2010 February | Just Write Click

Become a fan of my book!

{ Posted on Feb 27 2010 by annegentle }

Tags : community, conversation, Facebook, fan, technical communication, writers, writing
Categories : social media

I've put together a Facebook page for my book, Conversation and Community. I've had requests for a place for people to talk about the ideas in the book, and after talking it over with others, I settled on Facebook as ...Read More »

DITA for Publishers with Eliot Kimber

{ Posted on Feb 25 2010 by annegentle }

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Tags : content, DITA, epub, iPad, kindle, publishers
Categories : social media

For this month's Central Texas DITA User Group meeting we played host to Eliot Kimber. I took some scattered notes, mostly jotting down the great phrases Eliot handed out while nodding and chuckling. He'll be doing this presentation as a webinar ...Read More »

I Am Who I Am

{ Posted on Feb 19 2010 by annegentle }

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Tags : gender, man, technical writer, techpubs, woman, writers, writing
Categories : blogging, social media, techpubs, writing

I'm late to write up my thoughts on Gordon Mclean's post, Strange Bias, but I give him a belated thumbs up for great self-inspection and data query in the post. My take? I read ""Why James Chartrand Wears Women's Underpants" on ...Read More »

Workin’ on a Content Farm

{ Posted on Feb 17 2010 by annegentle }

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Tags : authoring, content, content farm, future, SEO, trends
Categories : tools, work, writing

I finally did it, I wrote my first article for the Demand Studios content farm site, eHow. I wasn't playing the part of a content farmer, though, but rather a farm worker, writing an article for little pay (compared to ...Read More »

Wow, oh Wow – Book Reading at SXSW Interactive!

{ Posted on Feb 12 2010 by annegentle }

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Tags : book, book reading, social media, strategy, sxsw, sxswi
Categories : social media

I've been given a 20-minute book reading opportunity at SXSWi! I've been to SXSW Interactive at least three times over the past five years, and I'm a huge fan of the conference. So, when I saw an email in my ...Read More »

Focus on the User

{ Posted on Feb 10 2010 by annegentle }

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Tags : blogs, comments, community, technical writing, techpubs, user assistance, wiki
Categories : social media, techpubs, tools, wiki

I've published a long-ish article on the WritersUA site where I describe techniques for user assistance that let the user participate. It starts with simple techniques such as comments and moves towards community documentation efforts. Please read and share Putting ...Read More »

What traditions would you give up?

{ Posted on Feb 03 2010 by annegentle }

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Tags : analyze, content strategy, social media, Super Bowl
Categories : social media

Wow, Pepsi is not going to air an advertisement during the Super Bowl for the first time in 23 years, according to the Financial Times. They say, "With a major digital campaign that features its own website and a heavy ...Read More »