Archive for December, 2007:

XO doc and the journey to wiki-fied documentation

{ Posted on Dec 31 2007 by annegentle }
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Just wanted to give another update on the happenings in the end-user doc front from my neck of the woods. (Idioms sprinkled throughout!) I got an HTML copy to SJ and a second copy with an Index and some customizations on ...Read More »

WikiMedia wiki text – best formatting for step-by-step instructions with graphics for each step?

{ Posted on Dec 22 2007 by annegentle }
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Getting into the trenches of wiki editing has certainly taught me a lot. My learning has mostly been by trial and error and experimentation. I'm playing around with the best way to use Wikimedia wikitext for step-by-step instructions with graphics ...Read More »

Secrets of altering Altoid tins

{ Posted on Dec 18 2007 by annegentle }
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I've been doing quite a few photo projects lately, but mostly with digital items. I did my family photo card this year with a Photoshop layout similar to the ones on purplestork.com, for example. The digital environment is fun, but ...Read More »

The Rockley Blog – wiki’s delivery mechanisms

{ Posted on Dec 13 2007 by annegentle }
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I'm thoroughly enjoying the new Rockley Blog at http://rockley.com/blog/. I'm so glad Steve Manning and Ann Rockley are blogging, especially about wikis. I appreciated Steve's post "Wikis for Documentation" especially where he says that the delivery side is the weak point ...Read More »

Ebooks showdown Kindle vs. XO laptop from OLPC

{ Posted on Dec 11 2007 by annegentle }
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I'm learning more about ebooks thanks to some recent inquiries related to my work for One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) to collaborate on the kid's user guide. I've been so busy with that I've barely had time to blog. I'm ...Read More »

Saturday extra – Christmas spirit in Austin, Texas

{ Posted on Dec 08 2007 by annegentle }
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It was easily 80 degrees in Austin today, but I so enjoyed a Christmas performance tonight despite the lack of cold or snow. The Yellow Tape Construction Co. is putting on The Ultimate Christmas Musical - The Musical at the ...Read More »

Author-it and converting UTF-16 to UTF-8

{ Posted on Dec 04 2007 by annegentle }
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In trying to modify multiple Author-it topics (okay, 5,119 topics) with variable assignments, I have had to work with the XML output that Author-it exports. To export to XML, you select a topic or multi-select topics, then right-click on the selection ...Read More »