Archive for January, 2008:

What does DITA have to do with wiki?

{ Posted on Jan 30 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : wiki
We tackled this question and then some at the January Central Texas DITA User Group meeting. I'm a little tardy in writing up my notes and thoughts about the presentation but it went really well and I appreciate all the ...Read More »

Adding Google Analytics to your Author-it generated HTML pages

{ Posted on Jan 24 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : tools, work
I'm learning about Author-it's HTML templates today, and how to insert Google Analytics code (or any other code, really, such as adding an automatically updating variable for "Last modified by" with user or date information.) But my task today was to ...Read More »

How to download and copy epub files using the XO laptop

{ Posted on Jan 20 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : OLPC
Bob DuCharme recently converted 16 children's books from the Project Gutenberg archive into .epub format for use with FBReader on the XO laptop. Thanks Bob! I've just walked through the scenario of downloading the epub files from Bob's download page and ...Read More »

Two panels on wikis and structured authoring such as DITA

{ Posted on Jan 18 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : writing
There are two upcoming Central Texas DITA User Group meetings that you don't want to miss if you're looking into wikis for documentation. Jan. 1/23/08 Ben Allums, Quadralay - wiki.webworks.com Chris Almond, IBM - internal wiki Anne Gentle, OLPC - wiki.laptop.org and ...Read More »

Austin, Texas – XO on the menu for lunch

{ Posted on Jan 14 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : OLPC
Our three XOs in a row We got the two other XO buyers that I know of in Austin for lunch last week - buyers of the One Laptop Per Child computer, called the XO laptop. Whurley and Mikus and I ...Read More »

Wikipatterns, the wiki, the book, teh awesome

{ Posted on Jan 11 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : social media, wiki
I've gotten a review copy of WikiPatterns (the book) in the mail and I want to review it here and make sure everyone who reads my blog knows about this book and the WikiPatterns website. It's a guide to ...Read More »

Specialized information hoarding

{ Posted on Jan 08 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : techpubs, wiki
I get the greatest blog ideas from my lunch companions lately. This week it was a few former BMC writers. At BMC, the writers have an annual book exchange around the holiday time, and it was so popular we sometimes ...Read More »

Look out, updated headshots are coming

{ Posted on Jan 03 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : blogging, social media
The headshots I've been using (including the one that stays on my blog at talk.bmc.com) were taken by my husband one morning before work. In fact, my son is on my lap in one of the ones that didn't make ...Read More »