Posts Tagged ‘open source’

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 »

Wikis for technical documentation – Cliff’s Notes

{ Posted on Apr 25 2010 by annegentle }
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If there ever could be a Cliff's Notes for the wiki chapter of my book, I think I'm writing it now. I've been working on a great project with MindTouch. I visited them for a focus group with other technical ...Read More »

Choosing a license for sharing documentation content

{ Posted on Sep 29 2009 by annegentle }
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I received this set of questions from Laura Ferrar after a Central Texas DITA User Group meeting this summer, and I have been thinking about these for a few months. These are good questions. I'll try to answer them to ...Read More »

Popularity of writing the manuals?

{ Posted on Jul 26 2009 by annegentle }
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Recently we had a few discussions on the FLOSS Manuals list about how to increase the quality of documentation for an open source project, and noted that quantity does not always increase quality. And someone noted that bad doc is ...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 »

The state of free documentation

{ Posted on May 14 2008 by annegentle }
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That's free as in freedom, and today's post includes a link to Adam Hyde's blog entry of the same title on FLOSS Manuals and some response based on my experiences so far. What motivates people to contribute to documentation projects for ...Read More »

The Rockley Blog – wiki’s delivery mechanisms

{ Posted on Dec 13 2007 by annegentle }
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I'm thoroughly enjoying the new Rockley Blog at http://rockley.com/blog/. I'm so glad Steve Manning and Ann Rockley are blogging, especially about wikis. I appreciated Steve's post "Wikis for Documentation" especially where he says that the delivery side is the weak point ...Read More »