Posts Tagged ‘Austin’

Trip report from Non Profit Bar Camp Austin

{ Posted on Nov 18 2009 by annegentle }
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Categories : nptech, social media
I could only attend Non Profit Bar Camp Austin in the morning, but it was quite enjoyable. Bar Camp is definitely one of those meetings where the conversations had between the sessions can as informative as the actual sessions. I arrived ...Read More »

Notes from CenTX DITA Users Group – panel on the DITA Maturity Model

{ Posted on Oct 25 2008 by annegentle }
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For our October meeting, we simply asked several Austin-based techpubs teams to review the DITA Maturity Model and to think ahead of time about how you would position your own DITA efforts: Where do you think your team is in the ...Read More »

Quadralay, a wiki-driven company

{ Posted on Apr 02 2008 by annegentle }
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Alan Porter's presentation at the Central Texas DITA User Group meeting talked about Quadralay's use of wikis internally and their external wiki at wiki.webworks.com. [slideshare id=281107&doc=a-wiki-driven-company-120396178258519-4&w=425] They have four wikis in operation right now, with one more to come. Back in 2003, ...Read More »

Stories from SXSWi 2008 – BarCamp Austin III (BarCampAustin3)

{ Posted on Mar 10 2008 by annegentle }
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Steve Carl already wrote up his notes from BarCamp Austin and I enjoyed his viewpoint very much. This was only my second BarCamp experience, and this year, I decided to take the plunge and actually volunteer to present. Whurley was ...Read More »

SXSW Interactive starts today – pack your XO

{ Posted on Mar 07 2008 by annegentle }
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Categories : OLPC, sxsw
So many sessions that I want to attend, but at least sched.org lets me select more than one session at a time. Such an awesomely simple interface and login is so quick, just an email address and a password and ...Read More »

Taking the One Laptop Per Child XO laptop to the preschool classroom

{ Posted on Mar 02 2008 by annegentle }
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What can you teach with the XO laptop? I'm still pondering that question for US-based classrooms. I'm reading the news from Birmingham Alabama and the blog entries from Dallas-Fort Worth Texas school systems with interest. Apparently you can buy a ...Read More »

Two panels on wikis and structured authoring such as DITA

{ Posted on Jan 18 2008 by annegentle }
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There are two upcoming Central Texas DITA User Group meetings that you don't want to miss if you're looking into wikis for documentation. Jan. 1/23/08 Ben Allums, Quadralay - wiki.webworks.com Chris Almond, IBM - internal wiki Anne Gentle, OLPC - wiki.laptop.org and ...Read More »

Saturday extra – Christmas spirit in Austin, Texas

{ Posted on Dec 08 2007 by annegentle }
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It was easily 80 degrees in Austin today, but I so enjoyed a Christmas performance tonight despite the lack of cold or snow. The Yellow Tape Construction Co. is putting on The Ultimate Christmas Musical - The Musical at the ...Read More »

A Technical Writer’s Role in Web 2.0 – Wiki-fy Your Doc Set

{ Posted on Nov 01 2007 by annegentle }
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Next week I'm speaking at our local Austin STC meeting about wikis and technical documentation. Here's the relevant information if you're in the area. Interestingly, Scott Abel of The Content Wrangler is giving his Web 2.0 talk at the Quadralay ...Read More »

The “Quick Web” for Technical Documentation

{ Posted on Oct 04 2007 by annegentle }
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I'm happy to report that my article about using wikis for technical documentation was published last week in the STC Intercom. A PDF my article is available for anyone to download, STC member or STC non-members alike. I'll be giving a presentation ...Read More »
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