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July 1, 2008 by annegentle

Real life, online life, all mashed up

Real life, online life, all mashed up

Mashups and virtual worlds are more and more a part of Web 2.0, and perhaps as an extension, part of social media. An example of a mashup that is social is on Nikeplus.com, where I can map out running routes using Google maps. The “mashing” is defined by me, a user, using Google maps to […]

Filed Under: social media, Uncategorized Tagged With: chore wars, community, games, gaming, mashup, meat space, Nike, nikeplus

May 20, 2008 by annegentle

Giving the subject matter expert a voice

I just completed a three mile run with the voice of Joan Benoit Samuelson in my ear through the techonlogy offered by iTunes and iPod and Nike’s iTunes store. Joan Benoit Samuelson is a famous US female marathon runner, and winner of the first women’s Olympic marathon. She is most certainly a subject matter expert […]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: community, Nike, social networking

May 1, 2007 by annegentle

No time for music? Apply some technology to that problem

iPod and iTunes tricks for busy people Playlists are great, but who has the time? Outsource the creation of playlists I say I don’t have nearly as much time to spend listening to and enjoying music and selecting it according to my own tastes and needs for the music, such as for relaxation or for […]

Filed Under: talk.bmc Tagged With: iPod, iTunes, mix, Nike, rfid, run, running, Wired

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I’ve been thinking a lot about developer support at Cisco recently, especially for the way the world works today with multiple cloud providers. This post is a re-publish of my talk from over five years ago, but the techniques and tools for listening and helping others are still true today. At Rackspace, we watched several […]

Cisco DevNet is our developer program for outreach, education, and tools for developers at Cisco. From the beginning, the team has had a vision for how to run a developer program. Customers are first, and the team implements what Cisco customers need for automation, configuration, and deployment of our various offerings. Plus, the DevNet team […]

I had a great talk with Ellis Pratt of Cherryleaf Technical Writing consulting last week. Here are the show notes, full of links to all the topics we covered. Podcasts are great fun to listen to and participate in, if a bit nerve-wracking to think on your feet and make sure you answer questions succinctly […]

At the beginning of this year, I worked hard to summarize my thoughts on API documentation, continuous publishing, and technical accuracy for developer documentation. The result is an article on InfoQ.com, edited by Deepak Nadig, who also was forward-thinking in having me speak to a few teams at Intuit about API documentation coupled with code. Always […]

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