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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 »

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 »

Context and behavior

{ Posted on Jan 04 2010 by annegentle }
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Categories : social media, wiki, work
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 »

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 »

Arrrrrrr, mateys!

{ Posted on Jan 28 2009 by annegentle }
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I haven't been churning out blog posts for a while due to a crazy birthday party incident. I don't usually tell personal stories on my blog, but I thought I'd personalize this tale and talk about how grateful I am ...Read More »

How do you develop a strategic website?

{ Posted on Dec 18 2008 by annegentle }
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My son’s preschool has decided it needs a new website. Parents and board members want an online presence that has more interaction, dynamic logins, and password-protected content. We have goals! Elementary and private schools have followed many paths to achieving ...Read More »

Technical Writers in Demand, Mix Experience and Education Before Applying

{ Posted on Dec 09 2008 by annegentle }
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This post was contributed by Kelly Kilpatrick, who writes on the subject of online colleges and universities. She invites your feedback at kellykilpatrick24 at gmail dot com. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 49,000 technical writers in the ...Read More »

How can we go towards documentation as conversation?

{ Posted on Aug 20 2008 by annegentle }
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Tell me… and I will forget. Show me… and I will remember. Involve me… and I will understand. -Confucius Documentation as conversation means getting closer to the users and helping them perform well. Over the years experts such as JoAnn Hackos and ...Read More »

Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) reading list

{ Posted on Aug 15 2008 by annegentle }
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Here's a reading list for DITA materials when you're just getting started. I've been fielding some questions via email and IM about DITA lately, and pulled this blog post out of my drafts. I hope it's helpful. Learning more about DITA http://justwriteclick.com/2006/05/18/learning-more-about-dita/ Getting ...Read More »

Publish a Word outline using Author-it

{ Posted on Jul 17 2008 by annegentle }
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At ASI, we're working on book skeletons while we do task analysis for new documentation or feature updates that may change the way users do their work with iMIS. So, to get early feedback, we wanted a way to publish ...Read More »
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