Archive for November, 2008:

Post-undergraduate paths and careers

{ Posted on Nov 26 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : techpubs
I recently read Tom Johnson's post in response to an English and technical writing undergraduate major considering either law school or a pursuing more education in technical communication. Rather than post a comment, I thought I'd write a post on my ...Read More »

OLPC Book Ready for G1G1!

{ Posted on Nov 16 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : OLPC, wiki, writing
Tomorrow, Monday, November 17 is the launch of the new Give One Get One campaign for 2008 - meaning, once again you can buy your very own XO laptop. The tagline for this year is Give a Laptop. Get a ...Read More »

Does your CMS help your content tweet?

{ Posted on Nov 13 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : social media
Wow, now here's a neat content mashup. It's a PDF with links that automatically fill your Twitter status with a TinyURL to the catalog item. Download the catalog now. According to her email to the Twitter Moms network, apparently Megan Calhoun ...Read More »

How does search affect delivery and presentation methods?

{ Posted on Nov 11 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : writing
Search technology and its application by our users is an ever-growing aspect of technical documentation today. How many times have you seen "I found the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article using a Google search." (or have you been guilty of ...Read More »

Structured Wikis and Software Engineering – Documentation Throughout the Process

{ Posted on Nov 04 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : agile, DITA, techpubs, wiki
Lisa Dyer and I have co-authored another paper about structured wikis, using DITA as the structure for the wiki. The paper contains specific ideas about using wikis both internally and externally for software engineering processes and software documentation. Our assertion is ...Read More »