Posts Tagged ‘authoring’

Even more technical documentation wikis

{ Posted on Aug 05 2010 by annegentle }
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Last spring I wrote up a blog entry pointing out some additional technical documentation wikis to add to a list I had in my "Wiki-fy Your Doc Set" presentation. A recent Twitter request asking for technical documentation wiki examples brings ...Read More »

Documenting Open Source Software

{ Posted on May 20 2010 by annegentle }
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I love reading different community perceptions of both FLOSS Manuals, where we write open docs for open software. I'm also lurking on mailing lists and forums where open source projects are figuring out documentation needs for their users. Forgive me ...Read More »

Business Etiquette, Community Etiquette

{ Posted on May 18 2010 by annegentle }
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After seeing this great instructional guide to eating sushi, I realized the only way I knew any of the rules or guidelines for sushi dining was through example. I learned that one of my examples was wrong - you're not ...Read More »

Wikis, copyright, and licensing

{ Posted on Apr 13 2010 by annegentle }
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A question about wikis and copyright came through my email inbox this week, and I thought I'd share it with my readers. It's a good question and a common misconception of wikis is that all content is always liberated once ...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 »

Collaboration thoughts

{ Posted on Jan 26 2010 by annegentle }
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Some of my favorite quotes that make me chuckle are the ones about collaborative authoring and the difficulty being people, not tools. For example, Alan Porter recently wrote an article Wikis in the workplace: a practical introduction for Ars Technica. My ...Read More »

FLOSS Manuals interview for the Puget Sound STC chapter newsletter

{ Posted on Dec 10 2009 by annegentle }
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Robert Reynolds contacted me requesting an interview for the STC Puget Sound chapter newsletter. It was published in PDF form, Writing for Free/Libre Open Source Software, but with permission, I'm using it for a blog entry as well. Thanks again, ...Read More »

Collaborative authoring – tools and costs

{ Posted on Nov 30 2009 by annegentle }
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I've been working on some collaborative authoring scenarios for our Agile teams - we're going from 5 people to 47 people in total who could author external or internal documentation within our two week sprints. Turns out, we likely represent ...Read More »