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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 »

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 »

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 »

Shopping for a writer on Black Friday?

{ Posted on Nov 24 2009 by annegentle }
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Boy, do I have ideas for you if your shopping list includes a technical writer, web writer, copywriter, or content strategist. Heck, I have gift ideas for anyone interested in reading, writing, and the web. Now, you might think the first ...Read More »

Notes from WebWorks RoundUp 2009

{ Posted on Oct 20 2009 by annegentle }
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Categories : DITA, tools, wiki, writing
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 »

Corporate collaborative authoring

{ Posted on Sep 24 2009 by annegentle }
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At FLOSS Manuals, we have been using a method called a Book Sprint -  collaborative authoring, one week at a time. In fact, Google's "Summer  of Code" project has sponsored two of these sprints. The latest was  just this month ...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 »

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 »

Conversational robots

{ Posted on Jun 25 2009 by annegentle }
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[caption id="attachment_964" align="alignleft" width="169" caption="Photo courtesy a voir etc... "][/caption] Move over qmail mailer-daemon*, Little MOO from moo.com is my new favorite polite responder. Check out the auto-response I received after asking their support team a question using their webform. New ...Read More »
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