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Workin’ on a Content Farm

{ Posted on Feb 17 2010 by annegentle }
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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 »

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 »

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 »

Notes from WebWorks RoundUp 2009

{ Posted on Oct 20 2009 by annegentle }
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I attended two days of the WebWorks Roundup here in Austin this week and served on a few panels. I enjoyed signing books as every attendee got copies of books from XML Press. It had featured speakers like Tom Johnson ...Read More »

Elsewhere on the web…

{ Posted on Jul 21 2009 by annegentle }
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I have neglected to excerpt and link to some of my posts from the Duo Consulting blog. I've taken a break from writing for them for a few months while finalizing my book, but looking back at these posts, I ...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 »

Love, love, <3 The Twitter Book

{ Posted on May 21 2009 by annegentle }
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Wow, just got a print copy of The Twitter Book by Tim O'Reilly (@timoreilly) and Sarah Milstein (@SarahM, user number 21 of Twitter). Thanks go to Andy Oram, @praxagora, for referring me to it after he read a draft of my ...Read More »

Climb collaboration levels with me in Atlanta

{ Posted on Apr 27 2009 by annegentle }
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Photo courtesy lollaping I finished my presentation about Climbing the Levels of Collaboration for the Collaboration Institute at the STC Summit and I'm so excited about it I can't stand it! True confession: I was up until 1:00 AM finishing ...Read More »
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