Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Messages from Sponsors | No Comments »
In an effort to give more visibility and exposure to the companies who advertise on my site, I'm providing a regular "Messages from the Sponsors" post. In this post, I ... Read more..Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Posted in Podcasts, Technical Writing | 3 Comments »
[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/flare6.mp3] Download MP3 Length: 45 min. Flare 6 is available today from Madcap Software. This weekend I interviewed Mike Hamilton, VP of Product Management, about the new features Flare 6 contains. In this ... Read more..Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 Posted in Podcasts | 4 Comments »
[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/madcapditasolution.mp3] Download MP3 (to download, right-click and select Save Target As) Length: 7 min. In this podcast, Mike Hamilton of Madcap Software talks about their phased approach to handling DITA with Flare. In ... Read more..Monday, September 8th, 2008 Posted in Podcasts | 13 Comments »
[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/sharonburton.mp3] Download MP3 (right-click and select Save Target As to download) Duration: 60 min. Flare 4 was just released today by Madcap Software. In this podcast, I talk with Sharon Burton -- product ... Read more..Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 97 Comments »
[caption id="attachment_1924" align="alignright" width="105" caption="Madcap Flare"][/caption] Madcap Software is preparing to release Flare 4 shortly (an exact date hasn't been announced). Being the cool people they are, they gave me a ... Read more..Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Blogging | 3 Comments »
[caption id="attachment_1878" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Looking into the future"][/caption] A few months ago, I started to write a post about the cultural shift blogging would create in the near and long-term future. ... Read more..Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
RJ Jacquez and Mike Hamilton: Blogs by Lead Adobe and Madcap Evangelists Read more..Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Technical Writing | 24 Comments »
Blaze is a new Framemaker alternative that Madcap Software has just released into beta. With Blaze, you can create printed documentation and publish it to Word, Framemaker, PDF, XPS, and ... Read more..Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Podcasts, Technical Writing | 4 Comments »
Download MP3 Duration: 30 min. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://idratherbewriting.com/podcasts/putkey1.mp3] In this podcast, I talk with Theresa Putkey, a writer/usability consultant in Vancouver, about the largest project of her career. She explains how she approached a project ... Read more..Sunday, February 17th, 2008 Posted in Blogging, Technical Writing | No Comments »
I've discovered two new blogs that I think are definitely worthwhile to add to your Google Reader: The first is Helpscribe, by Craig Haiss. He seems to have good common sense ... Read more..