Archive for February, 2006:

How many songs are on your iPod?

{ Posted on Feb 28 2006 by annegentle }
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Interesting discovery about the reality of how much we're willing to load on an iPod, wondering what parallels could be drawn for infrastructure management I read on collision detection the other day that on the average, people only have ...Read More »

How to implement a document or records management system that meets ISO standards

{ Posted on Feb 23 2006 by annegentle }
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As a follow-on to the "Best Practices in document management systems post, I received an email with a pointer to a comprehensive doc management process I received a great follow up email from Bob, the person who originally asked ...Read More »

Best practices in tech comm for fit in the organization

{ Posted on Feb 22 2006 by annegentle }
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Discussion of where a tech pubs department best fits in a company, and what staffing levels are best suited for success This post is another part in a series about best practices in technical publications ...Read More »

DITA from the trenches

{ Posted on Feb 20 2006 by annegentle }
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Information Architect from IBM, Kristin Thomas, presented to the Central Texas DITA User's Group meeting last week, and here are my notes. Here are my notes from the February Central Texas DITA Users Group meeting. You can join the ...Read More »

An ITIL-centric search engine

{ Posted on Feb 17 2006 by annegentle }
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Dr. ITiL tipped me off to a specialized search engine for ITIL There's a new research tool for those of us learning about and researching ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library). You can find it at www.ITServiceToday.com. I've ...Read More »

Creating and visualizing simulations in virtual worlds

{ Posted on Feb 15 2006 by annegentle }
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Creating training and visualization for the real world in a virtual one I found this Wired News article, " Making a Living in Second Life" fascinating because of a tidbit within it about virtual training projects in Second ...Read More »

Hybrid approach for performance monitoring

{ Posted on Feb 10 2006 by annegentle }
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A hybrid approach for performance monitoring is as useful and practical as a hybrid approach to your car's engine A recent news story points out that hybrid cards aren't getting gas mileage that drivers expected based on EPA ...Read More »

Watch and read books in progress

{ Posted on Feb 09 2006 by annegentle }
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O'Reilly publishers are releasing content for a book while it's still being written O'Reilly's calling it "Rough Cuts" and it's a really neat concept. While a book is being written, drafts are posted in electronic format and ...Read More »

Supplementing product documentation with Google searches and blogs

{ Posted on Feb 03 2006 by annegentle }
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Today I found a counter argument to the previous post about how good product documentation makes the product worthwhile Earlier this week I posted about how good product documentation can sell a product, but today I came across ...Read More »