Richard Hamilton’s new book, Managing Writers: A Real World Guide to Managing Technical Documentation, is clearly organized and a fast read. It often reads like a reference guide, a book you could keep on your bookshelf for years to come. It is a reference guide in my view, because you can go straight to the […]
Notes from CenTX DITA Users Group – panel on the DITA Maturity Model
For our October meeting, we simply asked several Austin-based techpubs teams to review the DITA Maturity Model and to think ahead of time about how you would position your own DITA efforts: Where do you think your team is in the adoption ladder? Where do you want to be? The DITA Maturity Model: A Stepwise […]
DocTrain West 2008 – Joe Gollner, XML in the Wilderness
Here are my notes from the morning keynote with Joe Gollner. This session was a wonderful kickoff for the conference. For the first time, someone was able to connect for me that XML enabled Web 2.0 connectivity. The social web is a direct result of XML allowing for easy combinations and the participatory web. He […]