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November 29, 2007 by annegentle

Q and A about Author-it and DITA – guest post from Mike Stockman

I read this recent conversation on the author-it-users Yahoo Group with interest. I haven’t had a need to author DITA topics with Author-it, so I have to rely on others for information on how it works. With Mike Stockman’s and Tony Watkin’s permission, I’ve written their Q&A as a blog entry. Tony: What are your […]

Filed Under: tools Tagged With: author-it, DITA, information architecture, OASIS, online help, PDF, technical writing, techpubs, troubleshooting, user assistance, Word, XHTML, XML

November 23, 2007 by annegentle

Happy turkey day – but let’s talk wiki, not turkey

Happy turkey day – but let’s talk wiki, not turkey

Happy thanksgiving everyone! I have much to be grateful for. Here’s me with my son, both of us stuffed full of turkey. Deadline extended… multiple meaning I just learned that the Give 1 Get 1 program to purchase two XO laptops has been extended through December 31st. Hurrah! I’ll admit it – my first thought […]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: author-it, EToys, G1G1, Microsoft Word, OLPC, TamTam, wiki, Word, XO, XO laptop

November 13, 2007 by annegentle

7 things you must know about ePublisher Platform

Content is king. Your source content can be Word, Frame, or DITA. You can even import convert other formats such as RoboHelp to Word or Frame and go from there. Formats are separate from content and can be customized. Combining content is allowed and even encouraged. Mixed content is just fine. There are great demos […]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: , ePublisher, Frame, Framemaker, MoinMoin, Quadralay, WebWorks, wiki, Word, XML, XML publishing

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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 […]

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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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