Posts Tagged ‘Floss Manuals’

Firefox Book Sprint complete!

{ Posted on Mar 19 2009 by annegentle }
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Wow, we did it! A book in two days thanks to a great group of writers, an excellent Subject Matter Expert, and remote contributors from Calgary to Moscow to Bangalore. This sprint was our first serious attempt to include remote ...Read More »

What FLOSS Manuals did at Winter Camp

{ Posted on Mar 16 2009 by annegentle }
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My summary view is that we activated and energized our network, borrowing those terms from Zita Joyce, my outreach co-worker for the week whom I quizzed endlessly about what it's like to live in Amsterdam. It was a productive and ...Read More »

Free as in freedom, not free as in no cost

{ Posted on Mar 02 2009 by annegentle }
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I've been telling writers early and often about the upcoming Firefox Book Sprint at DocTrain West March 17 and 18 to write a manual for Firefox 3.0 along side of Chris Hofmann, Director of Engineering for the Mozilla Foundation! I ...Read More »

What is Anne Gentle up to?

{ Posted on Feb 19 2009 by annegentle }
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Categories : DITA, OLPC, blogging, techpubs, tools, wiki
I finally feel some energy returning after my eye injury about a month ago, although my right eye remains dilated which still means that side is a bit out-of-focus and I don't like driving at night. I feel like I ...Read More »

Understanding foundations before tools

{ Posted on Feb 16 2009 by annegentle }
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I've been following the latest Book Sprint at Eyebeam in New York City with interest as it is a bit of a unique project. They took a textbook that used all proprietary software for the exercises and examples, and re-wrote ...Read More »

OLPC Book Ready for G1G1!

{ Posted on Nov 16 2008 by annegentle }
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Tomorrow, Monday, November 17 is the launch of the new Give One Get One campaign for 2008 - meaning, once again you can buy your very own XO laptop. The tagline for this year is Give a Laptop. Get a ...Read More »