Archive for May, 2007:

Emergent and Emerging Technologies

{ Posted on May 24 2007 by annegentle }
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What are some of the emerging technologies in IT? I was asked recently about blogs or websites that discuss emerging technologies especially as related to IT and business service management. Now, when I hear the term “emergent ...Read More »

Usability and inline links in user assistance systems

{ Posted on May 19 2007 by annegentle }
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Examining DITA's linking and usability In this month's Central Texas DITA User Group meeting, we had an excellent presentation about linking using DITA maps and relationship tables by Scott Stark from IBM. He's located in Austin and supports about 150 writers ...Read More »

The Tech Writer Blog directory

{ Posted on May 13 2007 by annegentle }
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Tom Johnson offers a great wiki page to list blogs about technical writing I found the Tech Writer Blog directory from a post by Katriel Reichman who recently wrote me an email message in response to my post about Wikis for ...Read More »

Read it sideways

{ Posted on May 09 2007 by annegentle }
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The origin of the emoticon revealed I just read about this and I am loving the history behind it. Plus I'm impressed that someone has some amazing backup tapes. The emoticon entry on Wikipedia tells us that ...Read More »

Troubleshooting my Configuration Management installation

{ Posted on May 08 2007 by annegentle }
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My new assignment had me searching for troubleshooting information and I hit the jackpot Have you ever solved a particularly nasty bug or fixed a problem while writing an email to a co-worker about the problem? Merlin Mann of ...Read More »

No time for music? Apply some technology to that problem

{ Posted on May 01 2007 by annegentle }
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iPod and iTunes tricks for busy people Playlists are great, but who has the time? Outsource the creation of playlists I say I don’t have nearly as much time to spend listening to and enjoying music and selecting it according to my ...Read More »