2008 May 08 | Just Write Click

DocTrain West 2008 – Darren Barefoot – Social Media 101: Now Everyone’s a Technical Writer

{ Posted on May 08 2008 by annegentle }

Tags : commoncraft, social media, social network, wiki, writing
Categories : wiki, writing

Here are my notes from Darren Barefoot's talk, a self-described recovering technical writer. He leads with what defines social media? Create your own definition around these concepts: Conversation - comments on large media sites allow ayone to speak to the media person ...Read More »

DocTrain West 2008 – Joe Gollner, XML in the Wilderness

{ Posted on May 08 2008 by annegentle }

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Tags : DITA, XML
Categories : DITA, writing

Here are my notes from the morning keynote with Joe Gollner. This session was a wonderful kickoff for the conference. For the first time, someone was able to connect for me that XML enabled Web 2.0 connectivity. The social web is ...Read More »

DocTrain West 2008 – Bob Glushko, Document Engineering

{ Posted on May 08 2008 by annegentle }

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Tags : back end, design, document, documentation, engineering, front end, staging, wiki
Categories : writing

Bob Glushko blogs at docordie.blogspot.com, great blog name and a fascinating presentation. I liked that he shared and described his semi-retirement as verbalizing his desire to be a beach bum to his wife, but his wife said, I still like ...Read More »