alert!

The Multifaceted Purposes of Storytelling in User Experience Design Practice (w/ Putnam and MacDonald)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

This sounds fun and easy to jump into on the first day!

Oh, love that!

oh and @danielliddle.bsky.social we're def doing your donut lesson prior to the documentation section

I am honestly looking forward to it. Teaching online was necessary due to covid demands and honestly student demand but I can't wait to get this group back in person and do more F2F stuff.

You are so brilliant! This is a great idea as well.

That sounds very, very fun. What are some of the good arguments for their logic?

Since COVID, I've been teaching the tech comm service course online, but returning to in-person this fall (for reasons). I need ideas for a super-engaging day 1 activity to get students social. Anyone have any great ideas?

This year in a nutshell

On Friday, I got promoted to full Professor. Today, got a paper rejected, and the first thing reviewer 2 said about the paper was that "In academic writing, the use of short forms of words such as "we've" are not allowed." 😂

Stay humble!

Appreciate this post from @banvillemorgan.bsky.social about why @sigdoc-acm.bsky.social chose to leave X

cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/del...

This is today! Please join us to hear from Scott.

Why Design is Hard - a talk with Scott Berkun, Tue, Apr 29, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup Do you wish the world was better designed? Do you often feel your ideas are ignored at work? This fast paced and fun talk based on the new book, [Why Design Is Hard, ](http

For folks in the South Sound interested in #ux and #design, please join us tomorrow, April 29 @ 5:30 for a talk from Scott Berkun @berkun.bsky.social on his new book Why Design is Hard.

www.meetup.com/tacolyux/eve...

This talk is co-sponsored by the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, Global Innovation & Design, and our amazing student UX club UXatUWT

Why Design is Hard - a talk with Scott Berkun, Tue, Apr 29, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup Do you wish the world was better designed? Do you often feel your ideas are ignored at work? This fast paced and fun talk based on the new book, [Why Design Is Hard, ](http

For folks in the South Sound interested in #ux and #design, please join us tomorrow, April 29 @ 5:30 for a talk from Scott Berkun @berkun.bsky.social on his new book Why Design is Hard.

www.meetup.com/tacolyux/eve...

Congrats! Looking forward to reading it!

white clouds in a blue sky with a few gray clouds Alt: Gif of white clouds passing over a blue sky

ATTW has joined Bluesky!

Follow this account to stay up to date with all things #ATTW.

We'll be sharing more details about our upcoming hybrid conference, including local food recommendations and places to visit.

#TechComm #TechnicalCommunication #ATTW2025

Congratulations! Time to celebrate!

The new few weeks, months, years, will likely not be pretty. Get this guide to surveillance self-defense to your communities. It has printable PDFs as well as tailored reccomendations for certain activities, types of people, etc.

ssd.eff.org

It's getting increasingly harder to tumble
out of bed and stumble to the kilchen and pour myself
a cup of ambition.

I lied, not next week but proposals are due Feb 1 (not sure how I messed that up), here is the CFP for folks looking for it @sigdoc-acm.bsky.social

sigdoc.acm.org/conference/2...

it's just bad on bad.

good tips, i need to do a whole session on it.