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Pilot or not?

{ Posted on Jan 12 2010 by annegentle }
While doing some research for LugIron, a startup here in Austin where I serve in an advisory role, I found a slideshow discussing signs of successful community launches by Joe Cothrel, a VP of service at Lithium. Now, what they mean ...Read More »

Context and behavior

{ Posted on Jan 04 2010 by annegentle }
I appreciated SocialText's Ross Mayfield describing the various levels of interaction in his One on One interview with Fierce Content Management. The interview reminds me that social context alters behavior and motivations. Think of an intranet situation, where interactions are ...Read More »

Comparing RSS feeds to social networks

{ Posted on Nov 16 2009 by annegentle }
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 }
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 }
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 »

Choosing a license for sharing documentation content

{ Posted on Sep 29 2009 by annegentle }
I received this set of questions from Laura Ferrar after a Central Texas DITA User Group meeting this summer, and I have been thinking about these for a few months. These are good questions. I'll try to answer them to ...Read More »

Announcing Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation!

{ Posted on Jul 31 2009 by annegentle }
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 »

Webinar available now from Scriptorium Publishing

{ Posted on Jun 11 2009 by annegentle }
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 »

Social weather in online communities

{ Posted on May 16 2009 by annegentle }
I'm writing this as the rain falls down in Austin, Texas. I'm learning that with practice, you can learn the ebb and flow of a conversation and become a meteorologist for the “social weather” that’s ongoing in a community. For ...Read More »

More technical documentation wikis

{ Posted on Apr 28 2009 by annegentle }
Categories : techpubs, wiki
Photo courtesy cogdog on flickr I've been needing to update my list of wikis used for technical documentation, to see if the list is growing. Here are a few more technical information wikis. They seem to lean towards the programmer audience ...Read More »