Walk through some neat sites and ideas I’ve seen lately related to instructions and inventing new things I found a really nifty website the other day — instructables.com. It contains instructions for do-it-yourself projects, such as a Rubik’s cube that operates using magnets instead of a mechanical turning mechanism. I also enjoy the Make magazine […]
Merriam Webster’s Pocket Dictionary on your iPod
For about US$10, you can have a pocket dictionary on your iPod Found this iPod Pocket Dictionary on my Gizmodo feed yesterday, and thought I’d pass it along. Since it’s the pocket version of the Merriam Webster dictionary, it’s only about 40,000 words. Interestingly, it appears that the interface doesn’t make you spell out the […]
Notes from the Central Texas DITA User Group meeting
Two speakers shared their takeaways from DITA 2006 and CMS 2006 I attended the central Texas DITA users group meeting last night, and wanted to write up some notes. We had two speakers share their thoughts after attending two related conferences this spring. Bob Beims from Freescale shared his thoughts on attending the DITA 2006 […]