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I Am Who I Am

{ Posted on Feb 19 2010 by annegentle }
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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 »

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 »

What’s your favorite JustWriteClick post?

{ Posted on Jun 30 2009 by annegentle }
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I like to keep an eye on what posts are popular, although with a blog, you can define popular in many different ways. Most comments, most views, or highest average daily views. So if you're new to my blog, (and ...Read More »

Webinar available now from Scriptorium Publishing

{ Posted on Jun 11 2009 by annegentle }
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I gave a webinar this week for Scriptorium that will be available online titled "Documentation as Conversation." The fact that it's recorded lets you avoid scurrying around rearranging meetings in Outlook just to attend it. It sold out which was ...Read More »

What is Anne Gentle up to?

{ Posted on Feb 19 2009 by annegentle }
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Categories : DITA, OLPC, blogging, techpubs, tools, wiki
I finally feel some energy returning after my eye injury about a month ago, although my right eye remains dilated which still means that side is a bit out-of-focus and I don't like driving at night. I feel like I ...Read More »

Corporate blogs learning from reviewers

{ Posted on Dec 03 2008 by annegentle }
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Diane Wieland has a great post at the Duo Consulting blog called Free Expert Blogging Advice that points to the Fortune 500 Business Blogging Wiki. In the blog entry she encourages bloggers to learn from the reviews of blogs using ...Read More »

How do people converse about technical topics today?

{ Posted on Aug 22 2008 by annegentle }
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I have seen the eminent reinvention of technical documentation as we know it, which inspired me to begin chronicling my own observations and shifts in the field of communicating technical topics through conversation. One such revealing moment happened while I was ...Read More »

Fun with Wordle

{ Posted on Aug 12 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : blogging, writing
I love this visualization toy, Woordle at http://wordle.net/, and as it turns out, I use the word "love" quite a bit. That and "really." Who knew? :) It's quite fun to make a Wordle because of the animation you see while ...Read More »

BookSprint for Floss Manuals writing for the XO and Sugar

{ Posted on Jul 26 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : OLPC, blogging, techpubs
I've been busy lately working on plans for a Floss Manuals BookSprint. A BookSprint is a week-long concentrated effort of technical writers getting together to create a manual for free, libre open source software products. BookSprints are like a workshop ...Read More »

Examples of content providers blogging for customers

{ Posted on Mar 26 2008 by annegentle }
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Sarah O'Keefe wrote up a nice summary of the WritersUA Pundits Panel, and Bogo Vatovec (of Bovacon)  made a statement something like this: Introverted technical writers will not be writing help any more and will be replaced with experts moderating support ...Read More »
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