What’s the one thing you enjoyed most in Avatar? For my Project Management friend it was the video logging. Did you notice that the team kept their reports not in Microsoft Word (i.e. on paper) but as video logs.
When trying it out, the protagonist in the movie couldn’t get a handle on it. ‘Don’t worry, [...]
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What Avatar Can Teach You About Project Management 2.0
February 20th, 2010 · Comments Off · Business Process, Communications, Content Management, Procedures, Process Design, Productivity
Tags: Add new tag·Innovation·iPhone·Metadata·Project management·Project manager·reporting·search·strategy·Video
2010 MadCap Software Roadshow – Content Publishing
February 5th, 2010 · Comments Off · Technical Writing
MadCap Software will travel across the US, Canada and Europe in 2010, providing one-day technical writing seminar. Designed by Mike Hamilton, VP of Product Management, the seminars will discuss how to get the most out of your technical writing & publishing tools. The US and Europe dates are as follows.
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Adobe FrameMaker 9.0.3 Released & Features that SHOULD Work
October 14th, 2009 · Comments Off · Adobe FrameMaker, Dita, Technical Writing
You can now download the FrameMaker 9.0.3 patch.
Mahesh (http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm over on Adobe does a great job of keeping us up to date with all things FrameMaker. This is available through Adobe Update Manager (AUM). This patch (9.0p250) must be applied on top of 9.0.2 (9.0p237) only. You can check for updates through Help->Updates Menu in [...]
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Top 50 Technical Writers on the Web
October 1st, 2009 · View Comments · Adobe FrameMaker, Career, Dita, Freelance, India, STC, Technical Writers
I’ve made a list of the top 50 technical writers with a web presence. Some of these you might know, such as Darren Barefoot and Tom Johnson. I have also added some other writers from India, Russia and Israel to reach out to a wider audience. I’m sure there are others that I’ve missed. Let me know and I’ll update the list.
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Review EPIC Editor – XML and DITA Authoring Software
June 9th, 2009 · View Comments · Content Management, Dita, How To, Reviews, Technical Writing, Tips, Word 2007
Of all the technical writing tools I’ve used over the years, Epic Editor was probably the most impressive, especially when it came to doing tech documents that involved DocBook and Dita. It was difficult to learn – no point pretending otherwise – but once I got the hang of it, I used it non-stop for [...]
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Most Technical Writers to work in Structured Authoring environment by 2010
June 9th, 2009 · Comments Off · Dita, Technical Writing, Tips, Word 2007
In a recent survey, Scriptorium Publishing found that a majority of technical writers will be working in a structured authoring environment by 2010.
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Free version of Serna XML editor for Technical Writers
June 7th, 2009 · Comments Off · Communications, Dita, Social Media, Technical Writing
Syntext has released a free edition of its Serna XML editor. This is designed for technical writers who work with DITA, DocBook and other common XML formats.
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