Articles

Going on Record as Being Right

by Doreen Simmons

Ruminative Aunt Eva has recently been pondering the potential ethical gulf between knowing that you are right and going on record as saying so.

Dear Aunt Eva,

I am beginning to think that I was recently dealt a card from the bottom of the pack by a professor I know. He showed me three English sentences,... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 95

Meetings and Announcements

Online Dictionaries [lecture]

Speaker: Todd Rudick

Hitting a Niche Market [lecture]

Speaker: Caroline Pover, author and publisher of Being A Broad in Japan [daily-life information for Western women living in Japan]

New Year's Party [announcement and map]

Directory Update [call for changes and additions; deadline]

SWET Summer Party (PO1) [report]

SWET Swim Party... more

Beginning as We Mean to Go On

by Doreen Simmons

Somnolent Aunt Eva arouses herself to ruminate on a problem of status, real and apparent. How can we avoid projecting the wrong image, especially when even our own preconceptions are working against us?

Dear Aunt Eva,

(Or should that be “Ms Hartupp”? You see, I’ve suddenly become sensitive about handles.) But I’m jumping into the middle... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 94

Create Your Own Web Site at the September Workshop [announcement]

Presenter: Keith Wilkinson, computer expert

Producing the Nikkei Weekly [lecture announcement]

Speaker: Robert Cameron, Nikkei Weekly

Japan's English-Language Periodicals [panel announcement]

Panelists: [not announced]

Monthly Meeting Reports

Unpacking Our Cultural Baggage (RSMcC) [factors influencing our writing for other cultures]

Presenter: Alan Brender, director of Writing Programs, Temple University... more

Beyond Word Processing

Dr. Kevin Cleary, SWET member and lecturer in computers and accounting at Sophia University, talked to a small but enthusiastic group of SWET members about some of the power of modern technology, Cleary’s explanations of other ways of using computers productively were very welcome indeed.

Cleary introduced himself by saying that although he had been aware of... more

SWET Newsletter, Number 93

Sizzle with SWET: Summer Party 2001 [announcement]

Join the Kansai Dip: SWET Swim Party in Kobe [announcement]

SWET on Thursdays

Taming Your E-mail [workshop announcement: e-mail operations and functions]

Presenters: Hugh Ashton, technical writer; Sako Eaton, editor/teacher

Monthly Meeting Reports

Quality Issues in Online Education: Status and Impact of Global Web-Based Training (WMcO) [lecture]

Presenter: Dr. Lynne A. McNamara, director of... more