Articles
December 15, 2001
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
December 1, 2001
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
September 15, 2001
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
September 1, 2001
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
June 16, 2001
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
June 1, 2001
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