Information Squid » Personal http://www.jcberk.com/blog Better communication through technology Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:56:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Goodbye to Amplify Public Affairs, and why I believe in documentation http://www.jcberk.com/blog/2010/07/30/goodbye-to-amplify-public-affairs-and-why-i-believe-in-documentation/ http://www.jcberk.com/blog/2010/07/30/goodbye-to-amplify-public-affairs-and-why-i-believe-in-documentation/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:56:07 +0000 jcberk http://www.jcberk.com/blog/?p=304 My goodbye-to-Amplify post is up now – I’m excited to be headed back to school but sad to be leaving great colleagues and projects.

In the post I included the video from a more public goodbye, my talk at Debbie Weil’s Sweets and Tweets about linchpins, documentation, and growing into new roles:

One of the best things about my time in DC (aside from my work and seeing my family regularly) has been all the lunchtime and after-work event series from the politics/technology/social media community. Sweets and Tweets is the one with delicious cupcakes as well as interesting content.

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