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 the best of my knowledge, but I do think I should lead with the disclaimer […]
Tragedy of the commons
Are professional associations going the way of bowling leagues? I don’t think so. And I certainly hope not since my employer, ASI, provides software for non-profits which includes professional associations. But it is certainly an interesting premise that there are fewer mechanisms for casual introductions because of a shared activity like bowling or bridge. Robert […]
Advanced wiki techniques – collaboration in authoring
Today I gave a presentation remotely to some members of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) called “Climbing the Levels of Collaboration: Or, How to Harness the Power of Crowds (or your Coworkers).” I enjoyed the questions the most. Surprisingly all the questions were asked using the chat area of the conferencing software, not audibly […]