Archive for November, 2009:

Collaborative authoring – tools and costs

{ Posted on Nov 30 2009 by annegentle }
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I've been working on some collaborative authoring scenarios for our Agile teams - we're going from 5 people to 47 people in total who could author external or internal documentation within our two week sprints. Turns out, we likely represent ...Read More »

Squeakland announces an Etoys book sprint Dec 7-12

{ Posted on Nov 27 2009 by annegentle }
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Categories : social media
Squeakland will have its first Book Sprint to create a Reference Manual for Etoys! Please join us online during the week of December, 7 to December12, 2009. The book will serve as - the manual you can look up every part ...Read More »

Technical writers, web writers, jobs, and employers

{ Posted on Nov 25 2009 by annegentle }
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I'm returning to and rereading Violaine Truck's post to the STC France site of a review of Content Strategy for the Web. Before you read this post, it might make more sense if you go read hers. Take your time, ...Read More »

Shopping for a writer on Black Friday?

{ Posted on Nov 24 2009 by annegentle }
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Categories : writing
Boy, do I have ideas for you if your shopping list includes a technical writer, web writer, copywriter, or content strategist. Heck, I have gift ideas for anyone interested in reading, writing, and the web. Now, you might think the first ...Read More »

Talkin’ ’bout a revolution at the STC Summit 2010

{ Posted on Nov 20 2009 by annegentle }
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Categories : social media, techpubs
I don't know if it'll sound like a whisper, but I am excited that my proposal was accepted for the 2010 STC Summit in Dallas! Here's what I'll be presenting: I'm participating in a Content Strategy Progression as described on the ...Read More »

Trip report from Non Profit Bar Camp Austin

{ Posted on Nov 18 2009 by annegentle }
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Categories : nptech, social media
I could only attend Non Profit Bar Camp Austin in the morning, but it was quite enjoyable. Bar Camp is definitely one of those meetings where the conversations had between the sessions can as informative as the actual sessions. I arrived ...Read More »

Comparing RSS feeds to social networks

{ Posted on Nov 16 2009 by annegentle }
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Categories : blogging, social media, wiki
Jakob Nielson and his research group, Nielsen Norman Group, have done it again - letting us know how users are actively perceiving and using social software for different business tasks. This research is important as the social web evolves so ...Read More »

There’s no crying in Agile!

{ Posted on Nov 11 2009 by annegentle }
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Categories : social media, techpubs, tools, wiki
I loved the line, as delivered by Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own, "There's no crying in baseball!" I know there are times when the crying must happen without delay. I don't believe most workplaces actively encourage crying ...Read More »

Consistency and community-generated content

{ Posted on Nov 04 2009 by annegentle }
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I've been collecting examples of wildly inconsistent writing lately. I'm not sure why these have stuck out to me, but when I think of book sprints and community writing events, consistency is an important, though sometimes difficult, goal and outcome. Why ...Read More »