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I Am Who I Am

{ Posted on Feb 19 2010 by annegentle }
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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 »

Focus on the User

{ Posted on Feb 10 2010 by annegentle }
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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 »

Clearing the Air on Cloud

{ Posted on Jan 06 2010 by annegentle }
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One of my readers asked for a post about cloud computing. I went straight to my in-Austin expert, Ynema Mangum, and she exceeded my expectations by writing the post! This is a guest post by Ynema Mangum, architect at Hewlett-Packard. ...Read More »

Content strategy and web writing

{ Posted on Dec 16 2009 by annegentle }
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Boy, it must be getting harder and harder to be a web writer. I'm reading Content Strategy for the Web, and the web writer job description is intimidating! The quote that stuck with me talks about the Web Writers Real ...Read More »

Talkin’ ’bout a revolution at the STC Summit 2010

{ Posted on Nov 20 2009 by annegentle }
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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 »

There’s no crying in Agile!

{ Posted on Nov 11 2009 by annegentle }
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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 »

Talking to Ellis Pratt about Conversation and Community

{ Posted on Sep 17 2009 by annegentle }
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I spoke with Ellis Pratt with Cherryleaf in London from my home in Austin for a video interview last week, and the shortened version is available online now. He had many good questions, ones that I enjoy discussing all the time, ...Read More »

Announcing Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation!

{ Posted on Jul 31 2009 by annegentle }
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I'm so pleased to tell you that my book is available now from Amazon.com and BarnesandNobles.com and for sale in Austin, Texas at BookWoman on North Lamar. Published by XML Press, this book was fun to write, difficult to finish, ...Read More »

Does designing content for scanning devalue the content?

{ Posted on Jun 14 2009 by annegentle }
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I just read a great post by Rajesh Setty on the Lateral Action blog called 9 Ways People Respond to Your Content Online. Maybe it's because I'm in the final countdown before my book is permanently affixed to the pulp ...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 »
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